Humans of Jeju
Episodes
Studio 126, Representative Kwon Joo-hee
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Studio 126 is an exhibition space that supports everything from the first solo exhibitions of emerging artists to the new ventures of mid-career artis...
Owners of 'Maison Notre Terre', An Ji-eun & Jessy
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. The...
Café MayB Representative, Lee Hye-yeon
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
Conductor of the Hado Haenyeo (Women Divers) Choir, Bang Seung Chul
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 set...
342Work, Representative Kim Yeon-jeong
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
She engages in creatively planning and realizing children's play culture. In Jeju, she has been creating fun playful equipment with children using...
Artist & Seonheul Grandmother Drawing Teacher, Choi So-yeon (Part. 2)
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Operating a "Drawing Studio" in Seonheul Village in Jeju City, she introduces the world of drawing to people who have not yet ventured into ...
Artist & Seonheul Grandmother Drawing Teacher, Choi So-yeon (Part. 1)
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Operating a "Drawing Studio" in Seonheul Village in Jeju City, she introduces the world of drawing to people who have not yet ventured into ...
Scientist's Field Station 'You in One', Representatives Kim Yena & An Jaeha
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 cognit...
Environmental Travel Group Green Companion, Representative YeHyuk
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He is a singer-songwriter and currently active as an environmental docent in Jeju Island. In March 2023, he founded the environmental travel group Gre...
Jeju Abandoned House Revitalization Social Cooperative Representative, Kim Young-min
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 captiva...
Film Director Min Byung-hoon
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ma...
Sea Creator, An Seong-gwan
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 rea...
Representative of the Multi-cultural Space Lavarr, Park Jae-wan
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Born and raised in Jungbang-dong of Seogwipo City on Jeju Island. He transformed the public bathhouse built in 1971, inherited from his grandparents, ...
Representative of Jeju Good Travel, Heo Sunyeong - Part 2
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Representative of Jeju Good Travel, Heo Sunyeong - Part 1
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
[Daytime of Gosan], Representative Im Yoori
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An introverted person, she chose Jeju Island as her first solo travel destination. However, despite wandering through quiet cafes and bookstores, she ...
Architect Yoon Junho
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From a young age, he was proficient with computers. Whenever he participated in computer competitions, he always clinched the first place. Although he...
Makeup Artist, Won Jo Yeon
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
She has loved drawing since childhood. Due to family circumstances, she had to attend a beauty academy instead of an art school, but it was an opportu...
Haenyeo Recorder, Haenyeo Ko Myeonghyo - Part 2
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A third-generation haenyeo raised in a family of haenyeo. She entered the fishing village as a rookie haenyeo after her mother had been the youngest h...
Haenyeo Recorder, Haenyeo Ko Myeonghyo - Part 1
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A third-generation haenyeo raised in a family of haenyeo. She entered the fishing village as a rookie haenyeo after her mother had been the youngest h...
JooJoo Studio Representative, Jeon Hyunjoo
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Together with her husband and two cats, she has settled in Daejeong-eup area of Seogwipo City. Having worked as a designer in Seoul for 15 years, grad...
Dreaming Marble, Kim Kyung-suk
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The artist Kim Kyung-suk, after her daughter received the diagnosis of a rare disease called 'Type 1 Diabetes' in 2014, dedicated ten years to...
Gamdong Space Lab, CEO Hong Seungwoo
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He operates the <Gamdong Space Lab>, adding meaning and stories to spaces to create 'new experiences and value'. In Jeju, he has planned...
Photographer Park Jung Keun - Part. 2
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He came to Jeju Island in 2013 and initially planned to stay for one or two years, but now he's in his tenth year on the Island. The haenyeo serie...
Photographer Park Jung Keun
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He came to Jeju Island in 2013 and initially planned to stay for one or two years, but now he's in his tenth year on the Island. The haenyeo serie...
Sign Language Interpreter Lee Hyunmi
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Majoring in rehabilitation studies and minoring in social welfare, she first encountered sign language through school courses. Since 2000, she has wor...
Seed Mediator of <After the Seeds Research Institute>, Kang Nalu
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She is a social artist and seed mediator who views the world through the perspective of native seeds. After majoring in pure art and working in the fi...
Jeju Traditional Liquor <Isibo Brewery>, Representative Bu Kyung Cheol
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He grew up witnessing his great-grandmother personally brewing alcohol and sharing it with people, fostering a culture of communal drinking. Recognizi...
Singer-songwriters, Yeoyu and Seolbin
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
They are musicians who, while living in Jeju, enjoy everyday life and create music. In 2017, they released their first album, <All Our Lives >, ...
