Humans of Jeju

Young-sook, who bakes natural fermented bread in Jeju, and Nils, who works as a creator in various fields, live with their two daughters. Young-sook started baking in earnest after her children were born, first selling at Jeju flea markets. She gradually expanded her activities and now runs a baking studio called 'Breadpit', where she teaches various people how to make natural fermented br...

They publish various online content including e-books, podcasts, and newsletters. In Seoul, they both worked as office workers. After getting married, they moved to Jeju, Eun-bi's hometown. For about a year and a half, they ran a vegan restaurant called 'Cheesy Lazy', experimenting with a small business in their own style. Even while running the restaurant, they published content and r...

An Hyunmi has worked as a screenwriter for over 30 years, creating various programs and expanding her role to include documentary writing and directing. She has taught screenplay writing in the Department of Broadcasting and Visual Arts at Halla University and currently serves as an adjunct professor. In 2022, she received the Gender Equality Cultural Content Award for her work, <Jeju Women Her...

Lee Sia is the mother of Green and Grim and the CEO of the eco-friendly resource circulation platform company, GreenGrim. From her childhood to the present, she has lived every moment with excitement and passion. Born and raised in Jeju as the youngest of four sisters, she grew up under the influence of her mother, who has been running a flower shop for 50 years. She has always been interested in...

Jiseul, a founding member and a 3rd-year student, along with Joohyun, a 3rd-year student in her second year of participation, and Junghun, a 1st-year student, are practicing rights-based sharing through the Human Rights Club Ikki. Together with social worker Mr. Kim Minseok from the Dongbu Social Welfare Center as their teacher, the Human Rights Club Ikki is exploring ways to make beaches more acc...

Park Ji-hyo runs a vegan bakery called Vegrow in the seaside village of Seongdal-ri, Jeju City. She lives with her large dog and her husband, and also tends a community garden with ten friends. Living in Jeju, she discovered how delicious seasonal produce can be. Rather than baking the same bread every day, she creates bread with seasonal ingredients and organizes a "farm-to-table" progr...

Gilsu and Seokbeom have been close friends since high school, where they were both soccer players. After grueling training sessions, they found solace in listening to music together through shared earphones. After graduating and leading separate lives, the two decided to join forces with their wives, Hyeonji and Yeoreum, to create their own paradise in Jeju. This paradise is a self-service LP cafe...

Born and raised in Jeju Island, Moon Hyojin spent her childhood playing the piano in a two-story house with views of Hallasan Mountain to the right and the sea to the left. Her teenage years were marked by a perception of Jeju as a confined space, but she grew into adulthood studying piano and music in Melbourne, Australia, and Seoul. Now back in her hometown, she works to document the disappearin...

Born and raised in Jeju Island, Moon Hyojin spent her childhood playing the piano in a two-story house with views of Hallasan Mountain to the right and the sea to the left. Her teenage years were marked by a perception of Jeju as a confined space, but she grew into adulthood studying piano and music in Melbourne, Australia, and Seoul. Now back in her hometown, she works to document the disappearin...

It has been eight years since she came to Jeju on a whim to help her sister. For the first year, she spent her time solely on the guesthouse, household chores, and taking care of the children, feeling depressed and lonely. Then, following her sister’s suggestion that the pretty seashells on the nearby Hadori Beach might provide a clue to her life, she began taking walks on the beach and realized t...

Studio 126 is an exhibition space that supports everything from the first solo exhibitions of emerging artists to the new ventures of mid-career artists, operated by independent curator Kwon Joo-hee. She keeps the space open almost every day except Sundays, allowing elderly residents to leisurely visit and children on their way to daycare to come in with their mothers to see the artwork. The space...

After living for four years in Seoul, South Korea, and seven years in Paris, France, they contemplated where and how they want to live their life. They concluded that they wanted to live like Jessy's father, doing hands-on work diligently and working closely with the earth. Ji-eun, agreeing with Jessy's vision, moved with him to Jeju, where they can overlook the sea. The couple currently r...

She has been running Café MayB on Seogwipo Lee Joong-seop Street for 15 years. In 2010, when cafes were rare in Seogwipo, this place became a haven for foreign travelers. Guests gathered one by one to plan interesting events here. Every week, they organized activities like Art Day, where everyone could draw together, Open Mic nights for anyone to sing, charity events, themed parties, seminars, wor...

