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www.groovekorea.com / May 2014 18 K E y P E o P L E KOREA 4th foor, Shinwoo Bldg. 5-7 Yongsan 3-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea. All rights reserved Groove Korea Magazine 2014 © publisher Sean Choi sean@groovekorea.com CFO Steve Seung-Jin Lee steve.lee@groovekorea.com Contact Info (010) 5348-0212 / (02) 6925-5057 Web, I.T. Dan Himes danhimes@groovekorea.com Marketing Executive Jay Park jpark@groovemedia.co.kr Art Director Park Seong-eun sam@groovekorea.com Editorial Director Elaine Ramirez elaine@groovekorea.com Insight Editor Matthew Lamers mattlamers@groovekorea.com Community Editor Jenny Na jenny@groovekorea.com Editor-at-large John M. Rodgers jmrseoul@gmail.com Manager Peter Chong yschong@groovekorea.com Design Adviser Prof. Kim Duck-mo Executive Director Craig White craig@groovekorea.com For Advertising ads@groovekorea.com For General Inquiries info@groovekorea.com Music & Arts Editor Emilee Jennings emilee@groovekorea.com Food & Destinations Editor Shelley DeWees shelley@groovekorea.com Copy Editors Jaime Stief, Daniel Deacon, Karie Schulenburg, Kevin Lee Selzer Accounting Choi Hye-won M A r K E T I N G & A D M I N I S T r A T I O N A r T & D E S I G N E D I T O r I A L CREDITS - CONTRIBUTORS The articles are the sole property of GROOVE MEDIA CO. Ltd. No reproduction is permitted without the express written consent of GROOVE MEDIA CO. Ltd. The opinions expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher. To contribute to Groove Korea, email submissions@groovekorea.com or the appropriate editor. To write a letter to the editor, email editor@groovekorea.com. To have Groove Korea delivered to your home or business, email subscribe@groovekorea.com. To promote your event, email events@groovekorea.com. To advertise, email ads@groovekorea.com. W r I T E r S & p r O O F r E A D E r S Alejandro Callirgos, Alexander Hall, Anita McKay, Anna Schlotjes, Anthony Levero, Beryl Sinclair, Christine Pickering, Christopher Green, Conor O’Reilly, Conrad Hughes, Daniel Deacon, Daniel Kang, Dave Hazzan, Dean Crawford, Deva Lee, Eileen Cahill, Elaine Knight, Felix Im, George Kalli, Hyunwoo Sun, Ian Henderson, Ian McClellan, Jamie Keener, Jean Poulot, Jenny Clemo, Jonathan Aichele, Jus- tin Chapura, Ken Fibbe, Ken Hall, Leslie Finlay, Liam Mitchinson, Matt VanVolkenburg, Paul Sharkie, Rajnesh Sharma, Rebekah McNay, Remy Raitt, Ron Roman, Ryan Ritter, Sean Maylone, Shireen Tofig, Sophie Boladeras, Stephanie Anglemyer, Stephanie McDonald, Timothy Cushing, Walter Stucke, Wilfred Lee p H O T O G r A p H E r S & I L L u S T r A T O r S Colin Dabbs, Craig Stuart, Dirk Schlottman, Don Sin, Dylan Goldby, Fergus Scott, James Kim, Jen Lee, Jon Linke, Jungeun Jang, Kevin Kilgore, Matt Treager, Merissa Quek, Michael Hurt, Michael Roy, Min Pang, Nicholas Stonehouse, Nina Sawyer, Pat Volz, Peter DeMarco, Rob Green, Sabrina Hill, Sacha Treager, Samantha Whittaker Illustration Director Wilfred Lee wilfred@groovemedia.co.kr GrooveCast Host Chance Dorland chance@groovemedia.co.kr Some of the editors, writers and photographers behind this month’s issue Merissa Quek Dave Hazzan Sophie Boladeras Singapore Canada New Zealand Previously a finance lawyer, Merissa was inspired by what Steve Jobs said about having the courage to follow one’s heart and intuition, and decided to up sticks and move to Seoul. She has been a photogra- pher at heart since she received her first SLR at the age of 15. Merissa recently won the First Shot cat- egory in the 2013 Travel Photography of the Year competition. Her current aim is to see Antarctica and the penguins. Dave Hazzan eats, writes and drinks in Ilsan. He has been published in Groove, 10 Magazine, the Korea Times, Maximum Rocknroll, the Vancouver Sun, Terminal City and elsewhere. His second novel, “The Ash Pilgrimage,” will be released early next year. Check out his website at www.davehaz - zan.com. Sophie was born and raised in the Land of the Long White Cloud also known as New Zealand. She studied journalism and media arts before heading overseas to float around, getting ac- quainted with a small slice of the world. She is cur- rently freelancing and enjoying all of the delights that Korea has to offer. Jamie is from Austin, Texas, a town where no one wants to grow up. Before moving to Korea to explore her Korean-American roots, she worked in profes- sional theater and now has an MFA in creative writ- ing. Now that Jamie is all grown-up, she’s a teacher, a writer and a world traveler. Jamie Keener U.S. Seong-eun Park joined Groove Korea in August 2013 after graduating in visual design. She is in charge of editorial design. Her favorite issue is always the most recent one because she can see her design skills improving every month. When not designing, she likes watching American TV shows and jogging along the Han River. You might run into her there sometimes. Seong-eun park South Korea