Humans of Jeju

Kim Younjin is a young haenyeo who graduated from Hansupul Haenyeo School in 2021 and now dives in Gueom, a coastal village in Aewol, Jeju. Drawn to a life closely connected to the sea, she chose the path of a haenyeo and continues to train herself through the honest and humbling lessons the ocean provides. As one of six haenyeos in Gueom, she faces the rough waves daily, deepening her bond with the sea through each dive. She is an active member of HAECHO, a young haenyeo group dedicated to marine conservation and cultural outreach. Kim has represented haenyeo culture at international events, such as the 2024 Sharjah Heritage Days in the UAE, and shared her experiences at the Jeju Environment Talk Concert. She also serves as a translator for the monthly Haenyeo Bulteok Talk Show at the Haenyeo Museum. Today, she continues her journey with the sea, hoping to share the sustainable values of haenyeo culture with the world.

Hyun Hyeyeon is a Korean traditional dancer currently performing with the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Dance Company. After studying and working in Seoul, she returned to her hometown Jeju to spend more time with her parents. For her, dance became as natural as daily routines, and over time, her focus shifted from technical perfection to creating movement that resonates with space and atmosphere. Living in Jeju, she began exploring how traditional dance could harmonize with nature and local culture. One example is her project “Season Warehouse,” a heartfelt performance and photo exhibition set in her family's tangerine storage. She also runs a YouTube channel called “Dance Hye Yeon” to share insights and stay connected with fellow dancers. With dreams of both experimental works in Jeju and street performances abroad, she continues to explore dance as a way to connect people and stories.

Subin Byun is a marine environmental activist working to protect the ocean around Jeju. She founded the organization Diphda and leads its overall planning and on-site activities as director. Her work focuses on collecting marine waste, as well as running environmental education and community engagement programs. She follows the low tide schedule and moves along the coast, maintaining her field activities consistently regardless of season or weather. Beyond cleanup efforts, she also organizes exhibitions and workshops on marine environment themes to broaden the reach of her message. Through collaborations with companies and institutions, she encourages wider public participation. Grounded in field experience, she continues to foster everyday awareness and changes in how people think about the environment.

They began making music together in high school, which naturally led to the formation of their team. As the leader, Suchan writes his own lyrics, expressing personal thoughts and emotions drawn from everyday life. Donggeon performs under the name Jiseul and once participated in a video contest themed around the Jeju April 3rd Incident, winning second prize. The video featured music he composed himself. Centered on rap, they continue to explore performance, video production, and various creative projects. For them, Jeju is more than just home—it's a studio where daily life and art blend together

An artist who preserves Jeju's disappearing culture through music and art. Growing up surrounded by Jeju's sea and mountains, she blends traditional haenyeo songs with classical and modern styles. She also explores multimedia art, composing for films and organizing music exhibitions. Her Peace Requiem, set to be performed at the Vatican, commemorates the victims of the Jeju 4.3 Uprising. With her ensemble Trio Borom, she continues to share Jeju's history and stories through music, believing that art is a powerful tool for cultural preservation and connection.

Soriquete is a "Flamenco × Traditional Korean Music Crossover Performance Team" formed on Jeju Island by flamenco guitarist Park Seok-jun, soriggun(traditional Korean pansori singer) Jeong Ae-sun, flamenco dancer Choi Yoomi, and percussionist Kim Seong-jin. Their repertoire ranges from authentic flamenco, reinterpreted through the expressive phrasing of the soriggun, to pieces like Saetaryeong, Sarangga, and Heungboga, which meld flamenco melodies with Korean traditional music. Through these exquisite crossovers, they craft a sound that is both unfamiliar and familiar, exotic yet deeply rooted in tradition. They also deliver powerful live performances enhanced by dynamic flamenco dance. Beyond a mere genre fusion, they strive to establish a uniquely Korean musical identity through the interplay of flamenco and traditional Korean music.

Eunhae Grace Jung is an eco-artist and art therapist based on Jeju Island. During her teenage years, she moved to Canada, where she developed a deep connection with nature—an experience that shaped her lifelong love for the natural world. Later, she worked as an art therapist at a psychiatric hospital and a youth treatment center in Chicago, USA, witnessing how people enduring their most painful times found healing through art. Art, which draws strength from the darkest places, has become a key theme in her life. For over 10 years, she has been living in a small village near the Gotjawal Forest on Jeju Island, working as both an art therapist and an eco-artist. Her published books include , , and .

