#150/ August 2014

OUR EPIC150TH ISSUE:

KIM SEJIN THE BOY WONDER!

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Hello, Gwangju!My name is Adam Volle and I have the distinction of being the print editor of Gwangju News, of which you are now reading the 150th edition – and let me tell you, that number represents quite a journey. A publication which began as a one-sheet bulletin is now a 56-page magazine with photography by some of South Jeolla’s most successful waeguk photographers and the words to match from both international and Korean authors.

But the magazine’s number of pages and contributors is not all that has grown. Its role has, too. Gwangju News is now far more than an advertising organ for the city’s attractions, or a way for Koreans in South Jeolla to practice reading English, or an information source for its waeguk population. As Mayor Yoon Jang-hyun explained in our interview with him last issue, “International residents here should be considered members of the community” - and Gwangju News is the their premier vehicle of expression. To put it sim-ply, this magazine is the loudest voice a portion of Gwangju has.

That being the case, we are always trying to make it better. Often the improvements we make are not obvious, but for a landmark issue like this one, we decided our efforts ought to be a little flashier. Our layout editor has changed the look of the entire magazine by switching to new software. Let us know if you like it – or anything else you see in these pages. For that matter, let us know if you disagree with any of our choices.

Because this magazine is for you: Gwangju.Thanks for reading.

Adam VollePrint Editor

FROM THE EDITOR

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#150 August 2014Publication Date: July 29, 2014

Cover Illustration:Kim Sejin, The Boy Wonder

Cover art byJen Lee

THE EDITORIAL TEAM

Publisher: Professor Shin Gyonggu

GWANGJU NEWS PRINTEditor-in-Chief: Professor Robert GrotjohnEditor: Adam VolleSenior Coordinator: Kim MinsuCoordinator and Layout Editor: Karina PranantoPhoto Editors: Karina Prananto, Simon BondChief Proofreader: Bradley WeissCopy Editors: Brian Fitzroy, Heinrich Hattingh, Kate Jarocki, Joey Nunez, Jon Ozelton, Jenn TinocoProofreaders: Timm Berg, Christie Fargher, Paul Foskey, Don Gariepy, Angie Hartley, Fellin Kinanti, Joey Nunez, Gabrielle Nygaard, Stephen Redeker, Pete Schandall, Kelly Shepherd, Gilda WilsonCreative Consultant: Warren ParsonsResearchers: GIC Foreign Support Team: Jo A-ra, Kim Yoo-joong, Kim So-hyun, Park Eun-young, Ivan Yososaputro

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ContentsFeatured Stories

Kim Sejin: The Boy Wonder

FEATURES

Kim Sejin: The Boy Wonder

67 Minutes: South Africa’s Ambassador Hilton Dennis on International

Nelson Mandela Day and Leaving Korea

Can Human Rights Be Respected at International Events?

Gwangju’s Month of Music

A House Divided

LOCAL

What are the pros and cons of holding sports competitions in Gwangju?

Gwangju City Hall News

Nuribi, the Gwangju 2015 Mascot, Shows Up on Campus!

Gwangju Plays: Gwangju KIA Champions Field

Gwangju Eats: Khmer Food

Gwangju Cooks: Mini Rice Hot Dog

PLACES TO SEE

Gwangju Sister City: Turin, Italy

My Korea: Trout

Korea in the World: New Zealand

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photo of the Month: Yi Sun-shin Bridge, Yeosu

Rooftopping

Photo Essay: Photojournalism With Fire

CULTURE

Behind the Myth: Is North Korea Under One-Man Rule?

Korean Sayings: A Yangban Life

Korean Poetry

Gwangju Writes: Ddong-gae Teacher

GIC

GIC Culture Tour: Wando

GENERAL

Health: Flight Attendants’ Dark and Dirty Secrets of Flying

BIRDS Korea: Bird-brained

KOTESOL: Sites to Help Teachers Stay Sharp about Tech

Korea Language Study: Unit Nouns

INFO

Community Board

National Pension Service: Social Security Agreement for Australians

Upcoming Events

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eet Kim Sejin. At just 16 years old, he has already accomplished more in his life than many of us will ever dream. At the age of nine, he scaled the Rocky Mountains. He has won several international marathons. An avid swimmer, he has won over 40 gold, silver and bronze medals in swimming events all over the world.

Sejin is also disabled. Due to a birth defect, he was born without his left foot, the bottom part of his right leg and three fingers on his right hand. In spite of his disability, or possibly because of it, he has successfully overcome tremendous personal and physical challenges, while at the same time offering hope to others.

This month, Kim Sejin will be a featured speaker at the EPICS forum alongside distinguished guests like Wilfred Lemke, Park Hwa-yeong and Kim Won-soo. The forum is being held in anticipation of next year’s 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade, an international sporting event open to athletes currently enrolled in universities around the globe.

So how, then, is it possible for Sejin to be part of the EPICS forum? Simple: he is a second-year student at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. Two years ago, at barely 15 years old, he was the youngest student ever admitted. His enthusiasm for sports, combined with his hunger for life, make him one of the most anticipated speakers at the forum.

Sejin is no stranger to public speaking. He has been telling his story all over the country and at the international sporting events in which he has participated. I recently had the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his life in sports and the public eye. His adoptive mother, Yang Jeong-suk, was willing to speak with me as well. Sejin, you have done many documentaries, given speeches and ap-peared on talk shows since that KBS documentary in 2001. Do you enjoy it all?

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Kim Sejin: The Boy Wonder

Words by Kate JarockiTranslated by Jeong So-hee, Jo A-ra and Park Eun-young

Photos courtesy of 2015 Gwangju Universiade

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1. Kim Sejin and Nick Vujicic (right), an Australian motivational speaker born with the absence of four limbs, who also over-comes his disability and starting his own non-profit organization2. Kim Sejin and Park Tae-hwan (left), South Korea’s national swimmer.

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Sejin: Actually, I don’t like appearing in the media! I want to be like my friends who are ordinary people. But I make all of these appearances because they are rare opportunities and I know my story can help oth-ers.

Sejin, you first stepped into the public eye in January 2001 for the KBS documentary show “People Theat-er”. How did you get started with that?Sejin: I was just living my life, but then the production team at KBS approached me and wanted to show my story to encourage people.

Have you taken part in other kinds of media? Sejin: Yes. I have published some children’s books about my disability, I have been featured in textbooks for all age levels throughout school, I have been on the news and I have continued to appear on documenta-ries. I am more proud of the books, and it makes me happy and thankful to be in them because I feel that children can learn about disability earlier in life.

Jeong-suk, you must be incredibly proud of Sejin. When he was young, did you think he would be so special? Jeong-suk: I hoped for Sejin to be able to live a normal life, but it is difficult in Korea. We had to make four times the effort compared to others so that Sejin could grow as a special child without realizing it.

Sejin, how did you become interested in sports and exercising? Sejin: Swimming is the best exercise for rehabilitation without causing injury. I started exercising for reme-dial exercise, but I soon fell in love with the butterfly, a core swimming style. I wanted to be a swimmer so I continued to improve.

Do you participate in other sports? Sejin: Yes. I have challenged myself to marathons, ski-ing and golf to instill confidence in myself. In 2007, I participated in and won a marathon with a prize of a lift car worth 40 million won. I was motivated to win because I wanted to donate the car. Of course, I am still a swimmer.

Do you have a favorite swimming event?Sejin: I like the International German Swimming Cham-pionships for the Disabled, or IGSC. I have won three gold medals and four silver medals in that competition over the years. Whenever I participate in it, I meet

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many friendly people. It is also one of the biggest competitions for the disabled.

Jeong-suk, how do you feel when Sejin competes in sporting events? Jeong-suk: I believe that sweat and effort don’t betray you. I am glad that he is satisfied with the results.

Sejin, do you think that having won so many international sporting events and appearing in media all over the world has changed you? Sejin: In some ways I can be childish because I sometimes just want to be a kid and play with my friends. But I think that lots of prayer and support made me go in the right direction. I am very thankful that, through seeing me, other kids have hope and know that their dreams can come true.

How did you become involved in EPICS? Sejin: I was surprised when I discovered my name was on the list because I am just 16 years old and I don’t think I have enough experience for EPICS. I hope I will learn many things from it.

What do you think your future holds?Sejin: I want to go to graduate school and work for the United Nations Office on Sports for Development and Peace. I would also like to be a commissioned member of the International Olympic Committee.

Do you have any advice for others who are struggling with their own disabilities? Sejin: Just like the ugly duckling became a swan, it is possible to be one who can beautifully fly with many people.

Jeong-suk, do you have any advice for mothers of children with disabilities?Jeong-suk: I think everyone has at least one disability. No one is perfect in this world. I think it is necessary to admit the dis-comfort rather than thinking you can beat it.

Like your son, do you see yourself as an inspiration to others?Jeong-suk: All mothers in the world are inspirations to each other. We learn from each other. I believe children are shad-ows of their parents, and that the shadow won’t wobble if I stand still.

You can see Kim Sejin speak at the Kimdaejung Convention Center in Gwangju on August 27th. Jointly hosted by the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC 2015) and the United Nations Office on Sport for Develop-ment and Peace (UNOSDP), the forum aims to promote the four concepts of EPIC, Eco, Peace, IT and Culture, which are outlined and pursued by the GUOC 2015. You can find more information on the forum at www.epicspeaker.org.

3. Kim Sejin throws a pitch for the SK Wyverns4. Kim Sejin and his mother (second from left) at the 2014 Asian Para Games5&6. Books on Kim Sejin

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67 Minutes: South Africa’s Ambassador Hilton Dennis on

International Nelson Mandela Day and Leaving Korea

n the morning of July 18, City Hall held a cere-mony in honor of International Nelson Mandela Day, the UN-sanctioned day of remembrance for South Africa’s champion for democracy and its first black president. South Africa’s Ambassador Hilton Den-nis and Mayor Yoon Jang-hyun attended, with the ambassador giving a special lecture. Gwangju News was privileged to speak with Ambassador Dennis af-ter the service.

You have been in Korea for four years and will be leaving after one more. Of what accomplishments are you particularly proud?I am mostly proud of the volume of our trade rela-tions, [which] actually reached its record highest in 2012. Korea is South Africa’s fourth-largest trading partner. And we are South Korea’s largest trading partner.

I understand you played a role in fighting apartheid yourself, back in South Africa.A very small role, because there were millions of people who participated in the struggle for democ-racy. I joined the anti-apartheid struggle with many young people my age. And I was happy when we persevered and then at the critical junction in 1994 we had our first democratic election.

What makes Mandela Day an appropriate inter-national holiday, as opposed to merely a national one?[The establishment of] International Nelson Mandela Day was the decision of the UN generals made in 2009, and this was the first time ever that a day of recognition was created by the UN to acknowledge an individual. But the view was that he’s a remark-able individual embodying the highest of human val-ues. I am happy that the current mayor of Gwangju

has the sensitivity to recognize and host this event, so the citizens of Gwangju can have an appreciation of what his life means.

Is the “67 Minutes Challenge” still part of Mandela Day?Yes, it is. The idea is that “67 Minutes” symbolically stands for 67 years that Nelson Mandela gave to his public service. [We ask] the people of the world to do some community service for 67 minutes.

Besides this ceremony, what else is the South Af-rican embassy doing to promote Mandela Day and the spirit of Nelson Mandela?There are three annual events that we have for Nel-son Mandela. One is the [new] essay contest. An-other one is the commemorative lecture, which we had today. And the third one is the 67 minutes of volunteer work.

