All Over How A God Is Born Journalist Jonathan Cheng’s debut book studies Kim Il Sung’s Christian childhood and the unlikely beginnings of the North Korean dictator cult. Jisu Sheen 29 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Gwangju Facing the 'Rumored Self' Interactive photo exhibit invites the audience to confess what others say about them and choose how they want to live. Jisu Sheen 20 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Gwangju Book Judged By Handmade Cover Jisu Sheen reports on a 200+ vendor 3-D craft fair and one artisan's fascination with doorways. Jisu Sheen 20 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
Gwangju Hand Meets Sand Jisu Sheen takes a close look at where hands are headed — and at stories drilled into the walls — in a lobby art installation. Jisu Sheen 17 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Gwangju Surviving The Fire Jisu Sheen reports on a digitally restored 77-meter painted banner chronicling 100 years of pro-democracy Korean movements, burned by police in 1989. Jisu Sheen 13 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Gwangju Mystery Light Blurs the Edge Jisu Sheen discovers new ways of looking past borders in a “house of stone.” Jisu Sheen 8 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Gwangju How to Become a Grape Jisu Sheen tracks how elementary schoolers navigate the challenge in New Haven & in Gwangju. Jisu Sheen 6 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Gwangju An Old Friend Has A New Name Jisu Sheen trips a linguistic light fantastic. Jisu Sheen 3 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Gwangju Life Of A Mail-Turtle A local artist installs a slow post office in a Gwangju bookstore. Jisu Sheen 29 Jun 2026 · 5 min read
Gwangju When Your Arm Is Fried Chicken Bae Sung Ho delivers a tasty performance at an international indy film fest. Jisu Sheen 29 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Gwangju The Hidden Lives Of Non-Human Beings Jisu discovers them in an art show inside and outside a zero-waste facility. Jisu Sheen 12 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Gwangju Between Rock and a Hard Place Genres and generations collide at a rock vs. heavy metal Battle of the Bands. Jisu Sheen 3 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Gwangju Who Is A Mother? Artist-mothers ask, and answer, “Who am I?” in indie bookstore exhibit. Jisu Sheen 2 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
Gwangju Welcome Back, Jimi Hendrix A 17-year-old guitar legend in the making takes us over the rainbow. Jisu Sheen 1 Jun 2026 · 3 min read
Gwangju Yangnimdong Girl How a child's impertinent questions led to a life of meaningful art. Jisu Sheen 26 May 2026 · 3 min read
All Over The Last Gwangju Citizens' Day Citizen writers detail life in Gwangju. Jisu Sheen reports. Jisu Sheen 26 May 2026 · 4 min read
Gwangju Tales From The Kitchen How, and why, a "girl from the South" fled a Michelin restaurant to a Gwangju studio. Jisu Sheen 26 May 2026 · 4 min read
Gwangju The Very Berry Strawberry Princess of Jeonnam A decade after leaving New Haven, a Korean-born guitarist takes on the world. Jisu Sheen 25 May 2026 · 3 min read