Local Brand ODUJEJ, Representative Jung Jisol
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Seoul, he worked as a photographer capturing portrait with a 150-year-old camera. During a brief stay in Jeju, he fell in love with the island. Fol...
Dullang Meditation Salon Representative, Lee Jae-yoon
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She is living as the caretaker of Dullang Meditation Salon in Jeju's original downtown. She lived a busy life in Seoul as a career woman until her...
Herd and Heart, Representative Kim Duri
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a child, Kim Duri fell in love with the wonders of the great outdoors and wildlife during her time in Tanzania, and dreamt of becoming an elephant ...
Illustrator and Travel Writer, Moon Sinki
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
His hometown is Seogwipo City, Jeju Island. After majoring in Western painting, he spent quite a long time in a period of wandering. He worked as an a...
Representative of the Foundation, Park Jeong-gyeong
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She is both a picture book author and a mother of three children. After acknowledging and accepting that her second child had developmental disabiliti...
Representative of Doremi Company, Go Jeong-eun
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She started learning the piano from a piano teacher who lived in her neighborhood when she was a child. Growing up in a household that loves music an...
Geumdeung-ri Village Leader, Go Chun-hee
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She was born in Incheon City. Due to the nature of her father’s job as a military officer, her family moved to various places, and she spent her chi...
Gosan-ri Haenyeo, Kim Im-saeng
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Im-saeng has been working as a haenyeo (female diver) for 35 years in Gosan-ri village of Jeju City Hangyeong-myeon area. Despite being over seven...
Jeju’s Village Doctor Who Writes, Doctor Jeon Yeongwoong
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After completing his medical training in Seoul, he came down to Jeju and took his first steps as a doctor. Liking Jeju, his been living on the island ...
Charongne Meongbapsang, Owner Jeong Ki-hee
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Her father's last wish was to live in Jeju, so without hesitation, she sorted out her life in Seoul and moved to Jeju Island. But was her father&#...
Director of Tamra Yeeji Architecture Office, Kwon Jung-woo
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Having established his architectural office in Jeju City, Kwon Jung-woo, originally from Seogwipo City, initially had little knowledge about Jeju City...
Summer Stationery, Owner Lee Ji-eun
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She loves both summer and stationery. She has been living on Jeju Island, where she can freely pursue her passions, for 13 years. Facing job rejection...
Food Storyteller, Chef Shin Jungwon
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From a young age, she loved both cooking and languages. While she became an English teacher for practical reasons, her thirst for languages led her to...
Rusty Homies, CEO Im Sung-jun
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Born and raised in Jeju, from a young age, he enjoyed creating and drawing things. When he entered college, he began to learn sewing techniques. Havin...
모두의 온기 (From.ongi) CEO Kim So-yeon
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kim So-yeon lives in a small and charming village called Hagari in Aewol, Jeju, with her husband, two children who are in the 5th grade and the 1st gr...
Righteous Farmer Agricultural Association Corporation, Representative Moon Hee-sun
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A farmer who has been raising organic tangerine farm for seven years. Since 2021, Moon Hee-sun has been serving as the representative of the “Righte...
Leader of the Acoustic Sentiment Band, Bae Ilsu
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Living with his wife on a farm in Namwon-eup, Seogwipo City, he is a tangerine farmer and the leader of the band ‘Samchunseu’. He is also a guita...
Caricature Artist Woo Yonie
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2015, she has been living on Jeju Island working as a caricature artist. During the time when caricatures were unfamiliar in Korea, she first en...
Veke Garden, Owner Kim Bong-chan
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Born and raised in Jeju Island, Kim Bong-chan majored in botany in college and started working at Yeomiji Botanical Garden in 1990. As he went through...
Kim Young-soo Library Friends, Representative Shin In-gi
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For 10 years, she worked as a middle and high school teacher in Jeju and Seoul, and after giving birth, worked as an English and essay writing instruc...
Farmer and Village Guide, Uncle Seokhee
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He was born and raised in Pyeongdae-ri, Jeju City. After briefly studying at a univeristy on the mainland, he returned to his hometown and has been fa...
Project Group Jitda, Representative Vina (Park Jeong-suk)
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The youth community project group Jitda consists of three members: Vina, Yunda, and Sol. Their real names are Park Jeong-suk, Kim Ji-su, and Jo Jun-he...
CRA Art School, Representatives Choi Yura & Kim Minjae
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The two actors are a married couple. Since 2017, the couple has built their life in Sehwa 1-ri Village of Pyoseon-myeon Area, which is wife Yura’s h...