Many Koreans often compare Kim Daejung with Nelson Mandela.They actually met in 2001. Nelson Mandela came to visit in Seoul when Kim Daejung was the president. And I can share with you one of the things that they discussed: an idea [for a] “peace park” in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which is now emerging. They knew each other very well and they had a high regard for each other.

What will you miss when you leave Korea?Kimchi! Coffee! But most of all what I’ve [taken away] is Korea’s high work ethic, absolute devotion to work.

What will you not miss?The monsoon, the humidity, and in winter, it’s too cold! I think Korea is extreme in temperatures!

Words by Ivan YososaputroSpecial thanks to Kim Yoojoong and Park Eun-young

Photo by Lorryn Smit

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Can Human Rights Be Respected at International Events?

he 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer games were held from June 12 to July 13, 2014 in Brazil. Construc-tion of 12 venues welcomed over 35,000 spectators to each of the 64 soccer matches. According to numerous sources, the Brazilian government paid over 30 billion real (14 billion won) on the event, with most of the funding going to the stadiums. FIFA spent about 8.3 billion real (4 billion won) alone on the final match between Argentina vs. Germany.

While the FIFA Games received a great number of celebratory fans, Brazil’s 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Opening Ceremony also sparked demonstra-tions. The 2014 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony included no opening speeches because Brazil’s Pres-ident Dilma Rousseff and FIFA President Sepp Blat-ter were booed into silence when they tried to talk.

Why the outcry? There is a deep inequality present in Brazil’s wealthy and poor social classes. Yet Brazil is successfully bridging the gap. The United Center for the Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC) stated in 2005 that 38 percent of Brazilians were in pov-erty, but the same study in 2012 showed 18.6 per-cent of Brazilians were in poverty. Brazil can also be credited with creating the most national jobs in civil construction. As compiled by Sintracon-SP, Sao Paulo construction industry rose from 1,386 em-ployees in 2012, to 7,133 in 2013, to prepare for the FIFA Games.

While Brazil provided more employment, difficulties still surfaced. According to an Al Jazeera article, analysts observed early on that the main Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo would not be complete for its first World Cup match. Many laborers completed 12-hour shifts and sacrificed holidays in order to open the stadium in time. Tragically, three Brazil-

ians lost their lives while constructing the Itaquerao Stadium. An additional six lives were lost at other stadiums.

“Working 84 hours a week is a clear violation of la-bor laws. It is clearly not acceptable,” said Jin Sook Lee, a representative from Building and Woodwork-ers International.

“The construction workers are among the poorest in Brazil and are often not aware of their rights,” said Antonio de Souza Ramalho, president of the Sintracon-SP Civil Construction Workers Union of Sao Paulo.

Despite being contacted, FIFA declined to comment.

Brazil is not the only country to have faced these issues. Korea hosted the 1988 Summer Seoul Olym-pics and will host the 2018 Winter Pyeongchang Olympics.

During Korea’s first international event in 1988, it was still recovering from a culture full of political corruption and instability from a military dictator-ship. Cassandra Schwarz, a University of Alberta stu-dent, published a 2009 thesis entitled “Human Rights and the Olympic Games: The Role of International Sporting Events in the Promotion of the Rights of First Nations.” In her analysis, Schwarz stated that the Olympics in Seoul had the opportunity to “pro-mote economic development through the Olympics Games, [showing] South Korea as a model of hope for developing countries aiming at achieving inter-national attention and prestige.”

Kim J. Rhee, who published the Impact of the Seoul Olympic Games on National Development, also stat-

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ed that the 1988 Olympics “helped rekindle interest in Korean traditional practices, also instilling pride in Korean culture and sweeping away lingering feelings of inferiority towards Western culture.”

However, no country has been left untouched from human rights criticism. According to an article pub-lished in the U.K.’s, The Payment, more than two million people were evicted, 48,000 buildings were demolished, and any homeless person, disabled in-dividual found was placed in a prison camp, all to make way for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

So yes, all countries hosting international events seem to abuse their own people in the process. But here is an important point to consider from Schwarz’s thesis, applicable to any major international event: “The future of human rights involvement in the Olympic Games shows no sign of regressing. The political tone associated with the Games has been there from its inception. However, the role of hu-man rights and the Olympics will change depending on the host nation.”

With Korea soon to be the eighth country to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics, Korea now has the responsibility of realizing the democratic spirit of 1988, by hosting its international events while also honoring its citizens’ human rights.

1. Downtown Gwangju during the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup2. Closing ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Olympics

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usic and culture lovers, rejoice! Gwangju will play host to two major international music festivals in August: the Gwangju Asia A Cappella Festival and the 2014 Gwangju World Music Festival (GWMF).

On August 29th and 30th, the new Asian Culture Complex will host the 2014 GWMF. Considered a representative festival of the Asian Cultural Hub City Project, the GWMF celebrates its fifth year by open-ing the Asian Culture Complex’s events calendar.

First conceived in 2010, the festival brings together Korean and international musicians representing a wide range of cultures and genres. In previous years, the festival has moved around Gwangju and has been held at Chonnam University and Pungam Sports Park, among other locations. This year, de-spite the fact that the Asian Culture Complex is not slated for completion until October, the festival will

be held outdoors in the already-completed Lawn Plaza, rooftop of the Asian Culture Creation Center.

With well-known and respected festival organizer Jae-jin returning to organize the GWMF for his sec-ond consecutive year, the event is sure to be a suc-cess. He has once again assembled quite the line-up, with artists performing on three separate stages: the main stage, the sub stage and the open stage.

Mayra Andrade, an artist considered to lead the fu-ture of world music, is one of this year’s main head-liners. This Cape Verde native now lives and records in Paris. Her music, performed in four languages, is a blend of Cape Verdean rhythms, jazz and Euro-pean pop with tropical influences. Andrade’s music, which reflects the many cultures that have influ-enced her, attempts to capture the essence of each culture she represents.

Gwangju’s Month of Music Words by Blake Bouchard

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Fulfilling the festival’s goal of encouraging collabo-ration between Korean and international artists, the Korea-Africa Project will also be performing. This collaboration involves traditional instruments and artists from three different countries, including Ko-rean percussionist Jang Jae-hyo.

Korean acts will include Mapukiki, a K-pop trio made up of Jo Tae-jun, Lee Dong-geol and Kim Yeong-jin who blend Hawaiian and pop elements, and Lee Sang-eun, a former Korean Idol starlet at the Riv-erside Song Festival who has become a top singer-songwriter. There will also be a performance by MO-SAIKorea, a band that brings together shamanistic music from all over Korea and western instrumental influences to create pieces organized around the themes of Heaven, Earth and people.

With such a diverse selection of music from the world over, there is something for every listening preference at the GWMF.

Leading up to the GWMF, the Gwangju Asia A Cap-pella Festival will be held from August 13th to 17th

at the Arts and Culture Centre and the Gwangju University of Education. Co-hosted by the Gwangju A Cappella Association and Vocal Asia, this festival comes complete with opportunities for the public to participate in 13 different workshops over the program’s five days.

To reach the GWMF site, take buses 09, 36, 45, 51, 55, 59, 80, 95, 150, or 151 to the Asian Culture Com-plex stop. Or take the subway to the Asian Culture Complex stop. For those interested in volunteering at the GWMF, application forms can be downloaded at: http://cafe.naver.com/gjworldmusic and then emailed to gjworld2014@gmail.com.

To reach the Gwangju Asia A Cappella festival site, take bus 59 to the Gwangju Park Bus Stop or take buses 12, 45 or 74 and get off at the Jungang Bridge (West) stop. For more information about the A Cap-pella festival, visit: http://www.vocalasia.com/col-umn-info.

Enjoy the music this summer!

1. Lee Sang-eun; 2. MosaiKOREA; 3. Mayra Andrade4. Lee Aram (Korea-Africa Project); 5. Matchume Zango (Korea-Africa Project); 6. Mapukiki

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am proud of the fact that I am an alumnus of Louisiana State University, or LSU, in the United States – and in the South, pride for one’s univer-sity is no unique thing. People hang flags outside of their homes. They put various paraphernalia on their cars, such as bumper stickers, decals, and license plates. Many people wear their university colors everywhere, too.

Naturally, people who are affiliated with different universities often intermarry, especially in states with at least two major universities. When that hap-pens, no person stops cheering for that old college team just because his or her spouse is cheering for another. So during football season, things can get rather tense in some households, especially at family gatherings with extended family.

Many of these multi-university families display pride for their respective universities with vanity license plates on the front of their cars that state “House Divided.” The plate is usually split in two, with a spouse’s university logo on either side.

You may wonder which teams the children of these couples cheer for. Perhaps I can provide some in-sight into that, since the World Cup just finished and I am an American with Korean ethnicity living in Korea.

Here in Korea, I am extremely proud of the fact that I am an American, especially around my non-Korean friends. I am a fan of sports in general, es-pecially American football and basketball. Because I am from Louisiana, I am very vocal about my love for LSU football, men’s basketball and baseball, as well as the New Orleans Saints and the New Orleans Pelicans. I have also recently been quite vocal about the U.S. World Cup team. On my Twitter account, I have posted pictures of American icons like Hulk Hogan, George Washington, Rocky Balboa and Abraham Lincoln to display my fandom for Ameri-can soccer.

During the London Olympics two years ago, a stu-dent told me that he did not like America because America always wins events. My response was una-pologetic and instinctual: “Yeah, we are the best.”

If the American soccer team came to Seoul and played Korea in a friendly match, I would sit in the American section of the stadium with my American friends in my red, white and blue, and I would cel-ebrate when we won. At the same time, the victory would be rather bittersweet. Although I am proud to be an American, I do not enjoy seeing Korea lose, even to my home country.

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As a passionate sports fan, it is a rather confusing feeling. Sometimes my support wanes periodically throughout a competition. There are moments when I will unequivocally cheer for America. However, on the rare occasions when competition between the U.S. and Korea occurs, I find my support secret-ly shifting to Korea. Later, my loyalties switch yet again. I have had this experience only a few times, most recently during a women’s volleyball match between the two nations in the 2012 London Olym-pics, and later during a women’s curling match in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

As my American pride in terms of sports and compe-tition is rather extroverted, my pride in the nation of Korea, as a Korean-American, is introverted. Many times, though, my support for Korea is just as strong or stronger. I can’t explain exactly why, but I was extremely proud when Korea scored its first goal in its opening match against Russia in the World Cup. I was getting ready for work and felt a stronger feel-ing for that goal than I felt for any good thing that America did in the tournament.

I was also moved while watching a reality show that follows some Korean celebrities in Brazil as Brazilians cheered for Korea during the World Cup. A female celebrity started to get teary-eyed when the Korean team was introduced before a match and the Ko-rean National Anthem was sung. I was also moved when they showed a Korean man in the stands cry-ing as Algeria scored their third goal early in the match, bringing the score to 3-0. I felt proud when Yoo Jae-seok tried to rally support in the stands.

I do not vocalize my support for Korea during com-petitions because I am not a Korean citizen. How-ever, my support for Korea is every bit as strong as my support for America. This is why, during interna-tional competitions, I really do find myself “a house divided.”

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Compiled by Jo A-ra, Kim So-hyun, Kim Yoo-joong and Park Eun-youngPhoto courtesy of Gwangju Metropolitan City

Tom, English teacherA global sports competition coming to a city is rarely a bad thing. However, there are of course things to be wary of: poor planning, lack of resources and even (depending on the type of event) weather can be a significant factor in the success of such an event. These types of things aside though, the fan-tastic benefits a global sports competition offers far outweighs the negatives. The host city has the opportunity to promote itself to the outside word - both externally via the media and internally via traveling supporters. International traveling sup-porters will have what is likely to be their first expe-rience in not only the host city, but the host nation. A positive experience is a great advertisement for the city and nation as a whole. Added to this is the increased revenue from traveling supporters.