He is a Canadian living in Jeju, and runs a photo and video production company called ‘Reel Steel Productions.' After moving to Jeju in 2008, he has been learning Korean steadily, and now he can speak not only Korean but also Jeju dialect. He lives in Panpo-ri, Jeju City, and is friends with the local Samchun(elders). Now, no matter what anyone says, he is a real Jeju person!

Heo Jin-young is an eyewear consultant who also introduces modernized Nubi clothing, reinterpreting Korea's traditional quilted style. Her journey began with a chance encounter with a unique space, which led her to establish the lifestyle shop ‘Heosangjeom'. Named after her own surname, ‘Heosangjeom' carries a deeper meaning, which is "a place where she thoughtfully curates and introduces products that suit people's lifestyles."

Through a process of exploring and questioning the essence of things, she completes her artwork. Using various techniques, she transforms paper into the form of a tree. She has created three series: , which evokes the image of charred charcoal, , a collection of sculpted pieces that express individuality, , where layers of paper are stacked to resemble tree rings. In 2025, she held her first-ever exhibition in Jeju. She plans to create more opportunities to connect and engage with a wider audience in the future.

Ahn So Young is a singer-songwriter and jazz vocalist who has been living in Jeju for nine years. She writes and composes songs that capture stories of life, including ‘Jeju Blues', a song created out of her regret that Jeju is often seen only as a tourist destination; ‘A Cat's Shadow Under Moon', a tribute to her beloved cat who passed away unexpectedly; and ‘Sorrow for a Farewell', which narrates the struggles of parting like a spoken story. With a deep sincerity in every performance and song, she is expanding her musical reach to different regions.

Lee Sunghee runs a Waldorf doll workshop at Naaznzip Workshop in Andeok-myeon area of Seogwipo City on Jeju Island. She enjoys the process of slowly hand-stitching each doll, treasuring it as a time to focus on herself. She conducts doll-making classes and nonviolent communication workshops at schools and organizations. In addition, she has held solo exhibitions showcasing her works, including dolls inspired by picture book characters. Together with local friends who also create dolls, she published an embroidered picture book, , and has participated in book fairs and exhibitions in various cities. Ultimately, her dream is to become a grandmother who makes dolls.

Kang Eun Young is the founder of YumYum Jeju, a company that makes jams using Jeju-grown produce. Fifteen years ago, she was intrigued by a commercial featuring Jeju's Gyorae Forest with the message, "To those who have worked hard, leave." That curiosity led her to Jeju. Wanting to grow closer to the unfamiliar island, she began cooking with local ingredients from the market and sharing her recipes on her blog. In winter, she used tangerines and carrots; in spring, potatoes; in summer, pumpkins; and in autumn, buckwheat. Her blog, filled with seasonal Jeju ingredients and stories, gradually gained popularity and even helped her make friends on the island. Together with one of those friends, she started selling marmalade at a flea market, which eventually grew into YumYum Jeju. Now, for the past ten years, she has been making jam with Jeju-grown ingredients, always ready to welcome customers. Her biggest goal is to keep her shop running in the same place for the next ten, twenty years—or even longer.

Ham Hyun Young is a young artist based in Jeju, engaging in a wide range of artistic practices including installation, sculpture, and drawing. Born and raised in Jeju, she has never left the island, embodying the essence of a true Jeju native. Her solo exhibitions include "The Fruits in the Deep" at Seetangraum, Jeju, in 2021, and "A Thorn of Bitterness from Within" at WWW SPACE, Seoul, in 2023. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions. In 2025, she is set to join the artist residency program at Jeju Art Lab Sanyang and is preparing for her third solo exhibition.

Based in Jeju Island, Cho Ki Seob creates paintings rooted in the spirit of traditional Korean art. Using a material called ‘eunbun (silver pearl pigment)', he explores themes of "life and death." Through the concept of ‘Yukdo Yoonhoe (the six realms of reincarnation)', he views nature as embodying the cycle of life and death occurring six times in a single lifetime. He has held various solo exhibitions that reflect these ideas, including and . In addition to his art, he is dedicated to creative education through his operation of the .