Green Bliss, CEO Yu Shin-woo
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After seeing news footage of foot-and-mouth disease culling, he became interested in the environment, and connecting his interest to his work, founded...
Book Salon Imago Jeju Archive Center, Chief Executive Kim Chae-su
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
<Book Salon Imago Jeju Archive Center> is a bookstore and publishing house founded by Kim Chae-su, the representative of <Imago Publishing>...
Vegan Butter ‘Moonsa Oil Shop’, Owner Song Hyun-ae
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After experiencing a burnout from work in Seoul, she started pursuing a vegan lifestyle at the recommendation of a friend. While taking a break in Jej...
Cartoonist Couple, Go Dongdong & Park Jeong-ah
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The couple work by serializing webtoons. Go Dongdong gained attention in Europe by publishing <Leah> through a French publishing company called ...
Rice Nice Sehwa Rice Cake and Mill, CEO Kang Ee-ran
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rice Nice Sehwa Rice Cake and Mill is a traditional-meets-modern rice cake shop. The mill that was run by grandparents for 40 years is now a rice cake...
Napeup Unni Flower Farm, Owner Lee Hye-Jeong
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2011, taking a break from work, she started living in Nap-eup village. She often spent time at the nearby pond, but frustrated by seeing people lit...
Social Enterprise Watervellong, CEO Shim Mi-hyun
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CEO Shim Mi-hyun makes children swimsuits using eco-friendly materials. Four years ago, she witnessed her son, who had started swimming, get injured f...
Kim Tek Hwa Museum, Chief Executive Kim Do Ma
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Do Ma is the chief executive of the Kim Tek Hwa Museum as well as the son of the artist who captured the scenery and people of Jeju on his canvas ...
Lala Beeswax Candle, Artists Lulu & Lala
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lulu and Lala, who left for Jeju in search of an independent way of life, met each other by chance on a day of typhoon. Realizing that the direction o...
Sehwa Village Producer, Yang Gunmo
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, through the Uncle Village Creation Project by Jeju Tourism Organization, Yang Gunmo established a relationship with Sehwa Village. Currently,...
Young Farmer, Baek In-ho
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After working as a fashion brand marketer for 10 years, he moved his life in Seoul to Jeju Island and chose to become a farmer. Using his experience a...
Ceramist, Park Doyeon
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ceramist who studied both Korean and Chinese traditional ceramics and is the representative of ceramic craft brand called ‘Sanhoyo’. While working...
The owner of a bookstore called 'Another Page', Shin Ui-Ju
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She majored in sociology at university and her realization about how unfair the world can be inspired her to be involved in various development cooper...
Furniture designer, Yang Woong-Geol
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He designs and fabricates furniture at his "Yang Woong-Geol Furniture Studio". He spent his teen years b-boying before his fateful encounter wit...
The owner of a social enterprise called Paint Doctor, Choi Yu-Ra
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She was captivated by a TV documentary about Jeju Haenyeo and moved to Jejudo island without a solid plan. She settled down in a town called "Jeo-Ji" ...
The professional stone wall builder, Jo Hwan-Jin
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He grew up watching his father who was a lifelong stonemason building stone walls. When he was young, he was not interested in an inch of his father's...
The owner of 'Woodbien' and a play director, Kim Hyoung-yong
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He runs a woodcraft shop called Woodbien in the remote town of Gosan which is located in the west end of Jejudo island. Woodbien named from a combinat...
Shortrong Cinema, Director Kim Min-eum
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She is the operator of the one and only short film cinema on Jeju Island. She works to inform people of the charm that short independent films give pe...
Mokhwa Oreum, Jung Boram
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For a long time, he has been in the fashion industry. While searching for the root of the work that he loves, he felt a desire to grow ‘cotton’ wh...
Painter, Lee Myeongbok
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Painter Lee Myeongbok majored in Western painting at Chung-Ang University College of Art. Working as a computer graphic designer at MBC and working as...
Slow Photo Studio, Owner Hong Lin
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hong Lin, who was a chemist, one day fell in love with the scenery of islands and decided to take pictures. By chance, being assigned to a branch phot...
Smart Store ‘Fromjeju’, CEO Jin Jung-eun
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For 10 years, she worked as an IT developer & planner. Starting her second life in Jeju, she met a turning point in her life. Succeeding with the ...
Classic Stationery Store Owner, Kim Mi-hye
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The stationery store that Kim Mi-hye runs is located in a back alley of Jeju City original downtown and sells stationery products that have designs ma...
Paper Artist, Seo Jung-hwa
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A paper artist who goes by the name ‘Lena’. She started her career with a job teaching children. While teaching, wanting to make fun classes for c...
