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How the world reported a small village that sang for peace

The Gangjeong Peace and Music Camp is an annual independent festival in Gangjeong, a small village on Jeju Island that has resisted naval base construction since 2007. This archive gathers reporting from Korean dailies, independent music webzines, and international peace outlets that have covered the camp since its first edition in 2023.

Korean-language pieces tend to dig into Jeju's post-4·3 history and village-level storytelling, while Japanese and English coverage frames the camp alongside other East Asian base struggles in Okinawa, Guam, and the Philippines. Each card opens the original article on the publisher's own site.

Coverage spikes around each festival window and the links below preserve lineups, crowdfunding milestones, and on-site photography for future reference. Use the filter chips to narrow results by year or event.

NewsNJeju2025-06-15

Anti-war dance, song of peace... 2nd Gangjeong Peace Music Camp held

The 2nd Gangjeong Peace Music Camp concluded successfully. It was a meaningful gathering where citizens and artists came together to share the values of anti-war and peace.

Jeju Today2025-06-13

Peace Concert Gangjeong Peace Music Camp to be held on the 14th

The 2nd Gangjeong Peace Music Camp will be held on the 14th around Halmae Water Restaurant (2835-1 Gangjeong-dong, Seogwipo). Under the slogan "A festival for all who sing for peace," musicians of various genres will participate and deliver a message of peace.

NewsNJeju2025-05-23

[Full text] "We are citizens! Guarantee the right to sing for peace!"

The Gangjeong Peace Music Camp organizing committee held a press conference urging guarantees for peaceful cultural events and citizens' rights to enjoy culture.

News Art2025-02-07

Twelve musicians resist war and violence, sing for peace - 'To You in a Distant Place Whose Name I Don't Know' released

Musicians yearning for peace around the world raised one voice. The album, capturing the pain of Ukraine's war, ongoing civilian massacres in Gaza, and the long-unresolved division of the Korean Peninsula, will be released digitally at 2 p.m. on February 7.

Money Today2025-02-06

Yeoyu releases 'Seoul Night'... a youth story in folk melodies

The lyrics portray the anxieties of youth and a longing for a pure life. Jeju symbolizes the possibility of an alternative life and carries hope. The song moves listeners with folk's inherent charm.

Sports Kyunghyang2025-02-06

Yeoyu's 'Seoul Night,' the essence of contemporary folk

'Seoul Night' succeeds in touching listeners through folk's appeal without excessive formal experiments. Beginning with a lyrical monologue and ending with the blessing "Live well, my friend," its structure shows a process in which personal worries expand into solidarity with contemporaries.

News Art2025-01-17

[Mysterious sounds of Gangjeong nature] Project Around Surround presents an experimental fusion of East and West

This work reinterprets Gangjeong's natural scenery through sound. The musical flow from gentle waves to the grandeur of Hallasan blends ancient Indian raga with modern ambient music. The sitar's mystic tone and advanced sound design bridge Eastern tradition and Western modernity.

Sports Kyunghyang2025-01-16

Folk duo Leafs sing for peace... new single 'Heart in Front of My Eyes'

'Heart in Front of My Eyes' stands out for its different approach from earlier anti-war music. Rather than directly denouncing war, it speaks of peace through everyday moments and personal emotions. The lyrics move from "Sorrow and joy come and go and linger" to "May every heart reach there," expanding from the inner self toward hope for the world.

Ruliweb2025-01-16

Art Liberation Front releases folk duo Leafs' new single 'Heart in Front of My Eyes'

The duo Yeo-ul and Wongirl presents their signature harmony again. Yeo-ul's clear tone and Wongirl's warm low register blend like two leaves swaying in the wind. A minimal arrangement with acoustic guitar and shaker highlights the purity of the message.

News Art2024-12-10

A small breeze's song of peace - Leafs' 'Heart in Front of My Eyes'

Leafs approach the vast theme of peace from a personal perspective, using folk's intimate sensibility. Unlike many anti-war songs that directly accuse the horrors of war, 'Heart in Front of My Eyes' speaks of the value of peace through everyday moments and personal emotions.