Jo Yong-i, student majoring in chemical engineer-ing at Chonnam National University (CNU)Even if the Gwangju government holds a global sports competition, the economic effectiveness will not be huge because of the investment to build an arena, a transport system and other infrastructure for spec-tators. The government should, however, continu-ously try to lure in global sports competitions. There is no direct benefit, but if citizens in Gwangju treat players, coaches and spectators from other coun-tries well, they will be touched by Gwangju and rec-ommend our city to people around them. I think this is the best method to promote Gwangju and attract visitors. Through the global sports competitions, we should promote a kind, beautiful and nice Gwangju to people all around the world.

What are the pros and cons of holding sports competitions in Gwangju?

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Kate, English teacherFirst of all, to host a sports competition is a big event for any city, and this would be no different in the case of Gwangju. Any sporting event would involve everybody in the city, even those who are not sports fans.

Thinking about the advantages of hosting a sports event, one might consider that the government will help financially in developing the infrastructure of the city, and therefore the city could benefit from this in the long term. Another good point of holding a sports event in the city is that it could raise the profile of the city around the world, perhaps inspir-ing many people to visit the country and the city, experiencing the culture while enjoying the event.

Regarding disadvantages, I notice that the city may get too crowded and the police will have to pay more attention to ensure the smooth running of the event. In addition, any sporting event held in Gwangju will put pressure on the local infrastruc-ture, such as the transportation network, if the cor-rect transport planning and financing for such plan-ning are not in place.

Robin, English teacherEven though I’ve never lived in Gwangju while it has hosted a major sports competition, I imagine some of the obvious pros would be increased revenue for the city and local businesses, as well as an increase in tourism. For cons I would say that there would be a definite increase in traffic and public transporta-tion would be much harder to take because of all of the people visiting Gwangju for the event. This would make going to and from work more difficult for residents of Gwangju and could cause a lot of frustration. So many extra people in Gwangju could also mean more work for the police.

Mr. Jo, 55, business manFirst of all, building sports infrastructure for global competitions will bring positive effects that improve accessibility to sports for citizens. Also, preparing accommodations for athletes as urban redevelop-ment deserves to be praised, and it helps to reduce the cost of operation and maintenance of facilities.

I’m just afraid of a lack of preparation and public-ity for upcoming global events. The most important thing is the participation of citizens. Citizens want to enjoy this event together, not to just borrow fa-cilities like stadiums and lodgings. The committee needs to promote the event more actively.

I hope Gwangju will be a better city to live in by hosting the 2015 Gwangju Universiade Gwangju and the 2019 World Swimming Championships.

Jang Mi, student majoring in visual design at CNUI think Gwangju is not ready to hold a huge com-petiton. It has no proper sports facilities now. If Gwangju is to hold the competition, the city will have to take huge amounts of the budget for better facilities. Furthermore, the new mayor of Gwangju, who was elected this year, has planned to use most of the budget of the city for job openings. Now, Gwangju must prioritize these plans. Thus, it would be effective economically to hold the sports festival in another city equipped with good establishments.

Sim Jun, student majoring in chemical engineering at CNU Many countries and cities have hosted global sports competitions. Why? It leads to numerous benefits that people expect. Gwangju will host the Summer Universiade in 2015. It is not important for event or-ganizers to achieve good results in the competition, but they hope the global sports competition in our hometown can be a big chance to build a positive brand image. For instance, our nation built a posi-tive brand image and showed our national power through the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

Kim Dae-wook, 27, studentTourism income will be increased because of the effect of promoting the city as the host country, and this will directly affect the economy growth of the local people. Secondly, transportation and con-venient facilities will multiply; because lots of people from all around the world will gather here for the competition, the city will prepare for this. Thirdly, jobs will increase during the period of the competi-tion.

Talking about the negative effects, the geographical position of Gwangju is not good. Because the city is far from the capital, the physical strength of foreign athletes will be affected. Next, welfare benefits will be decreased in accordance with the budget. Lastly, if the competition can’t get successful results, the city may cope with a vast debt.

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Gwangju City H ll NewsWords by Carl Hedinger

Compiled by Jo A-ra, Kim So-hyun, Kim Yoo-joong and Park Eun-youngPhotos courtesy of Gwangju Metropolitan City

Construction co-op between Gwangju and SeoulGwangju recently struck a deal with Seoul for co-operative development. Incoming Mayor Yoon Jang-hyun and his Seoul counterpart Park Won-soon con-firmed the agreement at Gwangju City Hall on July 3rd. The agreement is significant for being the result of cooperation between Honam’s representative city and Korea’s capital.

Both cities are leading eight joint projects related to culture, tourism, sports, innovation and the econo-my following mutual discussions. According to the deal, the two cities plan to soon present a detailed scheme of the aforementioned eight projects, hope-fully promoting a mutually beneficial friendship for many years to come.

City provides incentives for LED lightingThe City announced that 30 million won was awarded to 22 apartment complexes that installed LED light-ing. Evaluating energy reduction, high efficiency certification and replacement cost, the city offered a maximum of 2 million won per apartment build-ing. Thirty-eight complexes applied for the credit, which is 23 more than the last time the reward was offered. Though the sample size is small, organizers want to highlight a growing interest in the project.

Gwangju plans to expand LED into the civil sec-tor, which hardly uses the lighting. One official re-marked: “If parking lots replace their lights with LED lighting equipped with sensors, a 75% power savings will result and many benefits - including free con-sulting, meter readings, and quality assurance - will be provided to apartments. We hope more apart-ments are willing to take part in this project.”

Korean-Russians visit GwangjuAbout 150 Korean-Russian citizens visited Gwangju on June 20th and toured various industrial and his-torical sites in the city.

The visitors hail from the Vladivostok region in Rus-sia and the visit was hosted by the Koryosaram Aid & Sharing Movement. The guests stayed for 11 days and visited notable sites like Kia Motors, Mt. Mude-ung National Park, and the Nam-Gu Culture & Art Center, where they performed “Arirang”.

Mayor Yoon was also present and said, “An old Ko-rean proverb states that blood is thicker than water. Even though your nationality is Russian, you are our true brothers and sisters with Korean blood.”

New horse tracks coming soonTwo private horseback-riding tracks will be built in Samdo-dong and Donggok-dong in Gwangsan-gu.

The City submitted an entry for the “Horse Indus-try Promotion Project 2014” contest hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and was selected to establish two horse-riding courses.

The government plans to invest 1.5 billion won and expects the construction to be finished by Febru-ary 2015. The entire complex will consist of indoor and outdoor riding grounds, horse barns, a compost shed, and facilities for riding rehabilitation.

Five horse-riding tracks including four private tracks are already running in the city. Gwangju plans to start after-school riding activities and a youth riding club. Stay posted for future developments on this story.

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Tourism photography contestGwangju City announced that the 4th Gwangju Tour-ism National Photography Contest will be held in an effort to promote the various tourist attractions in the city. The contest is open to anyone interested in promoting tourist “commodities” through their pho-tography. Targets for photos include natural scen-ery, historical sites, sports, festivals, or anything else one might consider a vision representative of Gwangju.

Entries will be received from October 31st to No-vember 10th via postal mail or by visiting the Gwangju Tourism Association (GTA). A total of four photograph submissions are allowed per person. The results of the contest will be released on November 18th at www.gwangju.go.kr and on the GTA’s web-site (www.gjtravel.or.kr). Winners will also receive individual notifications.

The winner will receive 1.5 million won, and about 11 million won in prize money will be offered for an ad-ditional 72 prizes. In December, the winning images will be featured in an exhibition.

For more details on entry for the contest, visit the GTA’s website. The mailing address for those inter-ested in participating by post is:

Gwangju Tourism Association, 6-11, 16 Sangmubeodeul-ro, Seo-gu, Gwangju 광주광역시 서구 상무버들로 16번길 6-11 (유촌동)

Mental health promotion for college studentsThe City announced that the Gwangju Metropolitan Mental Health Center and the University Advisement Centers of Gwangju have decided to set up a co-operative system for supporting continuous mental health, as well as early stage prevention and treat-ment for mental health problems encountered by college students.

Currently, nine universities in Gwangju have signed on: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju Health University, Seoyeong University, Christian College of Nursing, Nambu University, Dongkang University, Songwon University, Chosun University and Chosun College of Science And Tech-nology.

This agreement proposes to offer mental health ser-vices, such as a recovery program, psychiatry spe-cialist counseling and mental healthcare services. It is intended for all college students in Gwangju.

According to the agreement, the participants are planning to expand these programs to students who need help in many areas, including an information exchange for early detection of incipient mental dis-ease.

The Department of Health policy says: “It is an obli-gation we all share to support college students who suffer from mental problems, with early interven-tion to help and encourage them to grow as healthy members of society. We see this cooperative busi-ness as a starting point of treatment for those stu-dents who are in need.”

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he 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Organiz-ing Committee (GUOC 2015) is carrying out promo-tional events at the campus grounds of local univer-sities, and it has brought along its new weapon: the Universiade’s official mascot, Nuribi. The name Nuribi is a combination of the Korean words nuri for “world” and bi for “fly.” Nuribi is thus characterized as a messenger of light and a bridge of communication amongst the world’s youth, a symbol for the four priorities of this month’s EPIC Forum on sports: environmental friendliness, peace, information technology, and culture. Nuribi’s hair is patterned after the Universiade’s “wings of light” logo.

According to the Universiade’s website, in the sym-bol of the wings of light “the five blue wings on the right refer to the five oceans, and the six red on the left to the six continents. The overlapping light denotes the harmony and friendship among the world’s youth in the Universiade.”

Wings of light are appropriate for Gwangju, which has styled itself as the “City of Light” for years. In fact, the organizing theme is pushing the idea fur-ther with its official English catchphrase for the Uni-versiade games, “Light up tomorrow.”

The games’ Korean slogan is slightly different, trans-lating to “Light of Creation, Light of the Future.” The

association says the slogan “captures the will of Gwangju, with its banner ‘a creative city where all citizens are happy,’ to set new standards for the Universiade with creative event or-ganization.” It emphasizes that the Universiade is more than a sporting

event and can provide the world with direction for the future.

Nuribi, the Gwangju 2015 Mascot, Shows Up on Campus!

Words and photos courtesy of 2015 Gwangju Universiade

The organizing committee is currently using Face-book, Twitter, and other online media networks to promote the Universiade. The organizing committee is particularly enthusiastic about opening an offi-cial channel on Kakao Story, a popular Korean social networking service.

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Khmer FoodWords by Jenn Tinoco

Photos by Mason Robinson

therwise known as Cambodian Food, this fairly new restaurant joins the well-known alleyway of food joints serving food from Southeast Asia, located near the Songjeong subway stop and KTX station. If you have not made the opportunity to stroll down this alleyway with an empty stomach, you really should. Although it is a mom-and-pop shop, it really does offer the flavors most travelers experience in the hub of Siem Reap or Angkor Wat’s home base.

Atmosphere and ServiceThe exterior of the restaurant is plain and simple, adorned with little more than a bilingual sign. The kitchen cook is the main greeter at the entrance and the menu is only in Khmer and Korean. Korean skills will come in handy since the owner, Su-young, is fluent. She was very patient and attentive as she waited for all her English-speaking guests to give their food orders. She also made sure everyone was happy with their food and beer after it came, as well as with the karaoke machine in the adjacent room. FoodPapaya! That is “all the jazz” in a world where the climate is sizzling and the fruit is ripe year-round. Papaya salad is commonly consumed in Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. The health benefits of this fruit are endless and the flavor is always delightful (well, maybe not the spiciness).

