1 Gwangju & South Jeolla International Magazine
From the Editor
I May 2021, Issue 231 Published: May 1, 2021 Cover Photo: Courtesy of Paul Courtright Background Artwork: Lisa May Casaus The Fire of Hope 2018 Mixed media collage on paper
THE EDITORIAL TEAM Publisher Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Chief Copy Editor Layout Editor Photographer Communications Copy Editors Online Editor
Dr. Shin Gyonggu Dr. David E. Shaffer William Urbanski Isaiah Winters Karina Prananto Kim Hillel Yunkyoung Ki Hyunsoo Jonathan Moffett, Timothy Berg, Thomas DeVore, Di Foster, David Foster, Joseph Nunez Karina Prananto
The Gwangju News is the first English monthly magazine for the general public in Korea, first published in 2001. Each monthly issue covers local and regional issues, with a focus on the roles and activities of the international residents and local English-speaking communities. Copyright ©2021 by the Gwangju International Center. All rights reserved. No part of this publication covered by this copyright may be reproduced in any form or by any means – graphic, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise – without the written consent of the publisher.
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While the Gwangju Uprising took place four decades ago, another country is currently in the midst of its own uprising against military rule. For our fourth feature, the Gwangju News has interviewed a Myanmar expat living in Gwangju to give us the details on what is happening in her home country. This month’s Travel section takes you on a three-course journey from sightings of scattered bones in a graveyard (Lost in Gwangju), to leprosy on Sorok Island (Around Korea), and to the 2,500-yearold city of Budva, Montenegro (From Abroad). In our Community section, a mom-and-pops bar owner tells of the struggles and secrets of staying in business during a pandemic (Local Entrepreneurs); our managing editor gives new meaning to the phrase “break a leg” and even some very good advice (Health); and in Expat Living, you will find excellent advice on moderation with alcohol (no relation to the break-a-leg piece), as well as a piece on online study. Language Teaching this month focuses on cosmopolitanism for the classroom, and our Korean lesson talks about the weather. Either of these could serve as a conversation piece over Iberico Bellota steak at The Hannamdong (Restaurant Review) or over your homemade stir-fried baby octopus (Recipe). The month of May hosts Limerick Day; muse over some original rhythmic play in Gwangju Writes. May is also the month of the Coming of Buddha; feast your eyes on a kaleidoscope of temple lantern hues (Photo Essay). Check out Book Review for our new book reviewer’s thoughts on The Tyranny of Merit. And you will want to check our Top of The Drop for what to look for in new music releases and what you may have missed. Don’t forget to try you luck at our crossword puzzle, but first off, ponder our Photo of the Month, and read up on Gwangju City News. As always, stay Covid smart, stay Covid safe, and enjoy the Gwangju News.
David E. Shaffer Editor-in-Chief Gwangju News
May 2021
For volunteering and article submission inquiries, please contact the editor at gwangjunews@gic.or.kr.
For those of our readers who may not have vivid memories of that May 41 years ago, our cover feature interviews Dr. Paul Courtright, a young Peace Corps volunteer at the time, who has recently authored Witnessing Gwangju. Artist Kim Geun-tae was a young university student at ground zero during 5.18 and is still haunted by the events that transpired. Read about him and his art in People in the Arts. We also bring you a brief chronology of the Gwangju Uprising (Blast from the Past).
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t’s May in Gwangju! The proximity of those two nouns – May and Gwangju – for many of the city’s residents evokes memories of an even less pleasant time than that of the current Covid pandemic: a period of ten bloody days in 1980 (May 18–27) that has come to be known as the Gwangju Uprising, the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement, or simply 5.18.
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