Restaurant Review: Saeng-ra Myeon OK

Looking for something quick yet delicious to eat? Gabriel Ward’s got your fix at Saeng-ra-myeon OK.

Bean Sprouts Kimchi Jigae (콩나물 김치 찌개)

Here’s a lovely recipe for a variety of that amazing Korean staple, Kimchi Jigae.

Photo Essay: Chungjang Festival

Chungjang Festival is one of the representative festivals of Gwangju. Held annually every September, the festival holds the theme of ‘Recollection 7080’ which showcases events, performances and decorations from the 1970s and 1980s and is very popular among the elder generations of Gwangju.

Gwangju Performance Project: Six Plays, Four Nights, One Couch

Gwangju Performance Project presented Six Plays, Four Nights, One Couch. We got a chance to talk with the people involved!

Hollister Company [Opinion]

This past September, the pseudo-surf-clothing chain Hollister had a grand opening in Korea, and they imported young American male models for the event. The models were soon making fun of their new Asian clients by giving the middle finger during photo ops, poking fun at Asian pronunciations of English on Twitter, and mocking Koreans with slanted-eye poses at Gyeongbokgung Palace. It was a bewildering display of ignorance and cultural insensitivity.

December News Round Up

Here are December’s most important stories regarding the Gwangju community.

Our Peculiar Police

The difference between our enforcement agencies are the result of our cultures’ different values. American values, in particular our legalism and moralism, are responsible for producing the police we have: men and women who see themselves as moral crusaders defending their communities, punishing the guilty.

A Golden Opportunity: An Insight Into A Local Medal Hero

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.