Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
The journey that led to Yang’s gold medal victory in the 2012 London Olympics is no work of fiction. It is a story of a man who, with the help of family and friends, leapt from obscurity to become an athletic hero.
Cho Hyun-taek is a man on a mission. Adam Hogue explores an exhibition of this talented artist’s works.
Over the last few years Sungbin orphanage has been the beneficiary of a number of fundraising events organized and generously supported by the ex-pat community in Gwangju. With the imaginary thermometer rising in representation of the money raised, people who have generously put their hands in their pockets may be curious to know why the events keep coming and where exactly their money is going.
The works of Lee Ufan (이우환) focus on the space between subjects. In his art the negative is not blank; it has power, tremendous power.
Here’s a look back at a performance of “Six Plays, Four Nights, One Couch” at GIC Day 2012.
Foreign businesses take one of two roads — the road of assimilation or the role of education. A hotel is a bit different because it has to fill both of these roles at once. The Holiday Inn in Gwangju has been under the leadership of Michael Wilson for the past two years and over that time it has really worked itself into the fabric of the city as something both local and foreign all at once; it is a melting pot of east meets west and it doesn’t cut back on any of it.
Here is a recipe for borscht (Ukrainian soup) that Andrew learned while in St. Petersburg. It’s simple and quick, and yields a large pot of hearty soup.
Halim Park shares “My Korea” from Africa & Soul in Sangmu.