Choi Tae-ok: International Award-winning Designer from Gwangju

As one of Gwangju’s prominent international art events, the Gwangju Design Biennale proudly showcases designs from Gwangju artists. One of this year’s Biennale highlights are designs from Choi Tae-ok.

Face2face: A Heart-to-Heart from GFN

Face2face is a one-hour talk show that airs at 7–8 p.m. on GFN every Sunday night.

Experience Gwangju’s ACE Fair: Korea’s Most Comprehensive Cultural Content Exhibition

ACE Fair (Asia Content and Entertainment Fair) includes broadcast, audiovisual, animation, character, game, edutainment, and VR/AR content, as well as all types of licensing content.

A Home Unexpected

Gwangju is home. Your home. And it always will be a home in time where you really, truly, incandescently lived.

Yoon Yeocheol: A Diplomat’s Thoughts On His Life, Gwangju’s Future, and South Korea’s Global Mission

Yoon Yeocheol is the Ambassador for International Relations at Gwangju Metropolitan City and has been involved in international relations representing Korea in many capacities. At the World Human Rights Cities Forum, Ambassador Yoon will lead the session on Myanmar.

Gwangju in History

From the time of the Japanese invasions in the Imjin War (1592–1598) to the May 18 Democratic Movement (1980), Gwangju has taken pride in being a “righteous” city (Uihyang), growing as a city internationally renowned for its commitment to human rights.

Beeswax, Plum Blossoms, and Tea: The Works and Ways of Artist Kim Chang-deok

Artist Kim Chang-deok (김창덕), who goes by his artistic name Da-eum (다음), spends most of his time in his studio preparing for an upcoming exhibition about him, plum blossoms, beeswax, and tea.

The Bulldozed Future: Sequel

This spring the Gwangju News carried a feature on The Bulldozed Future, a newborn webzine on urban exploration, as an interview with its Seoul-based urban exploring photographer and editor, Ryan Berkebile (March 2021 issue). Since then Ryan has done more exploring and has come out with the second issue of his webzine. His adventures include numerous explorations in the Gwangju area that make it into the zine’s latest issue.