Disappointingly, the biggest potential event of the month is so far only a rumour as far as I’m concerned. The organisers, the upmarket lifestyle magazine Monocle, haven’t yet responded to my request for further information, so at the moment I’m relying on unofficial sources and an article on the KOCCA site: Korean indie bands 3rd Line Butterfly and W&Whale may well be coming to London for a gig, possibly 7 or 8 December. Or possibly not.
Talks and conferences
- The postponed Asia House talk on the Korean War – Memory and Legacy is on 1 December
- The last SOAS seminar of term, The Legal status and Protection of North Korean Defectors in China, will be on 3 December
- There’s a half-day conference on North Korean Human Rights and Migration, in Oxford, 15 December.
Exhibitions
- The KCC is holding its third annual group show of young Korean artists in the UK, starting 3 December
- Video artist Park Jihye has a solo show also commencing 3 December
- Three young Korean artists have a show at Arch 402 by Hoxton BR, 2-21 December
Music
- Pianist Min-jung Kym appears at the Wigmore accompanying violinist Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay on 5 December
Social
- The Anglo Korean Society has its annual dinner in the Houses of Parliament on 2 December
- Keep checking the Korean meetup group for their proposed gatherings during December
- The K-Pop team are having one of their regular all-nighters in Vauxhall on 4 December
Film
- The Choi Min-sik season continues at the KCC with Happy End on 9 December and Crying Fist on 23 December