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A meeting with Maangchi in Manhattan

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by Philip Gowman on 2 October, 2009

in Bloggers and newspeople, Food & Drink, Interviews and features, Koreatowns, New York

It was LKL’s first transatlantic trip for about two years, and I was keen to see what had changed in Manhattan’s Koreatown. In addition, I was keen to meet up with Maangchi, one of the winners of the first prize in the KTO’s Blog Korea, Visit Korea competition. I had been aware of Maangchi’s work [...]

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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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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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Koreans in New Zealand

17 May 2008 Auckland
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I had known for a while that New Zealand is a place where Koreans have been travelling – and settling down – for a number of years. At the BFI London Film Festival in 2004 there was a short film entitled Eating Sausage (Zia Mandviwalla, 2004), about Korean immigrants in Auckland; while Bungee Jumping of [...]

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Cherry blossom festival in Vancouver

25 March 2008 Koreatowns
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On the first day of Vancouver’s Cherry Blossom Festival, Jennifer Barclay reports on a recent visit to the Canadian city’s Koreatown

Driving around Vancouver makes you hungry. There’s a Vietnamese restaurant next to an Indian next to a Greek next to a Korean. That’s especially on the big roads like Kingsway that lead away from [...]

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Toy Stories at the Korea Society

8 February 2008 Event reports and reviews
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Having looked in on the New York Korean Cultural Center last time I paid a visit to visit my co-workers at Head Office, I though that this time I’d use my lunch break to visit the competition: the Korea Society. I’ve always been a little bit puzzled as to why there should be two competing [...]

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Where to buy books about Korea in Manhattan

7 February 2008 General book news
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In my expensive quest for more acquisitions for my collection of Korea-related books I am always on the look-out for stores with decent stock. I have in the past been constantly disappointed by the bookshops in Manhattan. The main Korean bookshop in 32nd Street, Koryo Books, caters to Korean speakers rather than English speakers. The [...]

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Korean Links in Manchester

6 February 2008 Events news

Beccy Kennedy, PhD candidate in contemporary Asian art at MIRIAD, and LKL’s visual arts correspondent, writes to remind us that London is not the only place in the UK to get your fix of Korean culture.
If you don’t already live here and have ever felt like paying a visit to Britain’s birthplace of the Industrial [...]

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New Malden Arts Festival

9 November 2007 Events news

I’ve just been sent brief details of the New Malden Arts festival which takes place over the next couple of weeks. Korean interest is in the form of mime artist Ko Jae-kyung (right). Also, Francesca Cho will have some works on display.
12 NOV – 17 NOV 2007 Art Exhibitions
Venues: Tudor Williams, Café 32, Dae Young [...]

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A guide to Los Angeles Koreatown

23 July 2007 Koreatowns

For a good description of Los Angeles Koreatown, pay LAist a visit. Some good pictures, and also a 5 minute video right at the bottom of the post. See if you can work out how to cook a kimchi chigae from the edited version in the video.
One day I’ll persuade someone to do a similar [...]

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Tripe, black pudding and a communal sing-song…

17 July 2007 Food & Drink
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…but this is no East-End boozer. Jennifer Barclay reports from Saturday’s Korean Food Festival
The softly spoken Mr Kim tells me he thinks Korean food is the most highly developed in the world, while standing over the searing hot barbecue cooking galbi, beef marinated in 17 different ingredients. His white t-shirt somehow manages to remain immaculate, [...]

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A listing of Korean food stores

25 June 2007 Food & Drink
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Sitting at the counter when I ordered my lunchtime chicken katsu curry bento box at my local Japanese takeaway the other day was a copy of Eat-Japan magazine – a brochure promoting all the Japanese restaurants and food shops in London. The brochure also has a directory of some more general oriental food stores. I [...]

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New Year in New Malden

17 February 2007 Concert reviews
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The lunar new year came to a girls school in New Malden yesterday with more than a few bangs. Samulnori percussion group Dulsori visited Coombe Girls School in Clarence Avenue for a spectacular one hour concert in front of an enthusiastic audience of pupils and visitors — including the mayor of Kingston.
The audience didn’t need [...]

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Things Korean in London / New Malden

13 January 2007 Ask an expert
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Prompted by another query from a visitor, I thought I’d catalogue all the things which people seem to want to know about in London and about which there is no information on this site. Do please let me know if these are available anywhere in central London or New Malden:

A Korean public bath-house / sauna
A [...]

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A visit to New York Koreatown

15 December 2006 Koreatowns
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On the rare occasions when I have to travel to New York to see my US co-workers I always try to pay a visit to 32nd Street. The two places I make sure to visit are Koryo Books and AM Records — and I also scout round to see if I like the look of [...]

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