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On a cold November day, a little boy was found outside Suwon’s South Gate. The records are unclear about the exact location of the South Gate, though it is believed to refer to Paldalmun Gate. Between fragmented records and the uneven traces of memory, it has been difficult to fully recover that little boy’s story. That little boy was me. Janganmun Gate Suwon, a city just south of Seoul in Gyeonggi-do, is rich with history. It is also a place shaped by destruction, rebuilding, and resilience...

Part 1 published on March 1, 2026. After an hour of focused skimming through the Cincinnati Court Index, I finally came across the case I was looking for.  courtesy Cincinnati Public Library The Court Index is organized by date. On the first page, there’s a broad overview of what moved through the court—everything from property resolutions to what I’m investigating: first-degree murder. I started there, hopeful that the main page for the day would give me something, anything that pointed to...

I left the Hamilton County Law Library disappointed, but also strangely happy. I walked in with the mindset that I was going to access a wealth of information: documents, testimony, evidence. I walked out with a few words. But on the bright side, it was still more than I entered with.  A common theme is starting to harden into fact after this latest search: the narrative of my community is largely absent from the archives . Our representation is left in the hands of the narrators of the...