The papaya salad or “mok-ra-heong” was served in a refreshing bed of fish sauce alongside tiny pieces of crab, strips of carrots, the papaya it-self (stripped), green beans and anise, all beside very spicy peppers. The next dish was “micha” — a rice noodle combination of sauted bok choi, garlic and beef topped with Thai Sriracha hot sauce, not to be confused with the famous California Sriracha. Personally, this reviewer found the spice level high but not unbearable.

Prices The papaya salad and the micha noodles dish were 6,000 won apiece. Other dishes include beef stew, fish ball and veggie soup, beef tossed with herbs on a bed of rice, and other beef balls and chicken dishes ranging from 10,000 won to 20,000 won. Korean beer and cola is also available to order.

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Bus 19, 29, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 160, 196, 197, 296, 701, 780 get off at

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Mini Rice Hot Dog 미니 밥 핫도그Words and photos by Kim So-hyun

A bowl, rice, 2 eggs, hurikage (rice seasoning mix), sausages, skewers, plastic gloves, flour, batter, oil, fry pan, mustard and ketchup

Break one egg into a big bowl with rice.

(Note: There are many flavors of hurikage at the gro-

cery store.)

Combine the hurikage with the rice and egg.

(Note: Add tuna if you want for extra goodness.)

Mix everything together.

(Note: It should look similar to this once finished.)

Skewer the sausages end to end, as shown above.

Grab a handful of rice and flatten it in your palm.

Place the skewered sausage in your palm with the rice

and close it around the sausage.

(Note: A little oil on your hand will make this much

easier.)

Prepare the flour, a beaten egg and the batter.

Dredge the prepared skewers with flour.

Dip in the egg wash.

Dredge it with the batter.

Repeat until all skewers are finished.

Add oil to a heated pan.

(Note: Oil should be ready for frying once it starts to

show signs of light smoke.)

Place the skewer in the hot oil, turning periodically.

(Note: Watch that the skewers do not burn.)

Fry until it is golden brown, about 3 to 6 minutes.

Arrange the fried skewers on a dish in a star shape for

presentation.

Pour liberal amounts of ketchup and mustard over

the top.

(Note: Choose any sauce or condiment you like.)

Enjoy!

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Gwangju Sister City:

Turin, ItalyWords and photos provided by Eddie Hackworthy

n the summer of 2005, Councilor Tom Dealessan-dri welcomed the then-president of Gwangju’s Bien-nale Foundation, Mr. Han Kap Soo, to his hometown of Turin, Italy. It was there that a new economic cooperation agreement between the two cities was to be struck. The deal would particularly focus on cross-promotion and exchange programs between the regional capitals’ respective design schools. Students at the Gwangju Design Center, which was only three years old at the time, would have the op-portunity to study at the prestigious Politecnico di Torino – and what more could a student of design desire?

If Turin, the first capital of modern Italy, is today known globally for anything, it is for its citizens’ in-dustrial designs. It is the home of Fiat, the sixth-largest car company in the world and one of the most stylish. In addition, the Harmony, Tranquility and Columbus models of the International Space Station were manufactured there.

A walk around Turin suggests a historical tendency to lead in the field of engineering. The sights are breathtaking – those palazzos, those piazzas! In what city do students of architecture get to attend classes in a building equal to the beauty of the Cas-tello del Valentino?

Of course, it is not necessary to study architecture to appreciate it, much less enroll in GIST in order to book a trip to Turin. In fact, we recommend a visit even if you have little interest in architecture. Travelers to Turin visit for a host of reasons. They attend the Cioccolat festival to taste Turin’s origi-nal chocolate, the gianduiotto. They come to decide for themselves whether the famous Shroud of Turin, an old linen cloth, miraculously bears the image of the Holy Face of Jesus Christ.

They spend a lot of money doing these things, too. Like most of Italy, there is one drawback to visit-ing Turin: the city is literally twice as expensive as Gwangju. One might pity an exchange student from Gwangju without rich parents.

But then, one might also envy any student who en-gaged in last year’s Experientia Smart Cities work-shop, for which Korean students from Gwangju, Daegu and Busan traveled to Turin in order to ob-tain fresh perspectives on how design and art might be used to help solve problems in public spaces. Some experiences are worth the cost.

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was standing waist deep in subzero-degree water, as evidenced by the chunks of ice floating precari-ously close to my nether regions, in the middle of January, being jostled by 30 Korean men all attempting to catch fish with their bare hands and intermittently plunging my own arms into the freezing water in an attempt to do the same. It was the Hwacheon Ice Fishing Festival and my intimate introduction to the oth-erwise inconspicuous trout. While I wish I could say that in this extreme environment I experienced mental clarity or some deep philosophical revelation, I would be lying if I told you that my thoughts strayed very far from various descriptive expletives and the gnawing feeling that some parts of my body would not be functioning after the ten minutes I had volunteered for this. Multiple times I ejected myself from the pool, despite the calls from spectators to get back in the water, because I needed to see my feet to guarantee they were still there.

Fast-forward a month to the weekend after Valentine’s Day. I had coordinated with some friends to get my girlfriend out of the house while I went to town in the kitchen. A starter of grapes, olives and hummus and a dessert of chocolate-apple lava cupcakes with a strawberry sauce bracketed the main course of lemon trout, selected as a symbolic vengeance, that I had sprinted down to the market to get an hour before. The first fishmonger waved me on to the next one who pointed me down the street and around the corner. When I finally found trout, I watched as it was expertly taken apart into beautifully precise sashimi. Then I realized that I wanted the whole fish and mimed frantically until the confused fisherman handed me two headless, gutless fish - so fresh they were still twitching. Being the culinary savant that I am, I served the fish undercooked and chewy and had to sheepishly sneak it back into the oven.

It was not until last month that I finally learned what trout is supposed to taste like. After four hours of lying in the sun on a criminally unpopulated beach on Jeung Island, my aforementioned lady-love and I wandered into a nearby restaurant advertising sushi and sashimi. It was just after 2 p.m. and the restaurant was empty except for a family of four who were on their way out soon after we sat down. We were escorted to our table by the waiter, and we were immediately served a small plate of raw salmon, white fish and squid as well as a rice soup and a yogurt-topped salad. The meal had not been cheap, and after a few minutes I leaned across the table and half-whispered, “I hope this is not all we paid for.”

No sooner had the words slipped my lips than an enormous platter of raw fish was brought to our table followed by tempura, then by more salad, more fish and finally by my good friend the trout. Smoked to sweet, salty, flakey perfection, he was a welcome surprise at the end of an incredible meal.

It took me three times to get trout quite right. The first time he was still alive and trying to get away from me. The second time he was raw but heading in the right direction, and by the third time, with no effort or expectation, he had made himself just right. I am sure I will spend the rest of my life looking for that same fish again. I might do well to stop looking now and just wait for him to find me.

TROUTWords and photo by Benjamin Grady Young

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o make Hyo-jeong Lee’s face light up, just men-tion New Zealand. She moved there in 2005 to at-tend the University of Wellington.

“Fresh air. Clean streets. A beautiful campus. So many activities, and good tastes and smells from the cafes!” she enthuses. “I loved Weillington so much.”

Hyo-jeong was far from the only Korean delighting in her host country, although she met relatively few of them in Wellington. Only several hundred “Kowis” – New Zealanders, or “Kiwis”, who have Korean an-cestry – live in the nation’s capital. Kowis number far more than that in total, over 31,000, but the major-ity live farther north in Auckland, where their Ko-rean language schools and hundred-plus churches conspicuously dot the North Shore.

The churches are particularly important to New Zealand’s Korean population, since they double as community centers. In an August 9, 2010 article (“Religion gives salvation for immigrants”), the New Zealand Herald quotes one new Kowi as saying, “I am not a Christian, and I only started attending a Korean Catholic church because I didn’t have any friends. … But it is through people in the church that I have found a house to rent, school for my son and also how to sponsor my parents to come here.”At least one church has gone so far as to make these services part of its sales pitch. Kiwi research-ers at Massey University discovered a magazine ad for a church reading, “Which church you decide to go to determines your immigration success.”

While Hyo-jeong, the student, lived on the North Island, Yoon Sang-soo, the teacher, toured the

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South. An avid hiker, Yoon reveled in its famous vol-canic landscapes, but what touched him the most was how the people treated him.

“Everyone is so busy in Korea, ‘bballi-bballi’,” he says. “Passing people in New Zealand would say hello to me.”

Hyo-jeong recalls that not all the Kowis she met were busy. Many were employed in restaurants and sales forces, but quite a few others had no job. “They were just spending money that they brought when they immigrated to NZ.”

Those unemployed Kowis that Hyo-jeong noticed are part of an unusual problem in Korea’s global di-aspora: Kowis find it difficult to obtain work in New Zealand. Although their Korean language skills are generally better than those of Korean-Americans, Kowis’ English is generally worse. That discrepancy is considered to be one reason why they were the least-employed immigrants from Asia in 2006.

Although they have yet to fully integrate with the

economy, young Kowis are certainly contributing to other spheres of New Zealand life. K-pop has re-portedly hit New Zealand as hard as any western country. Melissa Lee, a Korean-New Zealander, is a member of the nation’s parliament.

Some community leaders are in fact already turning their attention from worrying about their commu-nity’s insulation to worrying about its assimilation. A group named the Korea Society is raising funds to build facilities in which to teach Korean recipes and crafts it fears will be forgotten by the next genera-tion.

Hyo-jeong did not stay long enough to forget her Korean heritage; she completed her one-year ex-change program and returned to Gwangju. She says that was long enough to change her, however.

“I used to be kind of a stressed person,” she re-members, “[because] of the obedience to tradition and invisible rules in Korea. I can’t say I’m a better person now, but I became much freer. New Zealand is peace and freedom to me.”

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[Photo of the Month] Interested in taking the spot of Gwangju News’ Photo of the Month?

Send your pictures of Korea and background information to our photo editor at: alternative_si@hotmail.com.We look forward to seeing what you have captured on film!

Puimen Wong is a British-Chinese English teacher living in South Korea.

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his month I am going to talk about how location can have a big impact. To do so, I am going to introduce a form of urban exploration that is a niche of the photogra-phy world: rooftopping.

What is rooftopping?This form of photography requires one to reach the top of a tall apartment building to take cityscape photos from a high vantage point. The problem is getting onto a rooftop. Building security officers and managers may be willing to let you, but in the words of Grace Hopper, “It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”

How do you get onto a roof?1 – Carry a generic-looking bag and do not show that you have camera gear with you.2 – Enter the building. If there is no pass code for the door, head straight for the elevator, then use the fire escape to access the roof. If you are lucky, there will be no padlock on the rooftop door. If there is one, try the next building.3 – If the entrance door is locked with a passcode, it is still possible to enter. Wait for someone to enter or leave, then enter while the door is open. You can also try the parking area under the apartment; sometimes garage doors have no passcodes.4 – If you are lucky enough to get on the roof, then behave well and leave no rubbish behind. You need to remember other photographers might want to use the roof as well. Bad behavior on the roof will result in the rooftop getting locked.

Why shoot from the roof?Shooting at a downward angle often gets great landscape results. The majority of cityscapes used for publications are taken this way. The Busan government, for a myriad of purposes, is now using a photo taken using the above strategies.

Will any roof do?The short answer is no. If there are buildings that come into your frame in the wrong place, resulting in bad com-position, then you are on the wrong building. You usually want to choose a building that does not have other build-ings right in front of it, giving you a clear view of your sub-ject, which might be a road junction, bridge or a financial district with many skyscrapers.

