Mudeung Park Land: The Little Amusement Park That Couldn’t

Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters   If you’ve ever taken Gwangju’s pleasant ski lift or acrophobia-inspiring monorail, then you might have noticed a derelict clutch of buildings nestled along … Read More

Gwangju’s Orphaned Art

Written and photographed by Ryan Berkebile As I stroll through a residential street in downtown Gwangju, I notice someone’s unfinished painting of a motorcycle. One tire has been painted in, … Read More

Strange Bedfellows at Punghyang Inn

Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters Stagnating somewhere in Gwangju’s Punghyang-dong is a time-warped dormitory with an odd twist. From the outside, the abandoned red brick inn with white-trimmed windows … Read More

The Yang-dong Bookmaker’s House

Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters   Gwangju’s Yang-dong neighborhood is a lot like a time capsule. The market there provides a multisensory trip down memory lane (especially where they … Read More

Inside Honam University’s Ssangchon Campus

Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters   If you’ve recently been to the immigration office in Gwangju’s Ssangchon-dong, then you may have had a moment (or if the clerks were … Read More

Death of the Doctor’s Hanok

Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters   In the decades-long scramble to modernize, much of South Korea’s recent past has been razed with incredible haste. Today, the bulldozing of history … Read More

Sites of Horror and History Along 5.18 Road

Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters The elderly in South Korea can be a law unto themselves. That thought dawned on me when I happened upon a small band of … Read More

A Hidden Jewel in Gwangju’s Performance Arts Spaces

Written by Douglas Baumwoll Photographs courtesy of Gwangju’s Culture & Arts Center I have been living in Gwangju for three full years now, and one reason I love it here … Read More