In the small village of Jeoji on Jeju Island, Doseon and Jinhee run their cherished bookstore. As true romantics who love books, they have made their passion their livelihood. Throughout their journey—dating, getting married, and living their daily lives—books have always been by their side. They pursued their dream of running a quiet bookstore in a place they wanted to live, and now they reside in Hangyeong-myeon area, enjoying heartwarming days with their neighbors and friends. By focusing solely on selling books and dedicating themselves to thoughtful book curation, Sorisomoon has become a beloved bookstore, admired not only by writers and publishers but also by potential readers who might not typically pick up a book. In 2023, their efforts gained international recognition when Sorisomoon was featured in , published by Belgium's Lannoo Publishers, sparking interest among foreign visitors. As for a book they have published, Doseon and Jinhee are the authors of .

Since relocating to Jeju Island in 2017, Park Geun-joo has been capturing the essence of Jeju's buildings through his photography. He reimagines these structures with colors and shapes, creating images that resemble paintings. His work explores the boundary between reality and idealism, encouraging viewers to reflect on this interplay. Buildings that we often pass by unnoticed, unaware of their presence, are reborn as works of art through his lens. His photography invites people to closely observe and appreciate the details of everyday life. Park operates a studio in the small village of Jongdal-ri in Jeju City, where he is also working on a series titled “Romantic Melancholy”—a collection of photographs capturing the back appearance of local residents.

Park Soon-woo writes in various formats, including essays, articles, and interviews. She moved to Jeju Island after meeting her husband while walking along the Jeju Olle Trail. They built a two-story house in Jongdalli Village, along Olle Trail Course 1, where they first met, and have been living there for 12 years, raising their two children. She runs a small writing space called ‘Island Writing Room', where she guides aspiring writers while continuing her own writing journey. Her published works include the book .

Ten-year-old Hyun-jun, a third grader at Jungang Elementary School, was born and raised in Jeju. Alongside his father, who was also born and raised in Jeju, Hyun-jun explored the island's natural beauty through “caravan camping” from the time he could barely walk. Small, agile, and solidly built, he quickly picked up and excelled in any sport he tried. By chance, he encountered climbing, which captivated his young heart. Now, he says his dream is to "grow up and compete in international competitions," showing how much climbing has become his passion. Just five months after he began climbing, he won first place in the Jeju Education Superintendent's Cup. In April 2023, he secured another victory by taking first place in the elementary school division at the 57th Jeju Provincial Sports Festival.

Architect Oh Jeong Heon, who returned to his hometown of Jeju to pursue the architecture he envisioned, and Architect Kim Si Hi, who moved to Jeju to create everyday spaces, first met through work and eventually married. Together, they have left their mark across Jeju, designing single-family homes, stay accommodations, neighborhood facilities, and public architecture projects. Their talents have been recognized, with the duo winning architectural awards every two years. Their shared aspiration is to create harmonious structures that coexist with Jeju's villages. Looking ahead, they plan to focus on public architecture projects to benefit an even larger number of people. https://www.oarchi.com/

Lee Seung-taeck has been actively working across fields such as public art, community development, urban regeneration, cultural revitalization, arts and culture, and local initiatives, bridging both the private and public sectors. He currently runs , a regional management company dedicated to building a sustainable Jeju community. Through fostering and networking various local communities, he aims to unite local creators. In 2024, he launched and , collaborating with local creators nationwide to contribute to creating better regional communities.

For over 20 years, Kang Yun-sil has researched and studied Jeju stone houses, expressing their essence through ceramics. She has held five solo exhibitions across Seoul and Jeju and has participated in numerous group exhibitions. Currently, she operates a workshop called ‘Ohnldo 239' in Jeju. Her work centers on capturing the natural environment of Jeju and the spirit of its people, using clay as her medium to recreate the iconic Jeju stone houses. By embedding the rugged yet warm essence of Jeju's people into her sculptural language, she reflects on the significance of Jeju's traditional architecture, which is becoming a relic of the past. She also unearths and conveys the hidden stories of Jeju, earning her the title of ‘The ceramic artist building stone houses'.