News Art2024-12-05

Kim In's 'A Person Who Went to See the Stars' - a lyrical poetics of peace

The song's real achievement lies in how it exposes the violence of war. Instead of direct anger or resistance, it summons concrete memories of peaceful moments to reveal the absurdity of war. Intimate lines like "the night we leaned our shoulders together" suggest that war destroys not only spaces and lives but also our most precious relationships.

Sports Kyunghyang2024-12-02

The journey of musicians singing peace in 'To You in a Distant Place...' meets us again on the archive website

The website introduces 12 participating musicians and their messages of peace. Stories include the Gangjeong-formed folk duo MoredoSaturday and Nepalese sitarist Ritesh Maharjan of Project Around Surround, among many others.

Monthly Mixing2024-11-29

Lee Seoyoung releases single 'We' - a song to sing love, peace, and freedom together

Lee Seoyoung explained that a vision of people passing through a deep tunnel in the mountain became this song. The echo of love, peace, and freedom feels like an answer from the depths of the heart. She added that she wanted to sing in harmony like different instruments coming together, and hopes listeners can feel it as a song sung together.

Ruliweb2024-11-29

Singer-songwriter Lee Seoyoung releases new single 'We' that holds time

With her distinctive timbre and lyrical soundscape, 'We' expands the piano-and-vocal original with electric guitar, bass, and flugelhorn. The flugelhorn deepens the song's poetic imagery, and the instruments create a harmonious ensemble while drawing their own voices.

Monthly Mixing2024-11-27

On the contradictions of a society that believes it is free: jazz duo MOMO's 'If this can be tolerated, what can't be?'

The lyric "If this can be tolerated, what can't be? Why we bear catastrophe if we're so free?" sharply points to the contradiction of allowing violence in a society that speaks of freedom. The repeated melody becomes an ongoing question of why we endure it, conveying resilience and hope within everyday life.

Headline Jeju2024-11-25

MoredoSaturday, peace activists from Gangjeong Village, release a single

The name 'MoredoSaturday' carries a desire to sustain ideal moments. More and Doto met through the Gangjeong peace program 'Something Peace' and formed an artistic, practical community through music. Amid conflicts over the naval base, they go beyond music to on-site peace actions such as human-chain protests, showing a harmonious blend of art and practice.

Monthly Mixing2024-11-25

Jeju folk duo MoredoSaturday sings for peace, releases 'We will sail for your freedom'

The folk duo of Gangjeong peace activists released their new song on the 25th. The track reinterprets a 2016 song composed by Emma Ringqvist for women in Gaza, originally created by 13 women activists sailing to the illegally blockaded Gaza Strip. The lyrics use olive trees to convey a message of peace and hope for the future.

Sports Kyunghyang2024-11-24

A melody of solidarity beyond distance: artist Namsu releases single 'Hello (To You in a Distant Place)'

The lyrics remind us of humanity that persists amid division and conflict. The line "If the same wind is within you and me" points to a universal longing, and "to you whose name I don't know" symbolizes our connection even in anonymity.

Monthly Mixing2024-11-22

Namsu releases new song 'Hello (To You in a Distant Place)' - We ultimately live on the same land

In the album notes, Namsu says, "Though we are far apart, we ultimately live on the same land. What happens is not in another world but on the same ground. We may be far, but we share the same hearts and wishes. We don't know each other's names, but we wish each other well."

News Art2024-11-20

A folk rock capturing the tragedy of modern civilization - 'Wave' by Kim Dongsan and Blueeewoot

Musically, 'Wave' is a notable achievement. The band's tight interplay stands out: Ryu Jooncheol's organ sets a lyrical mood, and Lee Inwoo's bass and Kim Yejun's drums build a solid rhythm section. The band's rising performance toward the end effectively delivers the weight of the questions in the lyrics.

