Key people
Steve Smith
From the -30 degree days of Northern Greenland, to +52 degree days of the Middle East, and now in mild and beautiful Korea, Steve Smith has been an expat for over 12 years. His spare time is dedicated to family, photography, and adventure motorcycling, and he loves to share his experiences with friends both new and old.
Tom Godfrey
Emma Kalka
decided to be a music journalist at 15, and finally got her big break six years ago in Seoul. While she has focused on Korean hip-hop the past two years and runs the hip-hop blog Discovering Korean Underground, she’s a fan of all live music, especially a good blues band.
is a writer and photographer from small town Massachusetts. He has been living in Korea for nearly 5 years. He enjoys riding his bicycle, learning to cook Korean food, and traveling around the country. He stays motivated to travel by maintaining a blog of travel photography at tomgodfreyphotos.tumblr.com.
Liam Ring
10 www.groovekorea.com May 2016
Trevor Owens
is a human who puts words next to other words with incredible competence. His piece on Yi Sun Sin is the culmination of three years learning and traveling in Korea. One day he hopes to visit historical sites in a free North Korea. You can reach Trevor at trevowens1@gmail.com.
Liam combines his love of sports and writing as Groove’s Sports and Assistant Editor. When not having an ESA at his favorite watering hole, he reads Murakami and Mitchell, cries over Arsenal’s faltering league form (Champions League disasters are now expected) and messes around with novel writing. He still counts missing My Bloody Valentine’s Seoul gig a few years back as his greatest Korea regret.