Kim Jinsoo chose Jeju Island as the place to begin his second chapter in life. While contemplating what to do, he stayed long-term at a foreigner guesthouse and actively guided foreign visitors on tours of Jeju. Inspired by the joy he found in those experiences, he decided to open a foreigner-only guesthouse, and on the same property, he launched a shared book café, Ganderak Shared Book Café. The space features walls entirely lined with bookshelves and innovative book-themed interiors, such as pillars constructed from stacked books. The café holds a collection of over 10,000 books and operates a system where visitors can exchange one book they've read for another. Around 40 bookshelves are “adopted” and curated by individuals from various professions, including artists, musicians, and English specialists. These bookshelf curators also plan and host gatherings and activities at the café, turning it into a vibrant hub of sharing and creativity.

She was a bold young girl who, right after graduating high school, took a guitar and moved to Seoul. After becoming the vocalist of the band Sinchon Blues, which represents Korean blues, she released the EP in 2005. Later, she established the indie label Run Music and released her first album . She received praise as a "singer-songwriter who possesses the strength to never fall into despair, even while singing of sorrow." After 3 years and 8 months, she released her second album , gradually finding the musical color she sought. After moving to Jeju and starting a new life with her family, she realized that love is at the beginning and end of everything, and created the song , which helped her be reborn. After about 11 years since her second album, she released her third album .

Oh Hyang-jong majored in pottery. Although he initially planned to study ‘Onggi (traditional Korean pottery)' for just a year, he's continued honing his craft for 40 years, captivated by its charm. He learned Onggi under the guidance of five masters, but finds that the more he works with it, the more challenging it becomes. He has traveled the world promoting Korean Onggi, participating in conferences, exhibitions, and various other activities. Currently, he teaches Onggi making at his workshop in a small rural village in Jeju, while also pursuing his own creative projects.

Born and raised in Jeju, he runs Lamp Studio in the western village of Gosan-ri, Jeju. He handles sound across various fields, including album production, documentaries, films, commercials, and live performances. Like a daily exercise, he collects sounds from Jeju, later using his accumulated sound data in his projects. He also engages in meaningful work with sound, such as layering Jeju's natural sounds over poetry readings by the owners of the local bookstore 'Sorisomun', his neighbors, and providing sound for monthly indie band performances.

Byeolatgan Farmers is a community of eco-friendly farmers who explore “What does a sustainable way of life look like?” by planting countless questions like stars and seeking their own answers. Ten farmers are working together to cultivate a 1,000-pyeong (about 3,300 square meters) ecological garden in Daheul-ri Village, conducting “harmless farming experiments” for the benefit of all living beings. The group includes Ko Juhi, Lee Inhee, Lee Chanhee, along with seven other members.

In 2001, Kim Poomchang moved to Jeju Island with his family and settled in Seogwipo City. He has won awards at prestigious art exhibitions such as the Korea Art Exhibition and the National Art Exhibition of Korea. He has consistently created works centered on Jeju Island and has held over 20 solo exhibitions. He has also participated in numerous group and invitational exhibitions both domestically and internationally. In 2025, one of his works, featuring a "fantasy where humans, whales, octopuses, and birds coexist," will be included in an elementary school art textbook. Inspired by Jeju's natural beauty, his art depicts a fantastical world where not only humans but all living creatures coexist. His published works include and , and he has illustrated numerous children's books.

Since childhood, he has loved making videos. Since 2014, he has been consistently creating video content related to Jeju and has been active as a video creator. He now also serves as an ambassador promoting Jeju and is expanding his activities by taking on the new genre of stand-up comedy.

Kyung-hwa and Yun-ho operate a small space called "Paper Room," where they run a risograph printing studio and showcase a variety of works for sale. As designers, they leverage their expertise to create diverse art books and regularly participate in book fairs. Risograph is an eco-friendly printing method that uses soybean oil and rice bran oil, allowing for vibrant colors and high saturation, as it prints one ink color at a time. This makes it particularly suitable for artists and graphic designers to produce their works. Recently, it has also become popular among independent publishers and individuals looking to create unique pieces. Their dream is to continue operating the printing studio even as they grow old in a rural village.