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Simon Bond is a professional photographer liv-ing in Suncheon, South Jeolla. He has travelled throughout Asia and has been published in many publications. This and other articles are available online by visiting Simon’s website: www.simonbondphotography.com

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Photojournalism With FireWords and photos by Simon Bond

[Photo Essay]

Simon Bond is a professional photographer living in Suncheon. He has travelled throughout Asia and has

been published in many publications. Last year, his work was featured on the cover of the Indian edition

of National Geographic. If you wish to see more of his work, please visit: www.simonbondphotography.com

hese photos of two fires were taken in Suncheon. On both occasions I was lucky to see the smoke from the blaze relatively early and headed over to take some photos. In each case, as far as I know, there were no deaths or injuries.

In such a dangerous situation, caution needs to be observed when photographing. It is not that common to be able to shoot in such situations. My aim was to select photos that tell the story, to make a set that shows the human side, the fire and some of the other details, like the burned-out walls. If you decide to shoot something like this, stay safe, and if firemen ask you to move, respect their wishes.

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Dousing the building after the fire

The burnt out remains of the building

Thick smoke can be dangerous in fires

Smoke rises up over the city

An emotional toll

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ost people outside of North Korea laugh at its government’s claim that practically every industri-al, agricultural, cultural and military decision made there is informed by the genius of its “supreme lead-er”, Kim Jong-un. Relatively few, however, question whether Kim truly even has the authority to make such decisions. That is a mistake. To believe that Kim is as powerful as his government claims is to accept North Ko-rean propaganda at face-value, never the best idea. And Kim’s strength as a dictator appears suspicious when we compare his reputation to what we know about how governing has always worked.

Historically, the idea of a ruler with perfect control has existed only in people’s imaginations. Consider the English kings of old as an example: they the-oretically received absolute power from God, but only seemed to hold it for as long as they did not anger the Pope or the noble families on whom they depended for loyalty. Better yet, look at Korea’s own history of one-man rule: yes, Korea’s famous Joseon Dynasty (1492 – 1910 CE) technically did not fall for almost 500 years, but princes and kings were frequently bullied, or dethroned in favor of a sib-ling, because they angered one political faction or another.

There is little doubt that Kim Jong-un, king of to-day’s Joseon, is in a similarly fraught relationship with the officials of North Korea’s government. What is more, he is almost certainly a very weak king, and might well be dead if his blood did not confer some legitimacy on the policy decisions of whichever of-ficials have sway over him. Kim Jong-un was forced by his father’s death to rush his ascension to power. His career in the government was only two years old before he became its leader at the ridiculous age of 28, making him the world’s youngest head of state.

Yet the world does not see Kim Jong-un as a fig-urehead, and for this incredulity we may thank the wiring of the human brain. People maintain sim-plistic views of world leaders’ power because it is much easier for the brain to focus its emotions on something it can visualize, especially if that visual is another person. On the most basic level, we focus on Kim Jong-un because he offers us a strong visual image. President Park Geun-hye’s approval ratings fell this year after the Sewol sank for the same rea-son: although she was not responsible for the disas-ter, she is the most visible person representative of the government and culture that Koreans do blame for it. Our governments and mainstream media en-courage this bias to better harness our negative emotions.

So who stands behind Kim’s throne? That is one of the questions that keep experts on North Korea employed. For now, think on the irony that as Kim Jong-un’s subjects force themselves to smile at him, he may be forcing himself to smile back.

Is North Korea Under One-Man Rule?Words by C. Adam Volle

[Behind the Myth: Exploring Korean Tradition] “Behind the Myth” explains the origins of Korean myths and traditions.

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Kim Jong-un cheerfully greeted by the military of North Korea in

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nce upon a time, a yangban, or nobleman, from the central area went on a trip with his servant. How-ever, as they covered a long distance on foot, they ate up all the food they had brought from their hometown, and ended up with nothing to eat. Feeling hungry, the yangban ordered his servant to bring him something to eat. The servant took his order and searched around. To the yangban’s surprise, the servant brought back two sacks of beans.

“My goodness, what is this?” the yangban asked. “Sir, these are the beans I collected from the fields. I will cook them soon over a fire.” “You rascal! Are you asking a high-ranking yangban like me to eat these dirty beans like you filthy servants? Go back and bring something else!”

The servant again took his order and searched for food. This time he brought some barley rice. “Now, what is this?” asked the yangban.

“Sir, this is barley. I will soon make a fire and cook some for you.”

“How rude! How can you ask me to eat things like bar-ley? Throw it away! Now!” After shouting this, the yangban suddenly fainted. The servant cooked the beans and barley, and looked back at the yangban whose long beard was shaking miserably. So the servant woke the yangban up, saying, “Sir, wake up. Even though your beard is in three strands, you still have to eat to be yangban. What’s the point of being yangban if you die?” Listening to the servant’s words, the yangban took the

beans and barley and gobbled them up immediately. As you probably understand, this Korean saying is about the importance of food, but it also illustrates the environment and status of the yangban. The word yangban originated from the way the king’s subordi-nates arranged themselves in conference. When the king opened his morning assembly, he had his munban, or those who dealt with civil and diplomatic policies, to his east, and his muban, or those who led the military, to his west. Yangban was a comprehensive term for the two bans, or groups: munban and muban.

However, as the king’s subordinates and their descend-ants made occlusive marriages and dominated high seats of government, yangban became a term not only for government officials but for the families of officials. Yangban generally had special privileges for education and gwageo, the highest-level state exami-nation held every two to three years to recruit ranking officials. They were also free from military service and used their power not only to own land and slaves, but also to bequeath them.

Though yangban were social elites, that did not mean yangban were always rich and powerful. In fact, many yangban were so poor in the 1800s that they often sold their status and genealogy. From this practice came sayings that derid-ed yangban, such as “Yangban is money” and “Even though he has a three-stranded beard, he should eat to be yangban.” By the Late Joseon Dynasty, the number of fake yang-ban outnumbered the true yangban due to this forging and trading. Thus, the term deteriorated into a term for general people soon after.

[Korean Sayings] “Korean Sayings” expresses the meaning behind Korea’s traditional phrases.

A Yangban LifeWords by Won Hea-ran

수염이 석자라도 먹어야 양반“Even though one has a three-stranded beard, one should eat to be yangban.”

돈이 양반이라 “Money is yangban.”

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White Flowers have Popped from the Crown

The crown is the top of your body, the windpipe where soul invites wind.Crossing the desert has taken you fifty years.Every tip of thorns your hands touched is bearing red beads of blood;Endured wounds are now popping into white petals.My long yearning, being pumped up from the sands of time,is now bursting forth like popcorn.The door of petals, now open toward wind,will close in darkness when the day passes by, but tonightflowers bloom brightly from the painful spotswhere feeling becomes soul.The white flowers are more scarlet than red blood;White cactus flowers have popped from the crown.

흰 꽃, 정수리에서 터지다

정수리는 몸통의 끝,정신이 바람을 불러들이는 숨구멍이다사막을 건너는 데 오십 년이 걸렸다네 손길이 만지고 간 가시 끝마다 붉은 핏방울그 힘으로 견딘 상처가 흰 꽃잎으로 핀다시간의 모래땅에서 펌프질로 끌어올린내 오랜 그리움이 팝콘처럼 터진다지금 바람을 향해 열린 꽃잎들의 문하루해가 가기 전 어둡게 닫힐 테지만, 오늘 밤감각이 정신으로 바뀌는 통점(痛點)에서 꽃은 환히 핀다흰 꽃은 붉은 피보다 더 붉다선인장 흰 꽃은 정수리에서 터진다

Korean PoetryWords by Hong Eun-tak

Translated by Park Yeon-seongPhoto by Dan Hiris

Hong Eun-tak was born in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, in 1958. He made his literary debut by receiving the Best New Poet Award from Si-An in 1999. He has published several books of poems including “From the Painful Spots Flowers Bloom” (2005) and “The Singing Desert” (2014), a book of criticism, “The Poetic World of William Carlos Williams” (1998) and a book of translation in collaboration with Rodney E. Tyson, “Bril-liant Korean Poems in English” (2003). He is currently a professor of English literature at Dae-jin University.

* The poet’s note: This poem was based on my living with giant Saguaro cacti in the Arizona-Sonora Desert for one year. The white flowers of the Saguaro cactus wait for fifty years to bloom for just one day. The spot where the flow-ers bloom is the very “crown” of the body. The crown, “the windpipe,” “the top of your body,” is the positive source of life. A cactus is a plant that grows wild in the severe living conditions of the desert. The cactus with its strong life force therefore has a thread of connection with the spirit.

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Sam looks up at me and starts laughing.

“Ddong-gae Teacher,” he says.

One of the Korean teachers told me it means wandering dog, but some other guy I met at a music festival said it means dog crap.

I don’t really know what it means, but the kid says it to me just about every day.

I’ve been working at this private academy for about two months now. It’s a small two-story building on the edge of the city. We’re

surrounded by mountains and small farms; winding roads and village-like alleys; old homes behind elaborate, traditional doors;

small pitches for soccer and jokgu; and dogs tied to their cages that bark at me on my way to work.

How I got into this situation still baffles me.

I was to take Sam to the roof and help him find a workbook in the storage room — more of a shed, really. I had him stand by the

door and told him not to close the door. Not even two steps in I saw my shadow recede and then heard the door bang behind me.

I turned the handle but it didn’t budge, and now the kid is twirling in the center of the room.

“Sam. Why did you close the door?”

“Ddong-gae Teacher say ‘close door, close door.’”

“What? I said, ‘do not close the door.’”

“An-i-o. Say, ‘close, close.’”

I start to say something but realize this process isn’t going to get us anywhere.

Ten minutes pass and my shirt is already drenched. Sam doesn’t look too comfortable either but watching a waeguk struggle to

open something as simple as a door is probably enough to keep him occupied.

[Gwangju Writes]

Ddong-gae Teacher

A short story by Ali SalehIllustration courtesy of solneum

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“Ddong-gae Teacher. Mol-la-yo?”

“Ne, mol-la-yo.” Yes, I don’t know.

He laughs again. I start pounding on the door, calling out the other teachers’ names with nothing in return but silence. I grab a

bucket and sit down for a minute. Sam starts throwing books around.

“Sam, stop.”

“No.”

He throws a book at me.

“Sam, I said stop!”

He starts shouting at me in Korean and points at the door. The small bangs hanging just above his eyelids are wet, sticking to his

forehead. He lifts up his shorts revealing his skinny, pale knees. A fly buzzes around his neck. He ignores it.

“Move,” he says.

For a seven-year-old his English isn’t bad. In fact, he’s probably one of the top students in his class. But the little jerk has abso-

lutely no respect for me. This is a common issue for foreigners here. With the Korean teachers, it’s all bows and honorific phrases.

But with the foreign teachers, it’s play time. They know they can get away with it because it’s part of my job to make sure they

have as much fun as possible, which also means it’s part of my job to go easy on them. Not to say they don’t learn anything or

that I’m simply an entertainer, but at the end of the day it’s about business. If the kids are happy, so are the parents, and if the

parents are happy, then at least in the boss’s eyes you’ve done your job.

It’s almost as if the paradigm of respect is eliminated with the sense of personhood. I’m a foreigner first and a person second, and

the kids understand that. But speak a bit of Korean, and their eyes pop out. “Teacher, you know Hanguk-mal?” Suddenly you’re

more than just the weird-looking guy they have to deal with for an hour everyday. The worst part is it actually feels good seeing

their response, as if conforming to the culture is a prerequisite to personhood. But then again, maybe it’s just a comfort aspect

that comes with relatability. I don’t know what to make of it.

