On March 12, the inaugural Jeju Furey Screen Golf Tournament was held at Golf 19 in Jeju City. Eleven teams of four competed in an effort to have the lowest team score on the Nine Bridges simulation c

The Jeju Development Institute is implementing eco-friendly roads. As of Feb. 1 a new 6.65 kilometer road made of used tire material and asphalt is being used to test the durability of the newly-sugge

With so many new economically viable and promising projects popping up on the island, the suggestion that Jeju develop a “Cosmetic Valley,” comes as little surprise, especially since Jeju

Lee Min Hee is a teacher at a girls’ middle school in Jeju City. - Ed.Here are a couple of common scenes from the first day of school in Korea.First: New students are wearing freshly pressed and

And then there was Seolmundae.The legend of the “strong Jeju woman” is prevalent in Jeju society. She is said to be diligent, independent, economically savvy, fiercely protective of her fa

We remember our dead. The ways in which we do so provide healing to hearts consumed by grief and fill the void that the departed has left behind.In Jeju's traditional culture, the death of a loved on

In the small village of Seonheul, where the elementary school caters to only 20 students with no hagwon in sight, the Gotjawal Little School not only fosters the education of environmental preservatio

I arrived on Jeju with the understanding that I would be working and not vacationing. Being at a hagwon was a new experience, itself not exactly therapeutic. A robust teaching schedule and the daily i

The following translation is based on a Jeju Special Self-Governing Province publication. It describes the geological features of the publically accessible sections of Manjang Cave that is open to the

At the beginning of October, 2010, the Global Geoparks Network announced that Jeju Island would be made its 20th member, making it Korea’s only province to be assigned Geopark status. In the cat

The moment Lee Sang Hyup’s free kick bounded off the top of the goal post during the additional one minute of the second half, Jeju United was bitterly disappointed. Jeju United’s journey

“Nothing gold can stay.” At least that's what Robert Frost said in a poem so named. In one case, I agree. My students cannot stay. March comes, and in Korea that means the beginning of a

The application period for students who wish to attend the Jeju branch of the North London Collegiate School came to a close on Jan. 21. The school is the first of the ambitious Jeju Global English Ci

As reported in the Jeju Weekly’s Oct. 16 Environmental issue, climate researchers have claimed that Jeju has not technically experienced winter since the year 2000. Apparently someone forgot to

Hidden within the Geomun Oreum (parallel volcanic cone) lava tube system on the Northeast of the island is Yongcheon Cave. It was discovered accidentally back in 2005 and has since yielded a large num

Late last year, after the Chilsimni Festival’s cooking competition and traditional drumming had ended, as the sun set over the Cheonjiyeon bridge, an unusual group congregated under the stage li

The island’s indigenous language is distinct from those of mainland Korea in several ways. Most notably, a significant percentage of the vocabulary differs completely from the lexis of the penin

How do you define traditional food?This question loomed throughout my last encounter with Jeju cuisine expert Yang Yong Jin. On a warm February evening Yang came by the Jeju Weekly office to pick up m

“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone/prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone.” So begins W. H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues,” later immortalized in the funeral sc

When it comes to travel, my least favorite expense is accommodation. No matter how economical the price or luxurious the room, I cannot seem to justify forking over hard-earned cash for a place to res