Born in 1953 in Songdang-ri Village of Gujwa-eup Area, Huh Gye-saeng faced a difficult life from a young age due to her family's poor circumstances. She did work typically reserved for men. At the age of 20, she married and moved to Seonheul-ri Village in Jocheon-eup Area, where she raised four daughters and one son while farming tangerines. After suffering from an unexplained illness, she began learning Jeju folk songs and work songs from a master singer, and in 2010, she won the grand prize at the National Folk Song Contest. After learning to sing, her illness completely disappeared. It was only much later that she realized it had been an illness of the heart. She has since passed on her farming responsibilities to her children and now enjoys a peaceful and happy life singing and painting. Her life story is documented in the book .

In 2016, after hearing about teenagers who were forced to use insoles as sanitary pads due to financial difficulties, she founded a cooperative to promote the use of cloth sanitary pads. The cooperative, Hamanghaneun Geunal (The Day in Jeju), consists of 10 members and operates as a social enterprise with a zero-waste focus. They produce various products using organic cotton, which are introduced and sold at their offline platform, Jigubyul Store. The product name, Sorak, was inspired by the Jeju dialect word “sorak,” meaning “soft and dry.” For the past eight years, she has been donating 100 cloth sanitary pads each month to those in need. This year, she is focusing on developing upcycled products made from marine waste, such as buoys, and is actively engaging in environmental activities like giving lectures to spread the message of a zero-waste lifestyle to more people.

Earth-saving farmers running an eco-friendly, year-round healing experience farm called Garden of Tangerines Baryeong. The term "Baryeong" is a Jeju language word that means the origin of organic farming, and they put the philosophy into practice. They offer various experiential programs throughout the seasons: tangerine blossoms in spring, green tangerines in summer, and picking ripe orange tangerines in autumn. Committed to an eco-friendly lifestyle, they implement ecological cycle farming methods, such as seawater farming and cover cropping, to promote a healthy planet and safe food.

After majoring in fine arts, she has worked in various art-related fields. While freelancing in design, illustration, and video production, she experienced burnout. To change her environment, she moved to Jeju, a place she had long admired, in December 2023. After obtaining her certification as a cultural arts educator, she began working as an art instructor. She teaches art not only to children but also to seniors in various settings, including schools and welfare centers in Jeju. Additionally, she shares her daily life in Jeju through a series of web cartoons titled "Jeju Life Daily Toon" on social media.

Kim Eun-young conducts research on crops produced in her hometown of Jeju, using the old text , and archives traditional recipes from grandmothers. Drawing on her experience studying at the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York, she showcases naturalistic cuisine using Jeju's local ingredients. Currently, she runs the ‘Cossat' studio in Seonheul village, Jeju, where she engages in food research and education. Additionally, at the ‘Kim Eun-young Tempeh Research Lab,' she produces ‘Jeju Tempeh.' ‘Cossat' means ‘pleasant' in the Jeju dialect. She is also the author of .

Park Sungwook started taking photographs in college after inheriting his father's film camera. Although he worked at a Swedish IT company in Seoul, he eventually left to pursue his own passion, moving to Jeju Island with his wife. Noticing the lack of cultural spaces in Seogwipo City compared to other areas, he established a place called "Still Negative Club." This space not only develops film and organizes cultural gatherings but also reinterprets and introduces the value of old things from a new perspective. Through the medium of film cameras, which hold timeless value, he engages in various activities.

Kang Mi-Seung started her career as a fashion and feature editor at a magazine. Despite enduring a grueling schedule of leaving work at 2-4 AM and returning by 7 AM, she suddenly felt the urge to escape and embarked on a journey to the unfamiliar lands of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. There, she met a French man, whom she eventually married, and they now live together in Jeju. Having worked as a journalist, writer, editor-in-chief, and art director, she now leverages all her experiences as a creative content creator in Jeju. To breathe life into her work, she often goes on long travels with her photographer husband. After her third art exhibition, featuring her own drawings, she plans to embark on a year-long journey.

