The World On arirang

Si-young Kang, who worked as a Jeju environmental journalist for nealy 30 years, 3 years ago opened a bookstore named ‘Interview’ which features books related to Jeju’s nature, history, and culture. He was at the historical site where Jeju became the...

Wanting to do something meaningful for his hometown Jeju, Purun Bike Sharing CEO Hyung-chan Kim created a bike sharing travel system in 2010 as the number of tourists increased to Jeju. However, after going through challenges and failures, Purun Bike...

One day, Si Ya Hong, a painter who is friends with art, came down to Jeju after having a dream that was like a prophecy. Becoming friends with the nature and observing the inner world, she lives on Jeju Island creating her own world of painting calle...

Designer Sang-hee Lee has had a special interest in clothes since she was a kid, and is now a modelist who designs and makes costumes for stage performances. Recently, she has created the stage costumes for Jeju operas ‘Lee Jung-seop’ and ‘Uncle Soon...

Husband Hyun-dong Lee and wife Doo-ri Lee, who were working as musical actors, one day felt their health mentally and physically has gotten worse. So, the couple stopped their work and came to live on Jeju Island for a month. But one month has now be...

10 years ago, turning down on studying abroad in Germany, Kidae Kim moved to Jeju Island which he feels as his second hometown. The world of art that he is focusing on is a sustainable way of turning sea waste into a work of art. Let’s listen to his ...

Kang Na-kyung, who is engaged in various activities as a cultural planner in Jeju, is currently operating an unmanned exhibition space called ‘Seetangraum’ in Namseong Village in the old downtown of Jeju City. Collaborating with contemporary artists ...

Born in Jeju, where there are many myths and legends that stimulate imagination, Kim Jin-cheol debuted in 2006 by winning the Jeju New Artist Award for the fairy tale category. Since then, he has won the ‘Tomorrow’s Korea Writer Award’ and recently p...

One day on a trip to Jeju Island, Lee Sang-eun all of a sudden signed a contract to rent an empty space which she turned into a restaurant with her own unique concept. In Arangjoeul Street of Seogwipo, she has run the restaurant for 6 years serving h...

One day, the husband receives a tragic news. After being diagnosed with cancer, and spending the difficult days, the couple decides to move to Jeju for healing and stability. Walking the oreum in front of their house every day, the couple found the i...