Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
Korea’s millions of barbeque-loving boomers face a similar dilemma when it comes to apartment life. Lacking even the smallest external balconies, their apartments force them to buy half a home’s worth of additional appliances and camping gear so they can approximate backyard cookouts at overcrowded campsites.
Jon Dunbar is the antithesis of the average Western expat in Korea.
This month we feature and interview Korea’s only living human cultural asset for fabric dyeing, National Intangible Cultural Asset No. 115, Jung Kwan-chae (정관채). Master Jung’s ancestors long ago settled in Dasi-myeon, a rural area within the Naju city limits south of Gwangju.
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.
There is no pure or perfectly correct saturi; everyone adopts a saturi to a degree and creates a unique blend of their own.
Written by Anastasia Traynin Photographed by Lorryn Smit and Anastasia Traynin Across from the “Baseball Village” and the Im-dong Community Service Center, colorful artwork on a long row of uniquely … Read More
North Korean poet Lee Yong-ak imagines a meeting between the northeastern province North Hamkyeong and the southwestern province Jeollanam.
A few “health hacks” to make your life just a little bit simpler.
