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Koreans shine in London College of Fashion MA show

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by Philip Gowman on 2 February, 2010

in Koreans in UK, Style

The stars of the fashion world were out in force at the V&A last Thursday to witness the catwalk show for the London College of Fashion MA candidates. A quick name-check of the fashion students taking the MA this year indicates a fair number of Koreans. Two of the highest profile students in the LCF [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-01-25

25 January 2010 Bae Doo-na
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Finally finished my top 10 K-films of the decade post. It took forever. 2003 was a good year! Post will be up on Tuesday. 12:57 PM Jan 22nd from web
Big article on Kimchi going global in the Washington Post http://bit.ly/89sKtf (HT: Marmot) 1:16 PM Jan 22nd from bit.ly
Trying to figure out why LKL is offline [...]

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Koreans sparkle at the Goldsmiths Fair

15 October 2009 Crafts
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The Goldsmith’s Fair is an annual show of some of the best designers and craftspeople in the jewellery and metalwork business, in the livery hall of the City of London’s oldest established guild. Every year, with around 80 stalls to choose from, there is a stunning range of items to view, many of which are [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-09-21

21 September 2009 Anglo-Korean Society
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FT.com / UK – The next big things: The pick of the crop. Korean jewellers take Goldsmiths Fair by storm: http://bit.ly/wcjnE #
Nice to know that the BBC reads the best Korean blogs – their detail on Yoon Bok-hee could only have been sourced from LKL. Korean Kittens covering the Beatles on BBC is worth a [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-08-31

31 August 2009 Business
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Korean designer Choi Min-kyu fixes UK clunky plugs. Cool. http://bit.ly/4kvvIb #
N Koreans labouring in Russia's timber camps: the UK connection, on Newsnight tonight: http://bit.ly/3wAaFJ #
Many hearts broken: Lee Young-ae married http://bit.ly/1HzXO6 #
North Korean loggers in Russia: the full video here http://bit.ly/s6YvM #
Ha Ji-won's Busan accent takes Haeundae over the 10 million mark http://bit.ly/yNbyp [...]

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London Koreans in demand in Italy

27 April 2009 Cho, Francesca
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Jackie Choi London at the Milan Furniture show, and Francesca Cho in a group exhibition in Lecce

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A celebration of young Korean talent

11 April 2009 Event reports and reviews
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An account of an interesting evening sponsored by Lady Rothermere, coinciding with a concert by cellist Han-na Chang

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A new variation on a familiar pun

25 February 2009 Food stores
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A quick article about a new Korean food store in Central London: Seoul Mate, near the British Museum

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Francesca Cho in Vogue

19 February 2009 Cho, Francesca
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One of London’s leading Korean-born artists is featured in the Korean edition of Vogue.

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FT hails New Malden parakeets, and other recent London Korean stories

5 February 2009 DPRK
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A round-up of recent London Korea-related stories: SOAS’s Keith Howard featured in the Korean Press, and the FT looks at the Korean community in New Malden

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Learn to cook Japche with Kie-jo Sarsfield

16 November 2008 Events news
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Details of a Korean cookery class near London

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40 Emerging Korean artists in one place

10 October 2008 4482
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We all knew that there were a fair number of Korean artists living in London. But forty? Where did they all come from? And, actually, there’s more than forty, because none of the artists I know personally are participating (or if they are, they’ve kept a Korean-style vow of secrecy about it).
But 40 Korean artists [...]

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Korean bookshop in New Malden

16 August 2008 Book stores
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Thanks to David Gomez for writing in with an answer to a question which lots of people have asked: where to buy Korean books in London. Not books about Korea, not books about how to learn Korean, but books written in Korean.
My standard answer is that I haven’t the foggiest idea, but that if you’re [...]

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Westminster Council in bulgogi clampdown

8 August 2008 Food & Drink
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When did a Korean barbeque last blow up in YOUR face? We live in dangerous times, and fortunately there are people whose job it is to protect us.
A couple of weeks ago my big brother was staying with me, and I thought I’d introduce him to Korean food. So I took him to a place [...]

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North Koreans in Britain

3 August 2008 DPRK

Every now and then a visitor to this site asks whether there are any North Koreans in the UK, apart from at the DPRK embassy. Journalist Michael Rank keeps his eyes open for evidence, particularly on the parliamentary website, and shares his findings with the BAKS list – little snippets of information such as the [...]

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