Sam sits down after a few minutes of playing with the lock. Dust begins to settle and reveals itself through the streams of light

that seep through the cracks in the door. I pat down my pockets, looking for my phone, but feel nothing but a key and a pack of

gum. I take out two pieces, put one in my mouth, and reach the other out to Sam.

“No, Ddong-gae Teacher. I want food, not gum.”

Lunch is starting soon and I’m pretty hungry as well. I put the piece of gum in my mouth and throw the wrapper on the ground.

After banging on the door a few more times I sit down, put my back against the wall, and close my eyes.

I doze off for what I think is a few minutes, but am not sure how much time has passed, I can’t imagine it being that long. Sunlight

is still streaming through the door crack and it’s still just as quiet outside as it was before. I wipe my eyes, stand up, and start

messing with the lock again. I try some number combinations that are surprisingly popular in Korea: 9999, 1234, 4321, 0000. Theft,

and crime in general, is fairly uncommon here. My first week in the country my boss led us to the wrong car at the bus station

and only realized it was the wrong car when his key didn’t fit into the ignition. It is nice leaving my bag out in places here that

would be snatched back home in minutes, if not seconds.

I bang on the door a few more times, shout out some names, and very ambitiously turn the handle. It’s quiet when I stop. Then

it hits me, where’s Sam?

“Sam,” I call out. I can’t see very far into the shed, just hints of color in between a mass of darkness that goes back about ten

feet. Stepping over the books that Sam threw around earlier, I start looking for him. Spider webs stretch across my arms and

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shoulders as I slide through a maze of old boxes and tables.

“Sam!” I yell again.

It’s hotter and denser the deeper I go. I can’t help but cough. I’m so far in, surrounded by so much stuff, I can no longer see the

light from the door behind me. I can hardly see my own hands. I turn one corner and bump into something, something that doesn’t

feel as lifeless as worn-out box edges. Then I hear him — sobbing between deep breaths and sniffs.

“Sam,” I whisper. “Hey buddy, why are you crying? It’s okay, we’ll be out of here in no time.”

Although I couldn’t see him, I felt his eyes on me.

“Scared.”

“Scared? Don’t be scared, I’m right here.”

“I think Ddong-gae Teacher die.”

“Die?” I laugh. “I didn’t die, just sleeping.”

“Scared, Ddong-gae Teacher. Scared.”

I bend down and reach out to him. My fingertips hit the top of his head. He jumps up and wraps both his arms around my neck.

Tears seep through my shirt; they’re warm on my shoulder. His heart is pounding on my chest and his legs shake around my waist.

I rub his back, trying to calm him down, but can’t make myself say anything. A few minutes pass and he slides off.

“I’m sorry, Ddong-gae Teacher.”

“You’re sorry?”

He grabs my hand and leads me to the door. Suddenly the heat, the thick air and the uneasiness of being locked inside the shed

isn’t all that bad. Suddenly I don’t feel like I’m so far away from home, or even close to home, but rather that I’ve somehow found

a loophole in the comfort of the everyday, a ripple in the expected. I can’t seem to recognize him as the kid I had known only

minutes earlier.

“Thank you, Teacher,” Sam says. His brown eyes are bright and glossy and for the first time I feel I’ve actually taught him some-

thing, or maybe it’s him who’s teaching me. He’s about to say something when the lock beeps and the door opens.

“Collin Teacher?”

A head pops in through the doorway. It’s the receptionist. Sam looks at the receptionist and then back at me. For just a moment

he holds the pensive look in his face before grinning the grin I know means trouble. He runs out the door and starts shouting at

the receptionist, jumping up and down. All I can hear is ddong-gae teacher between rushed Korean phrases.

“You stuck?”

“Nay,” I say. “Sam closed the door behind us, I tried unlocking it, but I think it has a code.”

“Ahhh,” she says, as if I had said something brilliant. “Yeogi.” She puts in the code: #1234#. I give her a nod. I was close enough.

She leads Sam and me out of the shed and to the stairs. As we reach the entrance he turns around, sticks his tongue out at me,

and shuts the door, leaving me on the roof. I hear him laugh on his way down. This is when the agitation would normally start to

kick in, but it doesn’t bother me so much this time. In fact, I find it kind of funny too.

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[GIC Culture Tour]

ugust augurs the end of summer and the inex-orable cycle of the seasons, as people shift thoughts away from vacation and back towards work or school. This month, the GIC Culture Tour clenches the last of the beach season with an overnight ex-cursion to Wando, in order to delve into the island’s history, maritime culture and seaside charm.

The county of Wando is made up of dozens of is-lands. However, the tour focuses on the main island of Wando and nearby Sinji Island. The first stop of the day is Cheoghaejin, a small island connected by footbridge to the shore and the site of a for-mer military garrison controlled by the great naval commander, Jangbogo. In the early 9th century, working under the auspices of King Heungdeok of Silla, Jangbogo controlled a powerful seafaring state connecting Korea, China and Japan through trade. Working simultaneously as an admiral, a pi-rate hunter and a merchant, Jangbogo amassed considerable influence in the region and proved to

be a challenge to the ruling Silla crown. After enjoy-ing views of the open sea channels from the top of the fortress, participants can learn more about this interesting historical figure by visiting the Jangbogo Memorial Hall.

Travelling by bus and passing a giant statue of Jang-bogo, the tour next arrives at the Wando Seafood Market. Walking through the busy stalls, participants can experience the hustle and bustle of a portside market and see the variety of live seafood for sale, especially freshly-caught fish and the local specialty, abalone. Lunch will be the classic Korean fishing-town-fare of sashimi and spicy seafood stew, with atmospheric seating overlooking the harbor.

For the afternoon, the tour moves to Sinji Island, crossing a long bridge onto Myeongsaship-ri Beach. With at least a kilometer of golden sand, great wa-ter for swimming and well-appointed facilities, this is easily one of the best beaches in South Jeolla.

WandoWords and photos by Warren Parsons

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GIC CultureTour

Date: August 30-31, 2014 (2 days/ 1 night)Price: GIC Members 85,000 won/ Non-Members 105,000 won

Contact: 062-226-2733 (이보람 Lee Boram)

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Myeongsaship-ri BeachDinner: BBQOvernight

Lunch at Wando Seafood Market

Jangbogo Memorial Hall

DAY 1: August 30 DAY 2: August 31

CheonghaejinGwangju Gwangju

GangjinLunch: Pork BBQ

Hamel Museum

Jeolla MilitaryFortress

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Upon arrival, participants will check into their rooms and are free to enjoy the rest of the day as they please. Dinner will be held at the guesthouse and will consist of an outdoor barbecue with pork, side dishes and drinks, which is great for socializing in the evening!

Please come out this month with the GIC Culture Tour and enjoy the best the province has to offer: lush islands full of history, the freshest seafood and long sandy beaches!

** As a bonus, on the return trip to Gwangju, the tour will stop in Gangjin for lunch. Afterwards there will be a mini-tour of the nearby Jeolla Military For-

tress and Hamel Museum. Hendrick Hamel was a Dutch sailor and clerk for the Dutch East India Com-pany. After being shipwrecked off Jeju Island in 1653, Hamel and his compatriots spent 13 years in Korea, eight of which were spent in Gangjin. His book “The Report of Hamel,” published in 1666, was one of the first European accounts of the then-isolated penin-sula. The museum has some great displays of period artifacts from Korea and the Netherlands, as well as a kitschy windmill in the garden. The highlight of the area, however, is the local village’s stonewalls, which exhibit masonry patterns found in Holland at that time - tangible evidence of the shipwrecked sailors’ presence.

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or those visiting home or taking off on other summertime adventures, invest in antibacterial gel or sanitizing wipes. Taking a high dose of Vitamin C or a tab of Airborne, the immunity-boosting supple-ment, may be standard procedure for most seasoned travelers, but it is not the circulating air you should be wary of: it’s everything else. While cabin air is fil-tered and often cleaner than hospital air, airplane surfaces are like open petri dishes.

Disease-causing bacteria linger on armrests, plas-tic tray tables, metal toilet buttons, window shades, cloth seat pockets, and leather seats for days, or even up to a week. According to a study presented at this year’s American Society for Microbiology meet-ing, for example, methicillin-resistant Staphylococ-cus aureus (MRSA) survives longest on the seat-back pocket (seven days), while E. coli lasts longest on armrests (four days).

BEWARE OF SMOOTH SURFACES Smooth surfaces, such as the plastic tray tables and window shades, transfer bacteria more easily than porous ones such as the fabric on the seats’ backs, where fibers grip bacteria.

Due to budgets and quick turnaround times of planes, there are no real rules or requirements for disinfecting planes. Here are some little-known dirty secrets, as told by flight attendants online.

TRAY TABLES These are a bacterial metropolis. “If you have ever spread your peanuts on your tray and eat-en, or really just touched your tray at all, you have more than likely ingested baby poo. I saw more dirty diapers laid out on those trays than food. And those trays, yeah, [I] never saw them cleaned or sanitized once.” SEAT BELTS Simply put, they are “filthy.”

HEADPHONES Despite the plastic packaging that in-flight headphones sometimes come in, they are not new. Flight attendants put them back into packaging or “they go to a warehouse where they are ‘cleaned’ and repackaged.”

BLANKETS AND PILLOWS Call the Blue Fairy and keep wishing on that star. No one washes these. Blankets are refolded in preparation for the next flight. “The only fresh ones I ever saw were on an originating first flight in the morning in a provisioning city.”

WATER Go for the can. “Do not EVER drink water on an aircraft that did not come from a bottle. Don’t even TOUCH IT. The reason is that the ports to purge the lavatory and to refill the aircraft with potable wa-ter are within feet from each other and sometimes serviced all at once by the same guy. Not always, but if you’re not on the ramp watching, you’ll never know.”

COFFEE AND TEA “The drinking water that is used for making coffee, tea, etc., should NEVER be consumed. The holding tanks in these sometimes 60-year-old planes are never cleaned. They have accumulated so much greenish grime on the walls that in some places it can be inches thick. This one is known very well by all airline employees.”

TRAVELING WITH PETS From an aircraft fueler: “One thing I cannot stress enough is how your pets are treated. While your airline will take the best possible actions, some things cannot be avoided, like the noise on the ramp. I cannot stand out there without ear protection, and imagine your pet sitting out there on the ramp, waiting to be loaded onto the plane, being exposed to the same amount of noise I am. Please, people, think twice before flying your pets.”

Flight Attendants’ Dark and Dirty Secrets of FlyingWords by Kristal Lee

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W hat qualities define us as human? Is it our in-telligence, our complex language and empathy that set us above other animals? Why do we criticize others by saying that they behave like animals, eat like pigs or are too “bird-brained” to understand? Perhaps we should stop for a moment, consider how our own species looks at other species, and imagine how we might see the world if we were truly bird-brained.

To understand the world as a bird does is a great challenge. For a start, there is only one species of human, but ten thousand species of bird, each unique in terms of ecological niche, intelligence and powers of communication. We humans are rightly proud of our language ability, but if we experienced the world as a nightingale, we would have a vocal repertoire of 1,160 syllables. Moreover, our syrinx would free us to sing different syllables simultane-ously. No doubt we would win the praise of poets for pouring forth our souls abroad in ecstasy, but what would the clatter of human language mean and sound to us then? Even if we were a bird as humble as an eastern great tit, we could still com-municate well about the true essentials of life. We would sing, rather than fight or pay money, to mark out our territory. We might not be able to read or

write, but we would still be able to spot and com-municate about food and danger to our families, making one sound for a cat and another for an in-coming hawk.

