A Tribute to the Late Dr. Lee Han-bin: My Guardian-Mentor

By Park Nahm-Sheik || Albeit much too belatedly, I wish to convey my wholehearted gratitude to Dr. Lee Han-bin, the founding dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at … Read More

More Than Korean Lessons: Inside KIIP in Gwangju

By Vibhanshu Maurya || On Sunday mornings, my Korean classroom is rarely quiet for more than a minute. There are questions, mistakes, laughter, repeated pronunciations, imitation, and moments when everyone … Read More

Climate and the Cradle

By Siddhant K. || The UN now says extreme heat is making pregnancy riskier around the world. Korea, the country with the lowest birth rate on Earth and some of … Read More

Can AI Kill Humanity? – The Global Race to Regulate an Intelligence We May Not Fully Control

By Muhammad Umar Tahir || For most inventions, humans created the machine first and worried about safety later. Cars became faster before seat belts became standard. Factories expanded before environmental … Read More

A Different Light on Gwangju: Inside the Netherlands Pavilion of the 2026 Gwangju Biennale

By Luis Andres || The 2026 Gwangju Biennale is not confined to its main exhibition hall. Across the city, international pavilions have transformed different spaces into artistic encounters, inviting visitors … Read More

A Room, a Desk, and a Forest: Finding Time to Write in Wonju

By Reeti Roy || Virginia Woolf arrived at what sounds like a rather prosaic conclusion in A Room of One’s Own: If a woman was to write fiction or poetry, … Read More

1929

Reviewed by Michael Attard || 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History – And How It Shattered a Nation By Andrew Ross Sorkin 567 Pages, Viking Press, 2025 … Read More

Being a Woman

By Tabbu Shaikh || Every morning at 5:30, while the city is still wrapped in darkness, Meera wakes up. She quietly prepares breakfast for her family, packs lunches for her … Read More