Jeonbuk Life 2018-1 Spring

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Jeollabuk-do’s International Magazine
Spring 2018 • Issue 10
Registration No. ISSN: 2508-1284
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Jeonbuk Life! Magazine is published by the Jeonbuk Center
for International Affairs (JBCIA) 전라북도 국제교류센터.
EDITORIAL
Manager Peter Yi
Managing Editor Axel Lemus
Editor Dianne Pineda-Kim
English Editor Marchell Williams
ART & DESIGN
Graphic Designer Aaron Snowberger aaron.kr
WRITERS, PROOFREADERS, TRANSLATORS
Marchell Williams, Dianne Pineda-Kim, Alexandra Prévôt,
Joon-beom Chu, Axel Lemus, Laura Bowles, Sewwandhi
Chandrasekara, Betsey Jeanne Norman, Amy Lee, Jiwoo
Lee, Yuree Kim, 백진하, 오세헌, 서승혁, 한리나
PHOTOGRAPHERS, MODELS, ILLUSTRATORS
Seong Jin Kim, Sewon Jun, Umesh Sampath, Sumin Kim,
Dianne Pineda-Kim, Caitlin Cobb, Chaerin Kim (cover photo)
It’s Reigning Cherry Blossoms
Photograph by Chaerin Kim
Story by Marchell Williams
Around the end of March, winter blows its final snow
frost and the jubilee of the spring season begins.
With the coronation of Spring, reigning cherry
blossoms take center stage. During the celebration
of the flower season, these sacred trees are the most
prominent spring blossom in Korea, and indeed a very
magnificent tree to behold, but the delicate petal’s life
span is short lived. I think it is the happiest time of
the year in South Korea, but it is not untouched by a
complicated history.
Jeonbuk Life! is a quarterly project of the Jeollabuk-do
Center for International Affairs (JBCIA). Our goal is to
spread news to Jeollabuk-do’s international community, as
well as to carry news of Jeollabuk-do throughout Korea
and abroad. This magazine publishes once per season.
Read the story on page 28.
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