News Art2024-11-19

Caru's 'TRANSITION' - a life poem singing the turning of the times

'TRANSITION' honestly captures the anxiety and hope of our era. The song offers an artist's voice seeking new possibilities amid crisis and reconsiders the contemporary meaning of Korean folk. Caru's vision of transition feels achievable through daily practice and artistic sublimation rather than mere ideals or slogans.

News Art2024-10-31

Sold out: 'To You in a Distant Place Whose Name I Don't Know,' a stage by musicians singing for peace

The release concerts for the album 'To You in a Distant Place Whose Name I Don't Know' have drawn an enthusiastic response. After the October 12 show in Gangjeong sold out, the November 2 concert at Space Hangang in Hongdae also sold out early.

News Art2024-10-26

A melody of solidarity beyond distance - Namsu's 'Hello (To You in a Distant Place)'

Namsu's "Hello (To You in a Distant Place)" recalls pure humanity amid the complexities of modern society. With a simple melody and restrained arrangement, it focuses on the message while delivering deep resonance, and the somber piano accompaniment quietly leads the atmosphere, revealing Namsu's unique musical color.

News Art2024-10-25

Singing the wounds of war - Jai and HANASH's 'Pink Padded Girl'

Through the story of an innocent girl, the song reveals the tragedy of war and presents a new way to convey anti-war messages. Jai's distinctive vocals and HANASH's experimental sound illuminate the heavy theme from a new angle, leaving a deeper resonance.

News Art2024-10-22

Unstoppable rhythm, unbroken hope - MOMO's jazz of resistance

"If this can be tolerated, what can't be? Why we bear catastrophe if we're so free?" raises a sharp question about a world order filled with war and violence. It asks how a society that believes it is free tolerates such destruction. MOMO captures conflicts across the globe and challenges our posture of endurance toward these "disasters."

News Art2024-10-22

A fiery message in a cool tone - Lee Seoyoung draws solidarity in 'We'

Lyrics beginning with "We live with thorns, we walk through our chests" capture the moment personal pain expands into a collective experience. The repeated point of view "we" evokes a shared consciousness of those living in the same era, hinting at solidarity amid structural contradictions. The line "even breathless, we insist on life" reveals both hardship and human resilience.

News Art2024-10-15

A voyage of freedom drawn in harmony: MoredoSaturday's 'We will sail for your freedom'

MoredoSaturday's greatest strength lies in the balance between musical completeness, sincerity of message, and real action. They use their talent to convey social messages while practicing them on the ground. As the late documentary photographer Choi Min-sik emphasized, their life and belief add weight and persuasiveness to their music.

News Art2024-10-11

Jeong Jinseok's 'Is This Your Land or Mine' - resistance blues capturing the tragedy of Soseong-ri

Jeong Jinseok succeeds in fusing traditional blues with Korean sensibilities. His Gyeongsang dialect vocals recall U.S. Southern blues singers and Korean rural oral traditions, perfectly aligning with the theme and making listeners feel the voices of Soseong-ri residents.

Hankyoreh2024-10-10

Born in Gangjeong: songs by 12 musicians praying for world peace

Planner Jang Hana said it became a meaningful opportunity for a new generation of musicians to participate in making socially engaged music, and expressed hope that the collaboration of artists with diverse colors and experiences would inspire rich musical imagination around the theme of peace.

Kyunghyang Shinmun2024-09-19

To places of gunfire and pain... sending a musical letter of peace

The album was planned by activist Jang Hana, a former National Assembly member, and musician-activist Hwang Gyeongha, and produced by the Gangjeong Peace Music Camp Organizing Committee and the Art Liberation Front. Participating musicians will perform on October 12 at Gangjeong Peace Center in Jeju and on November 2 at Space Hangang in Hongdae, Seoul.

News Art2024-09-03

Project album released to call out the pain of war and awaken the value of peace

News of war from Ukraine to Israel-Palestine and tensions on the Korean Peninsula colors daily life with anxiety and fear. Against this backdrop, 'To You in a Distant Place Whose Name I Don't Know' holds the musicians' earnest desire to deliver a message of peace worldwide through music.

3rd Gangjeong Peace Music Camp

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