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The Raemi SchoolLooking at the Future from a Different Perspective - The Other Way Around!Interview by Jana MilosavljevicIn South Korea, a country that is praised by many for its good quality education, surprisingly little is known about alternative schools that prepare students for different (alter
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Jana Milosavljevic
2022.02.09 00:00
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Local EntrepreneursHae Um Studio: Tattooing Gwangju's ZoomersBy Isaiah WintersAmong my most novel experiences in Gwangju was the chance to learn the rudiments of tattooing in a cozy jutaek home-turned-tattoo studio in the Sangmu area. My instructor was young tattoo artist Kim Jinu, a fellow novelty
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Isaiah Winters
2022.01.05 00:00
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In continuing its collaboration with the Gwangju Foreign Language Network (GFN), in this issue the Gwangju News offers an interview with GFN’s program director in charge of the Way Back with U, the new bilingual sensation. To gain an insight into the show, the Gwangju News obtained this interview wi
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Melline Galani
2021.12.15 00:00
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Acknowledging a passion’s failure must be one of the more painful experiences in life, though I am not sure working long days in a barely occupied bar during a pandemic qualifies as a passion. Perhaps if I added some rum to my passion, I could sell it as a cocktail for 7,000 won. These are the ideas
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Caleb Sekeres
2021.12.01 00:00
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In 1979, a young Paul Courtright found himself in Korea, working as a Peace Corps volunteer just outside of Gwangju. His work-related travel took him through Gwangju in the early days of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980, later to be known as the Gwangju May 18 Democratization Movement. Eager to witness
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광주드림
2021.11.03 00:00
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Huh Hwe-tae (also known by his artistic name, Moosan, where moo means “exuberant” and san “mountain”) is a well-known Korean calligrapher and contemporary artist. Exploring Chinese calligraphy, Huh goes beyond traditional writing and rises to a new level of artistic expression by using new forms tha
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Tatiana Rosenstein
2021.09.13 00:00
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As an international resident living in Gwangju, I know that learning Korean is not only difficult but also time consuming, not to mention that there is the lack of proper classes available! But ever since I discovered TongTong Academy, not only have I acquired more knowledge of the language, but I h
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Melline Galani
2021.08.09 00:00
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A few thousand years ago a volcano erupted, covering an entire city in lava and ash. Over time, a new city was built on top of the old one, which was, in time, all but forgotten. Serendipitously, the old city was discovered and excavated, revealing troves of commonplace but excellently preserved ite
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William Urbanski
2021.07.14 00:00
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Jeong Chu’s Songs of GoryeoForgotten at Home, Famous Abroad (III)Interview by Jeong JiyeonThis article aims to shed a new light on the life of Gwangju’s forgotten musician, Jeong Chu, a Gwangju-born emigrant caught up in Korea’s turbulent modern-day history. His life was reconstructed through an int
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Jeong Jiyeon
2021.06.16 00:00
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Forgotten at Home, Famous Abroad (II)Gwangju’s Jeong ChuInterview by Jeong JiyeonThis article is the second in a three-part series designed to shed light on the life of a musician born in Gwangju who has been forgotten in his hometown – a Korean who migrated abroad and got caught up in the tur
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정지연
2021.05.26 00:00
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This article is the first in a series of articles designed to shed light on the life of a musician born in Gwangju, who has been forgotten in his hometown – a Korean who migrated abroad and got caught up in the turbulent history of post-WWII Korea. Ed.Jeong Chu, who came to be known as the “Tc
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Jeong Heon-ki
2021.04.21 00:00
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In an effort to expand Gwangju’s tourism options, Gwangju City, through the Gwangju Urban Tourism Agency, has embarkedon a remarkable project of creating short tours within the city limits to pique interest in the city, its history, and its culture and arts. To bring you the details of the tourism t
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정지연
2021.03.24 06:40
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The Gwangju Prize for Human Rights is an award given by the May 18 Memorial Foundation to an individual, group, or institution - domestic or international - for their work in furthering human rights, democracy, and peace. The award has been given annually since 2000 to commemorate the Gwangju Democr
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데비드 쉐퍼
2021.02.10 06:40
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Robert Grotjohn has spent a considerable number of years living in Gwangju in two different decades - separated by a gap of twenty-five years! These disconnected experiences of Gwangju make Dr. Grotjohn a perfect person to ask to compare life in the Gwangju of the past with that of present-day Gwang
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멜리네 갈라니(Melline Galani)
2021.01.13 06:40
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Wars were fought over it, borders of empires were pushed toward it, world maps were drawn according to it, and the Romans also came for it… salt.The largest deposit that Romania has is salt. For Greeks, Jews, Arabs, and Romanians, salt is also a symbol of hospitality and friendship, with the added v
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Melline Galani
2020.12.16 06:40
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Every year, the Michael Simning Community Builder Award (MSCBA) is given to recognize members of society who contribute their time and effort to make Gwangju better. The award is named after the late Michael Simning who was not just a Gwangju expat but also a dedicated community leader, caring frien
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카미 이스마노바
2020.11.18 06:40
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The novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, has created an ongoing pandemic that has been affecting almost all of us in a variety of ways. It has been reported in 187 countries and territories around the world, leaving hundreds of thousands people unemployed and stuck in quarantines for an uncerta
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카미 이즈마노바
2020.10.07 06:40
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Many people think of cemeteries as gloomy places of mourning, and I agree with them, especially since I used to often go to places like these back home. But, in the small village of Sapanta in northern Romania (Maramure County), there is a quite unusual cemetery. Rather than a colorless, sad site, t
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Melline Galani
2020.09.09 06:40
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GN: You have been extremely busy during your time in Seoul. Whom have you been meeting with?Sprekels: Largely, I have been meeting with North Korean defectors. Let’s say it like this: It is important for us to develop a personal relationship with them because the majority of defectors do not want to
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윌리엄 어반스키
2020.08.26 06:40
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Saram (사람, “people” in Korean) is an NGO based in Berlin that promotes human rights in North Korea. It sounds anomalous that a German NGO would be involved in the issue of human rights under the Kim Jong-un regime, but the group, largely comprised of volunteers, has very compelling reasons to do so.
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윌리엄 어반스키
2020.08.19 06:40