Humans of Jeju

‘Jeju-UCLG Global Youth Creativity Residency’, where young people from home and abroad collaborate with mentors specializing in global culture and arts to draw creative results, was held from August 2nd to 6th. With the theme of ‘Islands in Flow’, young participants from home and abroad stayed within the nature of Jeju Island to find inspiration by the beautiful nature and experience creative imme...

To the extent to be called fusion sculptor, Lee Sohyun works in various art fields to keep pace with the current era. She fell in love with Jeju Island and become a Jeju resident 5 years ago. Interested in light pollution, she works as a ‘Jeju Night Sky Keeper’ and records the night sky of Jeju Island. We may someday see the ‘Jeju Starlight Map, Starlight Forecast’ that she offers. Let’s listen to...

On a travel in Panama, the artist saw and felt the seriousness of waste problem at sea. He decides to live in Jeju Island, the island that he loves, and there he started the ‘Jeju Clean Boys Club’, a club that picks up trash by the sea every morning. The club has finished their 1st and 2nd season activity, and is preparing for the 3rd season as well as an exhibition on sea waste in September. Let’...

Working as an adversiting copy writer for 10 years in Seoul, one day, Han Minkyung decided to move to Jeju hoping to live a more enjoyable life. 9th year as manager of Jeju guesthouse, she has built small programs to enjoy with travelers and is enjoying life in Jeju Island forming a family that includes two women, two dogs, and one cat. ‘Life is so fun’ as she would say. Let’s listen about the cha...

Kim Yejin, who enjoys sharing thoughts and communicating with others, one day learns about indie books and comes up with the idea of ‘mobile bookstore’. At the age of 29, she takes up the challenge of becoming Korea’s one and only mobile bookstore. Finally, ‘Bookdamas’ was born. After traveling around the nation, 5 months ago she came to Jeju Island to live one year on the island. Let’s listen to...

From promoting South Korea’s famous Busan International Film Festival and Bucheon International Film Festival to promoting Broadway musical and Cirque du Soleil in New York, for 10 years culture planner Cha Eunsil has built a career on the field of culture and arts. In Pyoson, Seogwipo City of Jeju Island, she has opened a Jeju forest culture space, ‘Hwanijung’,  to connect the locals and cul...

For centuries Jeju has been an artistic inspiration for many artists. Humans of Jeju prepared special stories of those artists who loved Jeju and left great works of art that goes down in history.   In the second episode, reporter Jae will introduce two artists: Photographer Kim Young-gap and Entrepreneur Sir ‘Gidang’ Kang Goo-bum Photographer Kim Young-gap fell in love with the untouched nat...

For centuries Jeju has been an artistic inspiration for many artists. Humans of Jeju prepared special stories of those artists who loved Jeju and left great works of art that goes down in history.   In the first episode, reporter Jae will introduce two artists: painter Lee Jung-seop and calligraphist Hyeon Jung-hwa. During the hardships of Korean War, artist Lee Jung-seop and his family spent...

Yun Hangyeol, who is a photographer and an exhibition manager of ‘Art Lab. Sanyang’, fell in love with the world that she saw through her camera lens and has for 20 years visited places around Jeju Island with her camera. There is no village in Jeju that her camera has not captured and in 2016 she encountered ‘Jeju Gut Culture’. Let’s listen to the story of photographer Yun Hangyeol and how she di...

19th year working as a food specialist, Kim Youngbin' s work involves menu consulting and food styling. Her interest in sustainable food and local food has brought her to Jeju Island. Currently, she goes back and forth from Jeju to Seoul to research and tell people about Jeju local food and Korean food culture. Let’s listen, to learn about the Jeju local food and the places that she recommends.

As a single mother, Chae Jiae 's life in the mainland was not easy and she decides to come back to her hometown Jeju Island. Today, we listen to her story about following her mother footsteps in becoming Jeju Haenyeo.

10 years ago, the two who came to Gangjeong Village, Jeju, after hearing about the news of the construction of naval base, learned that they shared same interest which was 'the environment, the sea, and dolphins'. Establishing the environmental organization ' Hot Pink Dolphins ', the organization has successfully returned Jeju dolphins trapped in aquariums for 10 years back to the sea. Please, loo...

Jung Jinha , who left the company and traveled the world, meets Gavin in Ireland. The two became lovers, and when Jinha returned to Korea, she decides to live in Jeju. Currently, she works as a manager at the Cultural Space Accommodation in Jungmun, Seogwipo city, and enjoys living in Jeju every day. Shall we listen to their love story and about their life in Jeju?

Park Seonjeong intended to live in Jeju for only one year, but is already on her 8th year. What has kept her on the island for so long are the ' Jeju Oreums '. Through the records of oreums that she kept, she published a bestseller oreum guidebook called ' Oreum Oreum '. Listen to the stories of her love for oreums.

Today, we tell the story of mother and her youngest daughter living together and squabbling over everything in town of Wimiri in Namwon area of Seowipo city. The daughter, who had been working as a designer in Seoul, returned to her hometown of Jeju to live with her mother who lives alone after her father had passed away. While living with her mother, the daughter kept a diary of observing her mot...

From editor of magazine to being a Korean teacher of overseas volunteer group ‘KOICA’ for 2 years in Uzbekistan, her next destination was ‘Jeju’. Having great interest in ‘local district’, in 2020, she launched the ‘SARM’ magazine to tell the stories of various people in Jeju. Listen to her Jeju stories as she enjoys sharing the answers to life that others have emerged through their worries.

After working in educational consulting in Seoul, author Oh Seungju returns to his hometown ‘Jeju’. He teaches children the process of wisely confronting various problems in life through ‘books’. Look forward to listening to the ‘picture book’ and the special place in Jeju that he recommends.

After leaving the company she worked for and while living 3 years in Thailand, she was moved by the environmentalist she met. Beginning the second chapter of her life, she encounters ‘nature’ of Jeju. Realizing the pain that our plant goes through and the value of preserving Jeju nature, she became an active environmentalist. Do you want to hear about the preciousness of the Jeju’s environment and...

Today, we meet a married couple who met for the first time on the pilgrimage route in Spain, and hear why they selected 'Jeju' as their home and what they value in life while living in Jeju. Also, the story of Moon Kyungrok, who discovered wisdom in life through his failures, and Park Jinhee, who wants to share the energy that she receives from Jeju nature, will make you look back on your own life...