Debuted as a composer in 1993, he has released over 200 songs. He is a musician who has worked as a composer, producer, and singer. In 2013, after settling in Gujwa-eup area, he was asked to lead the choir made up of local grandmothers. Thinking he would do it for 1-2 years, he ended up doing it for a whopping 10 years, filling the second chapter of his life as the conductor of the Hado Haenyeo Ch...

She engages in creatively planning and realizing children's play culture. In Jeju, she has been creating fun playful equipment with children using plastic boxes used for storing tangerines scattered in rural areas or buoys discarded in the sea, and operating popup playgrounds. She is involved in cultural arts projects to find a balance between life and work, with a particular focus on children...

Operating a "Drawing Studio" in Seonheul Village in Jeju City, she introduces the world of drawing to people who have not yet ventured into drawing. Following the drawing project <Grandmother's Art Warehouse> conducted in Seonheul Village in 2021, she began teaching drawing to the grandmothers in the village. Since then, the grandmothers have developed a desire for drawing and...

Operating a "Drawing Studio" in Seonheul Village in Jeju City, she introduces the world of drawing to people who have not yet ventured into drawing. Following the drawing project <Grandmother's Art Warehouse> conducted in Seonheul Village in 2021, she began teaching drawing to the grandmothers in the village. Since then, the grandmothers have developed a desire for drawing and...

Yena and Jaeha, who have loved animals since they were young, chose the path of animal researchers to get closer to animals. Majoring in animal cognition and behavioral ecology, they each lived the life of a scientist in their own way until they met. 'You in One,' located in Ilgwa-ri, a small village in Daejeong-eup area of Seogwipo City, is a science communication space created by the two...

He is a singer-songwriter and currently active as an environmental docent in Jeju Island. In March 2023, he founded the environmental travel group Green Companion. Currently, he conducts environmental commentary at places in Jeju facing the climate crisis head-on, raising awareness about environmental issues among people. Born and raised in Tongyeong City, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, he considered...

He, who loved traveling to Jeju, explored various places in Jeju even before the Olle Trail was established. In 2010, on a hot morning, he was captivated by the sight of a grandmother working in a field next to an abandoned house, which led him to turn his attention to Jeju's abandoned houses. Starting in the winter of 2012, he began investigating Jeju's  abandoned houses and initiated a p...

He lives in Yeosuam, Aewol-eup, Jeju City with his son Si-woo, who writes poetry. About 20 years ago, he suddenly left for Russia to study film and majored in cinematography at the Russian State Institute of Cinematography the following year. His graduation film, <Bee Fly>, received positive reviews not only at Korean film festivals but also at international ones, marking the beginning of hi...

He loves the sea of Jeju. Imagining things that don't happen in the sea and things that he wishes would happen in the sea, he is making them a reality. Starting sea swimming for the balance between work and daily life, it changed his life and even led him to meet his lifelong companion. That's why he is faithfully engaging in marine cleanup activities, upcycling creative activities, and se...

Born and raised in Jungbang-dong of Seogwipo City on Jeju Island. He transformed the public bathhouse built in 1971, inherited from his grandparents, into a multi-cultural space called Lavarr. The space consists of a café on the 1st floor, a gallery and a concept shop on the 2nd floor, and a wine bar and rooftop on the 3rd floor. 'Lavarr' is a combination of 'lavare,' meaning to pu...

She, who was born and raised in Jeju, wanted to leave Jeju Island. After getting married, she started her life on the mainland as she wished, but only after leaving did she come to realize the uniqueness of Jeju. Upon returning to Jeju, she established a village travel program with local residents starting from Pyeongdae-ri Village, and now operates more than 10 village travel products. <Jeju G...

She, who was born and raised in Jeju, wanted to leave Jeju Island. After getting married, she started her life on the mainland as she wished, but only after leaving did she come to realize the uniqueness of Jeju. Upon returning to Jeju, she established a village travel program with local residents starting from Pyeongdae-ri Village, and now operates more than 10 village travel products. <Jeju G...