Often found at theaters and museums, Kwon Mee-yoo has covered a wide range of cultural fields from K-pop and dramas to theater and fine art for over a decade. Now as K-Culture Desk editor, she tries to connect Korean culture with global readers through fresh perspectives.
Australian Garden opens on Jara Island
Australian Ambassador to Korea Catherine Raper, right, poses with the embassy's koala character, Koko, and Gapyeong County head Kim Seong-gi at the newly-opened Australian Garden on Jara Island in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. The garden features flowers such as pansies, surfinias and lupines, as well as an "I Love Australia" sculpture and topiaries of a kangaroo and a koala. Photos of Australian soldiers who participated in the Battle of Kapyong (Gapyeong) in 1951 during the Korean War (1950-53) are displayed at the garden's observatory. Courtesy of the Embassy of Australia in Seoul
By Kwon Mee-yoo