Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
Creativity doesn’t have to stop for anything. There is no down time, there is no need to wait; just create and make the opportunity. In 2012, the Gwangju Performance Project was calling all artists to do just that – to create and to see those creations come to life.
In late May, Korean TV network MBC broadcast a short “news” piece titled “The Shocking Truth about Dating Foreigners”, a heavily biased, sensationalized report negatively portraying Westerners in Korea. It drew sharp criticism from the local expat community, with protest groups and petitions quickly appearing on and offline. Here Rachel Redfern contributes her own response to the video.
GIC published the second edition of the Gwangju Guide in print form in 2012. You can pick up your own copy from GIC. It is free for all GIC members, and only 1,000 won for non-members.
The inaugural Gwangju Charity Village Cricket Festival took place in aid of Sung Bin Orphanage in 2012 at Chosun University.
Nothing beats hanging out in a park with cute orphans while shooting photos and scarfing down free food.
‘Not a single thing would be accomplished in this world if everybody laughed and cried whenever they felt like it.’
“There are certain parts of the world where writers tend to produce literature richer in metaphor than that of their contemporaries in other places… Of course, one might easily add Korea to this list.”
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