As birds, we would not miss out on love, or its avian equivalent, either. Experiments prove that another Korean species, the Eurasian jay, is capable of em-pathy. If we were jays, we would watch to see what foods our partners liked and would offer these as presents, to help strengthen the bonds between us. Or as a bar-tailed godwit, a sword-billed bird of tidal-flats and estuaries, we would spend the winter far away from our spouses. But as spring came, we would both navigate thousands of kilometers back to our own patch of tundra, without maps or ma-chinery. Males arrive back first, joined within days by the same female as the previous year, carrying the future in her belly.

We are human. And we should use the best of our abilities to redefine our relationship with other spe-cies. “Bird-brained” should not be considered an insult. Instead, it should be reserved as praise for those who are truly aware of the world, and its beautiful, near-infinite complexity.

BIRD-BRAINED!Words by Dr. Nial MooresIllustration by Christopher Petkov and Erich Jarvis

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majority of the teachers I’ve talked to are seemingly interested in integrating technology into their teaching, but are not quite sure on where to start. Whether you’re sitting in a hotel or in a teach-ers’ lounge, summer is a great time to dive in and begin exploring the wonderful world of educational technology, also known as “edtech”. As teachers re-flect on the past semester and begin preparing for the coming term, one might be amazed by the many ways technology can increase efficiency and make classes more multi-modal and engaging. For start-ers, here are some of my favorite “one-stop shops” for edtech tools, sites and information.

Avi Spector’s ICT Blog http://avispector.wordpress.comICT stands for Information and Communication Technologies, and Avi Spector is a pedagogical con-sultant whose job is to help teachers use technology to enhance student learning. Fortunately, his servic-es are available at no extra cost. His blog includes regular posts about a variety of tech tools. For each tech tool featured, he typically includes a link, an overview of the tool, real-world classroom examples of its successful use, and additional ideas for how to use the tool in class. This is one of my favorite ICT blogs for its clear writing and readability, as well as the high proportion of recommended sites that I actually find useful and am able to integrate into my teaching.

Educational Technology & Mobile Learning http://www.educatorstechnology.comThis site is easy to browse and a joy to peruse; the tabs at the top of the homepage lead to resource recommendations that are well organized, easy to skim, and thorough without being overwhelming.

The site has tools for everything from annotation to YouTube, along with teachers’ guides, posters, and slideshows on various aspects of edtech.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything http://www.schrockguide.netThis site’s name is a bit grandiose, but it’s actu-ally well deserved. Kathy Schrock is an educational technologist, and her website proffers a dizzying ar-ray of everything edtech: links to rubrics for evalu-ating websites (and discussions about how and why to do this), extensive lists of online tools and apps, rubrics for student tech projects, and more. Is there something you want to know about edtech? You can probably find it here.

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.orgThis blog offers some fantastic lists of top websites, generally grouped by topic (e.g., “The Best Sites for Learning About Famous Art Thefts,” “The Best Sites for Learning about the 2014 World Cup in Brazil”).

Sites to Help Teachers Stay Sharp about Tech

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It often focuses on resources for teaching English language learners (ELLs). In fact, according to one count the author offers, his main site includes more than 8,000 pages related to ELLs. There are plenty of sites included for educators interested in pro-fessional development, as well; for example, teach-ers might enjoy “The Best Research on Listening to Music When Studying” or “The Best Articles (and Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources to Teachers in 2014—So Far”. There’s so much here, it can be a bit daunting, and the site isn’t very well organized, although the hidden treasures make it worth the effort.

Teacher Training Videos by Russell Stannard http://www.teachertrainingvideos.comJust as its name implies, this site contains video tu-torials for a wide variety of edtech tools. It’s a great place to find recommendations or just dip your toes into edtech, especially if you prefer step by step instructions over the “click and see what happens” approach to using online tools. It looks as if the author hasn’t updated the site recently, but the vid-eos that are posted provide a solid foundation for educators interested in expanding their tech skills.

WebTools4U2Use http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/This wiki is created by and provided for school library media specialists, but it’s got something for every-

one! “Finding the Right Tool,” one of the main pages easily located in the toolbar, is a good place to start. What do you want to do? You can find a tool for it here and you can search by function (e.g., “I want my students to brainstorm”, “I want to take notes while researching”), cognitive level, product (e.g., narrated art, visual note-taking, quick edit video, podcast, etc.), learning style, or a variety of other options. Some of the tools listed are a bit old, but the website is still carefully maintained and updated. Check out “Keeping Up with New Tools” for the new-est tools on the wiki contributors’ radar.

KOTESOL Monthly Chapter Meeting

Date & Time: August 9 (Saturday), 1:45 pm

Place: Chosun University, Main Building, Left Wing, Rm

4211

1. Presentation: Looking at Teacher Talk Through The

Johari Window

By Jocelyn Wright (Mokpo Natl. University)

2. Collaborative Workshop: Eyes on Lesson Plans &

Hands-on Lesson Planning

By Dr. David Shaffer (Chosun University)

Morning (11:00) Reflectve Practice Session

Critical Incidents (Jocelyn Wright)

Admission: No Charge

For more details:

Facebook: Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL

Website: http://koreatesol.org/gwangju

Email: gwangju@koreatesol.org

Twitter: @GwangjuKOTESOL

Lindsay Herron is Treasurer of the Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter of Korea TESOL (KOTESOL). On behalf of the Chapter, she invites you to participate in the teacher development workshops at their monthly meetings and special events. Lindsay is a visiting professor at Gwangju National University of Education, where she has taught for the past six years. She is also presently the National Membership Committee Chair of KOTESOL and a chair on the International Conference Committee.

http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/

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ave you ever thought about how to count items, people or animals in Korean? Some of you might have experienced some confusion. Let’s have a look!

Use native Korean numbers! Many people only use native Korean numbers up to the 20s or 30s.

[Korea Language Study]

Unit NounsWords by Ivan Yososaputro

Images courtesy of khunaspix, arztsamui, duron123, winnond, bplanet / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

하나(hana)

둘(dul)

셋(set)

넷(net)

다섯(daseot)

여섯(yeseot)

일곱(ilgop)

여덟(yeodol)

아홉(ahob)

열(yeol)

11 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

열하나yeol-hana

스물(seu-mul)

서른(seo-reun)

마흔(ma-heun)

쉰(swin)

예순(yesun)

일흔(ilheun)

여든(yeo-deun)

아흔(aheun)

백(baek)

Person Person

(honorific)Animal Item Age Bottle Glass

명(myeong)

분(bun)

마리(mari)

개(gae)

살(sal)

병(byeong)

잔(jan)

1(하나)

한 명 한 분 한 마리 한 개 한 살 한 병 한 잔

2(둘)

두 명 두 분 두 마리 두 개 두 살 두 병 두 잔

3(셋)

세 명 세 분 세 마리 세 개 세 살 세 병 세 잔

4(넷)

네 명 네 분 네 마리 네 개 네 살 네 병 네 잔

?(몇)

몇 명?(myeot

myeong?

몇 분?(myeot bun?)

몇 마리?(myeot mari?)

몇 개?(myeot gae?)

몇 살?(myeot sal?)

몇 병?(myeot

byeong?)

몇 잔?(myeot jan?)

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Community BoardHave something you want to share with the community?

Gwangju News’ community board provides a space for the community to announce clubs’ activities and special events. Please contact gwangjunews@gic.or.kr for more information.

Gwangju Ice Hockey TeamLooking for men and women of all ages to join us

every Saturday night from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Yeomju Ice Rink near World Cup Stadium.

If you are interested, contact Andrew Dunne at atdunne@gmail.com

Gwangju Inter FCThe Gwangju International Soccer Team (Gwangju

Inter FC) plays regularly every weekend.If you are interested in playing, e-mail:

gwangju_soccer@yahoo.com or search ‘Gwangju Inter FC’ on Facebook.

Photo Gwangju PlusFor photographers, Google+ has become a tool and part of their overall social media strategy. There is a lot to love. If you are an aspiring photographer that is looking for inspiration, education and other

individuals to connect with and share your passion for photography, we have an opportunity for you. If you are serious about photography and want to walk a

couple steps higher, there is a community that shares pictures that you are more than welcome to join. For more information, please visit “Photo Gwangju

Plus” at #photogwangjuplus.

Join the Gwangju Performance Project ChoirNo experience is necessary and all are welcome.

The choir will be learning and singing a wide variety of material, including pop, jazz, choral,

and musical theater!

The GPP Choir meets every Saturday from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. on the second floor of the

Gwangju International Center in downtown Gwangju. For more information, visit our Facebook page or

e-mail at gwangjuplayers@gmail.com

WaygeekWaygeek is a Gwangju-based celebration of geek culture

and a safe space for all geeks, regardless of race, gender or

planet of origin. Check out our Facebook page and our website at waygeek.me and start pre-paring your cosplay costume

for Alleycon on the weekend of September 26-27!

UNESCO KONA VolunteersUNESCO KONA Volunteers is a registered organization

that helps underprivileged kids by teaching English through storybooks.

We are looking for long-term volunteers who desire to enrich their lives. We are asking volunteers to

commit to helping at least once a month: one Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning or

Sunday afternoon per month.

If you have any picture books, storybooks, puppets or any educational items, we accept all donations in order to distribute them to the local children’s homes or community children’s centers in Gwangju. We also accept any used storybooks and educational items.

For more infomation, please visit:1) http://cafe.daum.net/konavolunteers

2) www.facebook.com (UNESCO KONA Volunteers)3) contact KONA (Kim Young-im) at 062-434-9887 or

at konacenter@gmail.com

Jeolla Safety Allianceis a group of Koreans and international residents alike to create awareness of crimes.

This safety card is for you to cut out and keep handy!

FB group: Jeolla Safety Alliance

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Foreigners 18-60 years old who are residing and working in Korea, regardless of their nationality, should be covered under the National Pension Service (NPS). Foreigners whose countries do not cover Korean nation-als, however, are excluded from the coverage of NPS. Even so, if there are relevant provisions under the Social Security Agreement (SSA) between Korea and any foreign countries, those provisions will be applied.

To protect the rights of foreigners, the SSA is publishing a series of articles spotlighting SSAs in cooperation with Gwangju News. This month’s featured SSA is for foreigners from Australia

SSA between Korea and Australia entered into force: Oct. 2008

Exemption from Dual Coverage※ Provisions concerning exemption from dual cov-erage is regulated on the payment of Korean Na-tional Pension contributions and Australian Super-annuation Guarantee contributions.① In general, an employee is subject to the legis-lation of a contracting country in which he/she is employed.② A person who resides in Korea and is engaged in self-employment in Korea and Australia is subject to the Korean National Pension Scheme.- Australian Superannuation Guarantee doesn’t mandatorily cover a self-employed person. There-fore, a person who resides in Australia and is en-gaged in self-employment in Australia can choose to be covered under the Superannuation Guarantee program or not. ③ A detached worker is exempt from being covered under the legislation of the country which he/she is sent to for less than 5 years if he/she is covered under the legislation of his/her home country. * In the case that agencies of both contracting countries agree on, the exemption period may be extended.

Benefits under this agreementWith regard to benefits under the agreement, in Ko-rea, National Pension coverage shall be taken into account, while in Australia, a period of residence under the social security system shall be considered.Even though your periods of coverage in one coun-

try are not sufficient to qualify for old-age pen-sion benefits, you may be eligible for old-age pen-sion benefits after this agreement has entered into force. This is possible due to totalization of cover-age in both countries.

