Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
By Luis Andrés Netflix’s recent Korean series Teach You a Lesson (참교육) has attracted attention with a premise that is simultaneously interesting, uncomfortable, and perhaps deliberately excessive: What if someone … Read More
By Don Baker || When I lived in Gwangju in the early 1970s, people who knew I was interested in Korean history would tell me that from about 2,000 years … Read More
By Murdock O’Mooney || One of the first mythological tales I heard when I arrived in Korea in 2009 was the legend of Dangun. The way I remembered it, a … Read More
By Park Nahm-Sheik || “United we stand; divided we fall” is a foundational credo taught to Korean elementary school students. Division, territorial or otherwise, is undesirable. This national overarching mission … Read More
By Neha Bisht || There are journeys remembered for a single landmark, and then there are journeys remembered for the feeling of moving through an entire landscape. My two-day trip … Read More
By Dhivyaa S. P. || Who says a quick getaway has to feel rushed? My half-day escape to Naju took me from glowing imaginary planets to a peaceful forest trail … Read More
By Tabbu Shaikh || Our brains were practically scrambled eggs after weeks of staring at high-impact research papers until the text blurred into gibberish; my friends and I decided enough … Read More
By Kim Minsu || Under October’s high blue sky, Korean and international residents stretch, walk, eat, and spend a day together, benefitting both body and mind. Picture a thousand people … Read More
