Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
Located in the south-western province of Jeollanam-do, Boseong is home to the Deahon Dawon Green Tea Plantation, which is the most popular and largest in all of Korea. Tea is grown on over one million square miles, and Boseong is considered an ideal location for the harvest of tea.
Jannies Le gives us an interesting take on Paragliding in Gwangju.
This year the annual Gwangju Film Festival featured Lady of No Fear, a documentary Aung San Suu Kyi. The film’s director was gracious enough to grant Gwangju News a private interview.
“Behind the Myth” recently covered the Korean superstition about spirits following and haunting you when you change homes. Let’s keep it going with the scary stuff and reveal some more spooky beliefs regarding Korean-style ghosts.
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.
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.
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.
Han is far more than a mere label of an ethnic group.
