Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
“Follow the money,” it is said, if you want to understand a country’s politics. Far fewer say to study the money, but more should. Learn about the faces on a country’s currency and you learn a lot more about the people who put them there – their self-image, their ambitions.
NOTE TO THE READER: This isn’t so much a review as it is a food essay on a weird food experience.
I know something that not a lot of people know. It only takes a taxi, two buses, a subway, two planes, a ferry and a short motorcycle ride to get to paradise. And if you ever wondered if there are jet skis in paradise, the answer is: yes.
Sounds like science fiction? Perhaps, but then even in sci-fi movies like the Terminator series, Skynet, the computer program that fights the humans, is likely named after the NATO 1969 network of military satellites also named Skynet.
His works have been featured in numerous publications all around the world. He has travelled far and wide capturing moments to share and remember. Now Simon Bond has published his first book. We had the pleasure of interviewing Simon who himself was a Gwangju News contributor.
This series of articles sheds light on some Korean myths, folklore, traditions and superstitions. Every country has their own share of beliefs, fact or fiction, and many foreigners living in Korea have not yet heard or learned the basis for various Korean beliefs.
“I’m sure that the lasting friendships we made together will be worth all the effort and time that’s being committed.”
In Gwangju, the impact of this storm was everywhere, though smaller in comparison to other areas of Korea.
