Pioneer traveller living the dream in South Korea

For more than a decade, a pioneer traveller has distilled his passion for the world into Gwangju’s perfect guesthouse and ...
The New York Times

His Photos Exposed a Bloody Crackdown, but His Identity Was a Secret

Na Kyung Taek’s photos bore witness — and helped bring international attention — to the military junta’s brutal suppression of a pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980. By Choe ...
Artnet

As Big-Ticket Fairs Open in Seoul, Revered Biennials Await Down South

The Frieze and KIAF fairs and the Busan and Gwangju biennales are on tap in the Republic of Korea. Buckle up! City Hall, Office of the Mayor of Seoul, Capital city of South Korea. (Photo by: Universal ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Long before this week, South Korea had a painful history with martial law

In 1980, violent clashes between government forces and pro-democracy demonstrators in the southwestern city of Gwangju created lasting scars that... For many people outside of South Korea, President ...