Environmental Documentary Director, Kim Yuri
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A girl who was afraid of standing out growing up has now become a young woman who creates environmental documentary film about the reality of Jeju. In...
Photographer 30th Night, Kim Dong-yeon
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Dong-yeon worked in Seoul as a commercial photographer for 9 years and when he turned 30, he moved to live on Jeju Island. Deciding to move to Jej...
‘Usingsea’ CEO & Environmental Artist Kim Jihwan
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Jihwan, who majored in art at university, worked as a newspaper reporter and moved to Jeju Island with his family 9 years ago. In Jeju, collecting...
Bium Yoga Ashram, Owner Hyun Il-yeon
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hyun Il-yeon, who was born in Yanji, China, one day decided to travel Jeju Island after she became physically and mentally exhausted from her career l...
Picture Bookstore Café ‘Yellow Umbrella’, Owner Lee Jin
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After working as a nurse for 17 years, Lee Jin moved to Jeju Island and is currently running a bookstore plus café that specializes in picture books ...
Natural Dye Workshop, Owner Song Yumi
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Song Yumi, who was born in Ulsan and lived in Daegu, decided to start her second phase in life on Jeju Island with her husband after his retirement. H...
Jeju Pottery Creator, Ceramist Kang Seungcheol
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kang Seungcheol, a ceramist who grew up in Jeju and played with Jeju clay since he was a child, fell in love with pottery in university and has worked...
Picture Book Author and Illustrator, Shin Hyun-ah
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Author and Illustrator Shin Hyun-ah, who was selected as the 2010 Bologna Illustrator of the Year, has published two books with stories about ‘Cats’...
Seogwipo Cultural Center, Director Kang Myung-eon
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Born in ‘Deoksuri’, a village that creates Korean traditional caldron, director Kang Myung-eon considers about how we can preserve and develop Seo...
Quiet Small Town Taeheung-ri, Travel Shop Owner Yangmi Jeong
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Working day and night, Yangmi Jeong and her husband in their mid-30s, decided to do a month stay in Jeju and through it learned the joy of slowness. S...
Singer Songwriter, Jun Lee
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in California, when Jun Lee first visited Jeju Island, he could not believe there was such a place here in Korea. Living on Jeju Island for...
Jeju Ecotourism Association, CEO Jeryang Ko
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From a childhood experience, CEO Jeryang Ko has lived feeling sorry for nature and the living things around us and has been interest in the ‘ecologi...
Nature Documentary Director, Hyeong-mook Lim
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While working in the field of filming, 12 years ago director Hyeong-mook Lim came to Jeju and was able to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a na...
Hallasan Ecological Research Institute Director & Botany Doctor, Dr. Chansu Kim
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After 32 years of researching at National Forest Science Research Institute and serving as the director of Seogwipo Subtropical Forest Research Instit...
Jeju Olle CEO, Eunjoo Ahn (Domestic Edition)
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
15 years ago Jeju Olle CEO Eunjoo Ah was working as a reporter for a weekly news magazine. Taking a break from work, she came down to Jeju to support ...
Jeju Olle CEO, Eunjoo Ahn (Overseas Edition)
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
15 years ago Jeju Olle CEO Eunjoo Ah was working as a reporter for a weekly news magazine. Taking a break from work, she came down to Jeju to support ...
Broadcast Reporter Who Spreads Information Around Jeju, Mi-ran Kwon
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mi-ran Kwon, who lived in China during her childhood, grew up dreaming to become a reporter after watching Korean television program called ‘6 O’c...
The Book Created by the Friendship of Two People, "Blueberry Man" by Christina (Writer) & Nika (Illustrator)
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christina, an American writer and poet who works as an English teacher in Jeju, published her first children’s book "Blueberry Man" with illustrator...
Seolmundae Children’s Library Director & Publishing Company ‘Book of Fox’ CEO, Young-mi Kang
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CEO Young-mi Kang has been working with Seolmundae Children’s Library since it was established 25 years ago. Her 6 months year old child, who first ...
Former Ecological Nature and Environment Journalist, Si-young Kang
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Si-young Kang, who worked as a Jeju environmental journalist for nealy 30 years, 3 years ago opened a bookstore named ‘Interview’ which features b...
Purun Bike Sharing, CEO Hyung-chan Kim
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 nu...
Painter who Paints the Stories of the Unconscious and the Mind, Si Ya Hong
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 nat...
The Only Jeju Stage Costume Designer, Sang-hee Lee
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 perfor...
From Musical Actors to Digital Nomad, Couple Hyun-dong Lee and Doo-ri Lee
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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,...