Michael Simning award honors community building in Gwangju
(WorldNews South Korea)

A portrait of Michael Simning hangs over the bar at Speakeasy, Gwangju`s oldest expat bar. / Korea Times photo by Jon Dunbar By Jon Dunbar Canadian expat Michael Simning gained a reputation for his oversized community spirit in Korea`s southwestern city of Gwangju. Having first moved to Korea in 1995, Simning volunteered as a translator for the local police, organized volunteer teachers for Sungbin Orphanage, gave talks at the Gwangju International...