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Beekeeping and literary experiments with the ❛energy of bees❜
Energybee is a space that archives the work of Jeong GiHyun and Choi YongJun and publishes writing about bees and honey. Boris, our mascot bee, keeps you company throughout your visit.
Worker bees begin by building and cleaning the hive. They then take on many other tasks—including guarding the hive and caring for larvae—before setting out to gather nectar in the final stage of their lives.1
1 Jürgen Tautz, The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism (Korean ed. 『경이로운 꿀벌의 세계』), Ichi Science, 2010, p. 22
English renderings of Korean work titles are provided for reference and may differ from official translations.
Jeong GiHyun
- Jeong began his literary career in 2023 with the publication of “Farmer’s Blood” (「농부의 피」) in the literary webzine LIM. He has published the short-story collection A Person with a Sad Heart (『슬픈 마음 있는 사람』) and received an Excellence Award at the 2025 Yi Sang Literary Awards for the title story. He has worked as a literary editor at Minumsa since 2018.
- Jeong GiHyun, novella The Allure Next Door (『이웃집의 탐스러움』), Bookda, 2026
- Jeong GiHyun, short-story collection A Person with a Sad Heart (『슬픈 마음 있는 사람』), Swimming Kkul, 2025
- Jeong GiHyun, short story “An Unknown Seabird on a Chestnut Branch” (「밤나무 가지에 이름 모를 해조가」), in Winter Practice (『겨울 연습』), Swimming Kkul, 2026
- Jeong GiHyun, essay series “A Walk Before the Common Era” (「기원전 산책」), Channel Yes, 2026
- Jeong GiHyun, serialized novel Hide-and-Seek at the Apricot Orchard (『살구 농원 술래잡기』), Axt, nos. 59–64, 2025–2026
- Jeong GiHyun, short story “On a Windy Day” (「바람 부는 날」), Munjang Webzine, 2025
- Jeong GiHyun, short story “Let’s Study, and Then Let’s Take the Test” (「공부를 하자 그리고 시험을 보자」), Biyu, 2025
- Jeong GiHyun, short story “Bigfoot” (「빅풋」), Axt, no. 55, 2024
- Jeong GiHyun, short story “A Person with a Sad Heart” (「슬픈 마음 있는 사람」), Literature and Society (《문학과사회》), no. 146, 2024
- Jeong GiHyun, short story “Farmer’s Blood” (「농부의 피」), LIM, 2023
Choi YongJun
- Choi has worked as a reporter for The Financial News since 2017, covering agriculture and South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
- Choi YongJun, “Talking Concrete” (「말하는 공구리」), CAVA LIFE, 2026
- Choi YongJun, A Sofa-Leather Wallet Cheers On Eighteen-Year-Old Youth (『소파가죽지갑 열여덟 청춘을 응원하다』), Beautiful Store, 2018