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From the Editor Ready… Set… March!
March 2021, Issue 229 Published: March 1, 2021 Cover Photo
The Bulldozed Future (Photo by Ryan Berkebile)
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 Melline Galani Kim Hillel Yunkyoung Ki Hyunsoo David Foster, Di Foster, Joseph Nunez Melline Galani
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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Our cover feature introduces a new photo zine, The Bulldozed Future, through its urban-explorer editor who chronicles our present at times when it is on the verge of disappearing. Likewise, Lost in Gwangju documents the vanishing apartments of Unamdong and the nostalgia this creates. What’s going on around the community? Find out about the zerowaste concept and the initiative that a local shop has launched. Learn about the new PD at the City of Light radio show at GFN. Interested in culture and the arts? Blast from the Past explains why Koreans don’t whistle, play flutes, or clip fingernails at night. (Hint: It has something to do with rats, snakes, and/or ghosts.) Speaking of ghosts, we have for you an anthology of ghostly Korean urban legends in film. Getting hungry? Check out this month’s review of the restaurant with the freshest fish in town: Sushi Dogam. Or stay at home and stay warm by trying out this issue’s recipe for beef and radish stew. After eating, want to do more reading than in the Gwangju News? Check out our review of the best book platforms. Is that all, you ask? Of course not. Read a professor’s ten tips for fostering creativity. Find out how alternative schools differ from public schools, and from each other. And learn how to talk about locations in Korean. We have recent news from Gwangju City Hall, our muchtalked-about crossword puzzle, and our photo of the month. In addition, our lovely Photo Essay is of a dazzling wedding in the midst of the pandemic. And we sadly bid a final farewell to a well-known figure in the community. As always, stay Covid smart, stay Covid safe, and enjoy the Gwangju News. David E. Shaffer Editor-in-Chief Gwangju News
March 2021
For volunteering and article submission inquiries, please contact the editor at gwangjunews@gic.or.kr.
We look forward to March beginning to reveal positive effects of COVID-19 vaccinations and to the first blossoms of spring revealing themselves through the plum blossom paintings of Kang Namgu. We also look forward to March 8, International Women’s Day, which this issue of the Gwangju News commemorates with a feature article. March brings us much to look forward to, and here’s what our March issue has for you to look forward to.
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The month of March is symbolic of beginnings in a number of ways. As you may know, March was originally the first month of the Roman calendar. March is also considered to be the first of the three spring months (at this latitude), and this month contains two solar terms of Korea’s traditional calendar (aka “farmer’s calendar”) that signify the beginning of spring: Gyeongchip, the awakening from hibernation (March 5), and Chunbun, the spring equinox (March 20).
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