Hong Ji-yeon is a textile artist with a focus on traditional Korean fabric wrapping called bojagi. She became interested in the historical use of bojagi and now works as a bojagi artist. She creates eco-friendly fabric products using natural dyes derived from Jeju's materials. Hong Ji-yeon conducts classes related to natural dyeing and bojagi art, and her products are exhibited and sold through her online store, "Layer of Hug." She aims to promote sustainable wrapping methods and contribute to the protection of Jeju's nature. In her free time, she engages in activities such as picking up trash and participating in marine clean-up efforts.

Young-sook, who bakes natural fermented bread in Jeju, and Nils, who works as a creator in various fields, live with their two daughters. Young-sook started baking in earnest after her children were born, first selling at Jeju flea markets. She gradually expanded her activities and now runs a baking studio called 'Breadpit', where she teaches various people how to make natural fermented bread. Nils, who studied film in Germany, learned cinematography at Chung-Ang University's Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film. Since then, he has worked as a cinematographer, scriptwriter, editor, and colorist in various fields including films, music videos, brand advertisements, brand photography, and art photography. It's been seven years since Young-sook and Nils came to Jeju. They spend their time balancing life and work while closely watching and supporting their children's growth.

They publish various online content including e-books, podcasts, and newsletters. In Seoul, they both worked as office workers. After getting married, they moved to Jeju, Eun-bi's hometown. For about a year and a half, they ran a vegan restaurant called 'Cheesy Lazy', experimenting with a small business in their own style. Even while running the restaurant, they published content and released booklets as e-books. Through this, they realized they truly wanted to create content, and now they are solely operating the publishing company. They have published an e-book titled "Starting a Restaurant Small Enough Not to Fail". They also organize various gatherings such as retrospective meetings, creative mornings, and meetings for people with questions.

An Hyunmi has worked as a screenwriter for over 30 years, creating various programs and expanding her role to include documentary writing and directing. She has taught screenplay writing in the Department of Broadcasting and Visual Arts at Halla University and currently serves as an adjunct professor. In 2022, she received the Gender Equality Cultural Content Award for her work, , which explores the life stories of women in Jeju. Recently, she published , a collection of life stories and folklore shared by Jeju's haenyeo (female divers). Through diverse mediums such as video, books, and audio, she diligently archives the history and culture of Jeju Island.

Lee Sia is the mother of Green and Grim and the CEO of the eco-friendly resource circulation platform company, GreenGrim. From her childhood to the present, she has lived every moment with excitement and passion. Born and raised in Jeju as the youngest of four sisters, she grew up under the influence of her mother, who has been running a flower shop for 50 years. She has always been interested in life forms such as flowers and trees. Next to her mother's flower shop is a café run by her sister, which led her to contemplate the waste issues from the many cafés that open and close. As a result, she discovered PLA, a biodegradable plastic alternative to petroleum-based plastics, and even flew to Shanghai, China, while she was pregnant, driven by the urgency that she had to pursue this mission now or never. A week after her visit, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, and the world began to focus on the problems of disposable products. With her foresight, GreenGrim was founded at the perfect time and has since been transforming café culture across Jeju and Korea.

Jiseul, a founding member and a 3rd-year student, along with Joohyun, a 3rd-year student in her second year of participation, and Junghun, a 1st-year student, are practicing rights-based sharing through the Human Rights Club Ikki. Together with social worker Mr. Kim Minseok from the Dongbu Social Welfare Center as their teacher, the Human Rights Club Ikki is exploring ways to make beaches more accessible and usable for people with mobility challenges through a program supported by a company in 2024. In addition, they are working on introducing Robo Wheelchairs for the elderly in the Pyoseon area and promoting proper awareness for the mobility-challenged. Witnessing the gradual changes in their surroundings and society through these activities, Jiseul has been inspired to become an energy engineer to address the climate crisis, while Joohyun feels that her perspective on the world has broadened. The youngest member, Junghun, feels pride and self-esteem from being able to help others with his abilities. The Human Rights Club Ikki comprises around ten students from Pyoseon High School, who are striving to create a better world, starting from their local area and extending across South Korea.

Park Ji-hyo runs a vegan bakery called Vegrow in the seaside village of Seongdal-ri, Jeju City. She lives with her large dog and her husband, and also tends a community garden with ten friends. Living in Jeju, she discovered how delicious seasonal produce can be. Rather than baking the same bread every day, she creates bread with seasonal ingredients and organizes a "farm-to-table" program to connect farmers with consumers. She is incredibly diligent when facing new tasks but never misses out on enjoying the pleasures of Jeju's four seasons.