① Korean National Pension Old-age Pension Ben-efits under the SSA - If you have more than 12 months of insured period in Korea but do not have enough periods of coverage (more than 10 years) to qualify for old-age pension benefits under the Korean National Pension Scheme, you may be able to qualify for Korean old-age pension benefits by totalizing periods of coverage under the Korean pension system and periods of Australian working life residence. However, those periods of Australian working life residence creditable must not coincide with the periods under the legislation of Korea.

* In this case, a period of Australian working life residence means a period during which a person is employed or self-employed during periods of Aus-tralian working life residence under the Australian legislation which is between 16 years old and pen-sionable age for an old-age pension.

- Your benefit is calculated by dividing the Korean periods of coverage by the total periods of coverage and then multiplying by the benefits amount (Theoretical Benefit). The benefits amount (Theoretical Benefit) is calculated based on the totalized periods in both countries.

[National Pension Service]

Social Security Agreement forAustralians

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② Australian Old-age Pension Benefits under the SSA - If you have been an Australian resident for less than 10 years but had one continuous residency period of more than 5 years, you may be able to qualify for Australian old-age pension benefits by totalizing periods of Australian residence and peri-ods of coverage under the Korean National Pension Scheme. However, those periods creditable under the Korean pension system must not coincide with the periods of Australian residence; or- If you have been an Australian resident for less than 10 years and don’t have a continuous residen-cy period of more than 5 years, you may be able to qualify for Australian old-age pension benefits by totalizing periods of Australian residence and pe-riods of coverage of more than 5 years under the Korean National Pension Scheme. However, those periods creditable under the Korean pension sys-tem must not coincide with the periods of Australian residence; and- Your old-age pension benefit is calculated by tak-ing into account; periods of Australian residence, country of residence, income and property and oth-er pension benefit amount, etc.* If you apply for the benefits in another country rather than Australia, you must have more than 12 months of periods of Australian working life resi-dence (at least 6 months continuously).

* In this case, a period of Australian residence means that a period during which you who has citizenship or the right of permanent residence actually re-side in Australia. A period of Australian working life residence means a period of residence between 16 years old and pensionable age for an old-age pen-sion under the Australian legislation regardless of being engaged in income-earning activities or not.

③ A person to whom this agreement applies is treated equally by a contracting party in the appli-cation of its legislation regarding eligibility for and payment of benefits.

④ Korean lump-sum refunds are granted to Aus-tralian nationals based on the agreement. However, lump-sum refunds can be paid to nationals of a third state only in accordance with the reciprocity principle under the National Pension Act.

⑤ There is no lump-sum refund clause under the Australian social security system, and as such any lump-sum refund won’t be granted to Korean na-tionals under this agreement.

However, regardless of this agreement, a pension benefit can be paid in a lump-sum under the Super-annuation Guarantee of Australia.

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Magic in the Moonlight / PG-13, Comedy, DramaDirector: Woody AllenStarring: Emma Stone, Colin FirthLanguage: EnglishSynopsis: A stage magician attempts to disprove a young woman’s claim that she has real magical powers.

Tokyo Family / All Audience, DramaDirector: Yoji YamadaStarring: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko YoshiyukiLanguage: JapaneseSynopsis: An old married couple lives on a small island in the Inland Sea. The couple have three children, who ask their parents to retire in Tokyo, but the parents do not want to stay there.

Madame Proust’s Secret Garden Attila / All Audience, DramaDirector: Sylvain ChometStarring: Guillaume Gouix, Anne Le NyLanguage: FrenchSynopsis: Centering around the life of Paul, a 33-year-old lifelong mute and piano prodigy, the story shows Paul living a child-like life with his two elderly aunts and overbearing dance instructors.

Begin Again / R, Drama, Musical, Comedy Director: John CarneyStarring: Keira Knightley, Adam Levine, Mark Ruffalo, James CordenLanguage: EnglishSynopsis: Greta and Dave, her long-time boyfriend, are college sweethearts and song-writing partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Greta is left on her own.

그사람 추기경 / DocumentaryDirector: Jeong Seong-wooStarring: Kim Soo-hwanLanguage: KoreanSynopsis: This movie is about the story of the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Soo-hwan’s life.

Chungjang-no 5-ga 62

(two blocks behind NC WAVE)

8,000 won per person per film

Bus no. 06, 07, 12, 45 74, or

170 get off at Gwangju Tax Of-

fice Bus Stop or 06, 07, 12, 45,

55, 59, or 74 get off at Chung-

jang Police Center Bus Stop

Geumnam-ro 4 Ga Exit 2

062-224-5858

cafe.naver.com/cinemagwangju

Movies at Gwangju Theater

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Festivals

Muan Lotus Festival 무안 연꽃축제Heosan Baekryun Ji, Illo-eup, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do August 14-17Sky White Lotus Public exhibition, The Lotus Way’s exploration of mystery boat, Lotus natural dyeing and Muan Onion Kimchi Cooking ClassesFrom the U-square Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Muan. From the Muan Bus Terminal, take a public bus no. 800 to Illo-eup. Shuttle buses for the festival are available at Illo-eup.061-450-5472http://tour.muan.go.kr/index

Jeongnamjin Jangheung Aqua Festival 정남진 장흥 물 축제Tamjin River and Woodland, 21, Jangheung-ro, Jangheung-eup, Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-doAugust 1-7Swimming pool with herbs, riding water bikes, paddling canoes and making cypress wooden necklacesFrom the U-Square Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Jangheung. From the Jangheung Bus Termi-nal, take a bus or a taxi to Woodland, or walk 10 minutes to Tamjin River.061-863-7071http://www.jhwater.kr *Proceeds from this festival will be used to help children

in the countries that lack water

Vocal Asia Gwangju Asia A Cappella Festival 20142014 보컬아시아 광주 아시아 아카펠라 페스티벌Geumnam Park, Bitgoeul Citizen Cultural CenterAugust 15-16VAF Concert - August 15: 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.Gala Concert - August 16: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.A Cappella workshops, concerts and citizen pro-gramsVAF Concert: 6, 39, 49, 70, 74, 170, 184 get off at Art Street Entrance Bus StopGala Concert: 59 get off at Gwangju Park, or bus no. 12, 45, 74 get off at Jungang Bridge (west) Bus StopGeumnam-ro 4 Ga Exit 1070-4152-5428www.2014gaaf.net

Silver Ocean of Geomundo/Baekdo Island 거문도/백도 은빛바다축제Geomun-ri, Samsan-myeon, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-doAugust 15-17Geomundo Island and Baekdo Island, which are islands two hours away by ship from the Yeosu harbour, will host Ddebae ship riding, beach seines fishing and catching gastropods with torchesFrom the U-square Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Yeosu. From the Yeosu Bus Terminal, take a public bus to the Yeosu Ferry Terminal (중앙시장Bus Stop). The ferry visits at 7:40 a.m., and 1:40 p.m., and it takes about 2 hours to reach Geomun Island.061-690-2042http://www.ystour.kr/kr/festival/geomundo.jsp

Gwangju World Music Festival 2014 광주월드뮤직페스티벌Asian Culture ComplexAugust 29-30Musicians and music from around the world gather here!Bus 9, 12, 36, 45, 51, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 80, 87, 95, 98, 151, 419, 518, 1187 get off at the Asian Culture Complex Bus Stop062-410-3468www.gjwmf.com

14th Gwangju International Film Festival ‘Remember for Peace’제14회 광구국제영화제 평화를 위한 기억Around Chungjang-ro (TBA)August 28-September 1Movie screening (schedule TBA)www.giff.org

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Exhibitions

Performances

Colorful Picture Playground 알록달록 그림책 놀이터Gwangju Museum of ArtJune 26 - October 1910 a.m. ~ 6 p.m. (Closed on Mondays)FreeBus 64 or 83, get off at the Gwangju Biennale Bus Stop, or by using Bus 83, get off at the Gwangju Biennale Entrance Bus Stop.062-613-7100artmuse.gwangju.go.kr

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Lee Geon-ui: I’ll Stay and You Go 이건의: 너라도 가거라 Gwangju Museum of ArtJuly 19 - August 1710 a.m. ~ 6 p.m. (Closed on Mondays)FreeBus 19, 36, 37 or 72, get off at the Sangnok Building Bus Stop, or by using Bus 1187, get off at the Seo-gu Health Center Bus Stop.062-613-5393

A Talking Object, A Talking Place 이야기하는 사물, 이야기하는 공간 Gwangju Shinsegae GalleryJuly 23 ~ August 19Weekdays 10:30 a.m. ~ 8 p.m., Weekends 10:30 a.m. ~ 8:30 p.m.FreeBus 12 or 37, get off at the Northern Shinsegae Department Bus Stop, or 9, 16, 30, 31, 48, 65, 84, 89, or 518, get off at the Hyundai Motor Bus Stop.062-360-1271 department.shinsegae.com/culture/gallery/

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Musical ‘Mozart!’ 뮤지컬 모차르트!-광주Gwangju Culture and Art Center Grand TheaterAugust 23-24August 23(Sat.) 2:00 p.m. / 7:00 p.m.August 24(Sun.) 2:00 p.m. / 7:00 p.m.VIP Seats 130,000 won/ R seats 110,000 won/ S seats 90,000 won/ A Seats 70,000 won/ B Seats 50,000 wonBus 16, 18, 27, 58, 63, 83, 84, 85 or 192,get off at the Gwangju Culture and Art Center Entrance Bus Stop.http://ticket.interpark.com/

Musical ‘Anastasia’ 뮤지컬 아나스타샤-광주Gwangju Yeomju Gymnasium Ice Rink August 16-17August 16(Sat.) 7:00 p.m.August 17(Sun.) 2:00 p.m. / 6:00 p.m.VIP Seats 110,000 won/ R seats 99,000 won/ S seats 77,000 won/ A Seats 55,000 won.Bus 16, 20, 26, 47, 59 or 74, get off at the Yeomju Gym Bus Stop.http://ticket.interpark.com/

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Sports

KIA Tigers August Home Match ScheduleKIA Champions FieldWeekdays: Adult 8,000 won/ children 3,000 wonWeekends: Adult 9,000 won/ children 4,000 wonGet 1,000 won discount if you come with a bicycleBus 16, 38, 51, 53, 89, 95, 98 or 151 and get off at the Mudeung Baseball Stadium Bus Stopwww.tigers.co.kr

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Gwangju FC August Home Match ScheduleGwangju World Cup StadiumAdults 5,000 won/ children 3,000 wonBuses 6, 16, 20, 26, 47 or 74, get off at World Cup Stadium Bus Stopwww.gwangjufc.com

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Date Match Team Time

16 Chungju Hummel 7 p.m.

31 Gangwon FC 7 p.m.

Date Match Team Time

1 Samsung Lions 6:30 p.m.

2-3 Samsung Lions 6 p.m.

9-10 Lotte Giants 6 p.m.

12-13 NC Dinos 6 p.m.

16-17 Nexen Heroes 6 p.m.

19-20 Samsung Lions 6:30 p.m.

23-24 Hanhwa Eagles 6 p.m.

30-31 SK Wyverns 6 p.m.

ⓒ KIA Tigers

ⓒ Gwangju Metropolitan City

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Rank Institution CountryS core

1W eizmann Institute of Science Israel 100

2C alifornia Institute of Technology( Caltech) United States 100

3R ockefeller University United States 100

4H arvard University United States 100

5S tanford University United States 100

6G wangju Institute of Science and Technology South Korea 100

7U niversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 100

8U niversity of California, San Francisco United States 100

9K arolinska Institute Sweden 100

10 University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) United States 99.9

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