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I wonder how much KIA had to pay for all those advertising billboards at the Australian Open men's final? #
Park Ji-sung scores in Man U's 3-1 rout of Arsenal. http://bit.ly/dgCYoK #
President Lee promotes Korean food at Davos (and pays his wife a nice compliment) http://bit.ly/9yiX5u #
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Kim Hong-do’s Album of scenes from Daily Life

31 January 2010 Arts
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Eunjung Shin continues her exploration of some of the works you can find in the British Museum’s Korean collection
Throughout the five hundred years of the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), the everyday lives of the common people were rarely depicted in painting. On the contrary, landscape painting was the preferred genre, or other paintings with themes related [...]

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Pause and Eject 2 – A show by Goldsmiths MFA students

25 January 2010 Arts
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Notice of a show this week at Shoreditch Town Hall.

PAUSE AND EJECT 2 is the second and last interim show from the current 2nd year Art Practice students at Goldsmiths before their final MFA exhibition together in July 2010.
Since the hugely successful first ‘Pause and Eject’ exhibition at The Rag Factory back in May 2009, [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-01-11

11 January 2010 Celebs
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Could you imagine hot Hollywood stars modeling for an air conditioner? http://bit.ly/4HCpob. Han Ye-seul & Song Seung-heon earn their fees. 11:35 PM Jan 9th from bit.ly

JamesTurnbull: @lklinks See what Londoner Bruce Haines says to understand why (is head of Korea’s largest ad agency, Cheil Worldwide) http://ow.ly/UE9k 11:47 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite [...]

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Ways of Seeing at I-MYU

5 January 2010 Arts
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I-MYU’s 2010 exhibition season starts with a two-parter curated by Gunwoo Shin, who is also one of the participating artists.
Ways of Seeing
Part I: Opening reception : 7th January 2010 6-8pm 7 – 27 January 2010
Heena Kim | Jihye Park | Jung-Ouk Hong | Soonhak Kwon | Tina Hage
Part II: Opening reception : 29th January 2010 [...]

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The Silence of Time: Francesca Cho in Seoul

4 January 2010 Arts
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London-based Korean artist Francesca Cho is currently in Seoul on a working sabbatical. She has a solo show entitled “The Silence of Time” in the Pyunghwa Gallery at the Catholic Centre, by Myungdong Cathedral, 13-26 January 2010.

“The Silence of time”
 초대의 글 
자연과 인간의 조화로움을 어두움과 빛의 이미지를 통해 보여 주는 작가 조 프렌체스카의 개인전을 마련했습니다. 
조 프렌체스카의 [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-12-28

28 December 2009 About LKL
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Top 10 Reasons We Can’t Wait to Close 2009: A gloomy look at the past 12 months in the Korea Times http://bit.ly/7kctSh. 6:44 PM Dec 22nd from bit.ly
Just watched Haeundae on R2 DVD. What was the fuss about? Dull, dull, dull. Maybe the domestic cut was better (17 mins longer). 9:14 PM [...]

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The Stone Buddha in the British Museum

16 December 2009 British Museum
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Eunjung Shin continues her survey of the treasures in the Korean gallery in the British Museum

As you enter the Korean gallery in the British Museum you might easily overlook the small stone Buddha at the entrance, his face turned modestly to the ground. If you want to see his expression, you have to sit down [...]

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Cold Cell in the Old Police Station

14 December 2009 Arts
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Notice of an interesting exhibition put on by the Union Gallery.
19 December 2009 – 10 January 2010
UNION at the OLD POLICE STATION, 114 Amersham Street, London SE14 6LG

The exhibition will take place in the prison cells and ground floor gallery space of a now disused police station. Like the title already suggests, the meaning of [...]

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Photo Essay: Yin and Yang in Korean Dance

12 December 2009 Dance
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Jo Seong-hee captures Yi Chuljin and Nam Youngho in rehearsal with some stunning images. Text by the editor.
In a carefully-planned and stimulating collaboration at Roehampton, Yi Chuljin and Nam Youngho presented an evening of balances and contrasts, explicitly referencing Yin and Yang on several layers.
Most obviously, we had a male and a female performer, [...]

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Supervisions at the KCC

2 December 2009 Arts
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Notice of the Cultural Centre’s latest exhibition.
Supervisions: UK Korean Artists
Exhibition Dates: 4 December 2009 – 6 February 2010

CHUNG Daun | CHUNG Jae Yeon | HONG Kiwon | HONG Kyu | HONG Seung-pyo | JEE Mina | KANG Sangbin | KIM A Young | KIM Hwang | KIM Hyo Myoung | LEE Kyu-seon | LEE Seong [...]

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Jeju’s destiny is set in stone

27 November 2009 Interviews and features
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Darren Southcott, recently returned from a stint in Jeju-do, appreciates one of the island’s unique attractions: Jeju Stone Park

In this age of globalisation, authentic Korea may seem elusive and challenging for the visitor to find, but there are many sites which seek to preserve the nation’s cultural spirit. Jeju Island, despite heavy tourist development, [...]

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Brief review: Transreal at Asia House

25 November 2009 Exhibition reviews and comment
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The recent exhibition at Asia House, Transreal, presented two very different Korean artists side by side. There was a convenient area of overlap – both artists have produced mountain landscapes in red and white. But while one artist well-represented on these pages – Sea-hyun Lee – pursues his red landscapes with an almost obsessive single-mindedness, [...]

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Wunderkammer at Sesame Art

24 November 2009 Arts
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News of an upcoming group exhibition at Sesame Art, including the work of two Korean artists.

We are pleased to announce Wunderkammer, the Chamber of Discoveries, our Christmas exhibition bringing together exciting artists from across the world in an exhibition full of diversity and discovery.
Following last year’s Christmas garden, the Wunderkammer focuses on the idea of [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-11-23

23 November 2009 About LKL
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S. Korea v Serbia at Fulham on Wednesday. With luck, LKL’s sports correspondent Aashish Gadhvi will have access to the Korean team. Yay! #
Four new contributors in one month! Colette on Bong Joon-ho, Elizabeth on Epstein. Soon, Eunjung on art history and Darren on Jejudo. Fab! And let’s not forget another recent joiner, Alud on [...]

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