Gilsu and Seokbeom have been close friends since high school, where they were both soccer players. After grueling training sessions, they found solace in listening to music together through shared earphones. After graduating and leading separate lives, the two decided to join forces with their wives, Hyeonji and Yeoreum, to create their own paradise in Jeju. This paradise is a self-service LP cafe called Romi Music House, where visitors can select and listen to LPs themselves. On clear days, they hold a special event called "Blackout Time," where they turn off all the lights after sunset and play music. They also plan fun and fresh pop-up stores with other shops. Romi Music House is Jeju's first solo LP cafe and the first in the country to host "Blackout Time". In less than six months since its opening, it has quickly gained a reputation as a hot spot.

Born and raised in Jeju Island, Moon Hyojin spent her childhood playing the piano in a two-story house with views of Hallasan Mountain to the right and the sea to the left. Her teenage years were marked by a perception of Jeju as a confined space, but she grew into adulthood studying piano and music in Melbourne, Australia, and Seoul. Now back in her hometown, she works to document the disappearing aspects of Jeju. She is not only active as a pianist, composer, performance planner, reporter, and writer, but also transcends the boundaries of art through projects like music exhibitions, Music Bookmarks, and Sound Map.

Born and raised in Jeju Island, Moon Hyojin spent her childhood playing the piano in a two-story house with views of Hallasan Mountain to the right and the sea to the left. Her teenage years were marked by a perception of Jeju as a confined space, but she grew into adulthood studying piano and music in Melbourne, Australia, and Seoul. Now back in her hometown, she works to document the disappearing aspects of Jeju. She is not only active as a pianist, composer, performance planner, reporter, and writer, but also transcends the boundaries of art through projects like music exhibitions, Music Bookmarks, and Sound Map.

It has been eight years since she came to Jeju on a whim to help her sister. For the first year, she spent her time solely on the guesthouse, household chores, and taking care of the children, feeling depressed and lonely. Then, following her sister's suggestion that the pretty seashells on the nearby Hadori Beach might provide a clue to her life, she began taking walks on the beach and realized the beauty that nature offered. Picking up seashells gave her hope that she could create something, and she reinvented herself as the "Sold-Out Queen" at the famous flea market held at Sehwa Port, leading to the start of her own accessory shop, "Dallang Jeju." She is also active as a member of the organizing committee for the village-led Momo Flea Market and works as a professional environmental instructor specializing in climate change in Jeju.

Studio 126 is an exhibition space that supports everything from the first solo exhibitions of emerging artists to the new ventures of mid-career artists, operated by independent curator Kwon Joo-hee. She keeps the space open almost every day except Sundays, allowing elderly residents to leisurely visit and children on their way to daycare to come in with their mothers to see the artwork. The space is free to enter. Studio 126 serves as an alternative space where art can become a part of the daily lives of local residents, providing opportunities for emerging artists and those whose careers have been interrupted. While she has spent the past five years engaging in fun and interesting projects as a curator, she aims to dedicate the next five years to fulfilling the role of a "public house."

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. They concluded that they wanted to live like Jessy's father, doing hands-on work diligently and working closely with the earth. Ji-eun, agreeing with Jessy's vision, moved with him to Jeju, where they can overlook the sea. The couple currently runs Maison Notre Terre in Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo City. Like the name of their shop, which means 'Our Earth or Soil and Land,' they enjoy working with things that come from the soil with their own hands. Maison Notre Terre is like their little world, with a cozy workshop equipped with a pottery wheel and kiln, a showroom displaying their handmade ceramic cups and art objects, a kitchen where they make natural fermented bread from scratch, and a storage and roasting space for raw coffee beans.

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 for foreign travelers. Guests gathered one by one to plan interesting events here. Every week, they organized activities like Art Day, where everyone could draw together, Open Mic nights for anyone to sing, charity events, themed parties, seminars, workshops, and more. The contents planned by her and the guests accumulated over one or two years, and she and her guests continue to pursue interesting activities today. Her most important goal every year is to keep this place running for a long, long time.