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Monthly events updates

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South Korea play the Ivory Coast at QPR football club, 3 March
A one-day seminar at SOAS and the British Museum on Korean Court Painting, 29 March
Nah Youn Sun, responsible for LKL’s Live Performance of the Year 2009, performs at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 15 March

Exhibitions

Kim Yeon’s work will be on show [...]

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February events

1 February 2010 Monthly events updates
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It’s the biggest group show of the year: SASAPARI | 4482 makes another appearance at the Bargehouse, with more than 50 Korean artists, 25-27/8 February

Other exhibitions

Supervisions continues at the KCC until 6 February
Ways of Seeing part 2 continues at I-MYU until 20 February, with a gallery talk on 4 February.

Social events

Celebrating new year a [...]

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January events

2 January 2010 Monthly events updates
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This events list is probably a bit sketchy, and I will add to it as I hear more.
Exhibitions

Supervisions continues at the KCC all month
Cold Cell continues at an old police station near Goldsmiths College until 9 January
WunderKammer continues at Sesame at Islington until 16 January
I-MYU’s two-part exhibition Ways of Seeing (pictured) commences on 7 January.
The [...]

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December events

1 December 2009 Monthly events updates
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Here are the events for December.
Featured event

Yi Chul-jin is in London for a not-to-be-missed performance of Seungmu and Salp’uri at Roehampton on 2 December, with a more modern dance from Nam Young-ho.

Talks

The Korea Discussion Group at Chatham House on 1 December features Song Jiyoung on Military-First politics in the DPRK.
Michael Shin talks at the Friday [...]

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November events

1 November 2009 Monthly events updates
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The London Korean Film Festival comes to the Barbican from 5 November, dovetailing and sometimes clashing with a Bong Joon-ho retrospective (1-14 Nov) at the South Bank. If you’re a BFI member you might have got tickets for the Q&A with Director Bong. If not, tough luck. [Update: more tickets now released]
The London festival [...]

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October Events

1 October 2009 Monthly events updates
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Here are the events for October, so far as I am aware.
Featured event

Younee launches her UK album at a series of gigs at Pizza Express jazz club and elsewhere.

Last chance

To get in your essay on Ch’oe Yun’s There a Petal Silently Falls.

Film

The BFI London Film Festival has two high profile Korean Films: Hong Sang-soo’s Like [...]

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September events

1 September 2009 Monthly events updates
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Featured event

For the third year running, Korea has a high-profile input into the Thames Festival: 12-13 September

Other performances

Dulsori appears at the Tower Festival on 19 September

Social and meetups

The Anglo-Korean Society has its first monthly meetup on 2 September in a central London restaurant.
The Anglo-Korean Society’s Chuseok dinner is on 17 September.

Exhibitions

The Chelsea MA show runs [...]

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August events

1 August 2009 Monthly events updates
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Here are the events for August that I know about:
Featured event

The big Korean Festival takes place at the Fairfield Recreation Ground in Kingston, 15 Aug. After a break last year, the festival is back

Exhibitions

Cha Jeongrye participates in a group show at Albemarle until 5 September
Kim Ayoung’s solo show at I-MYU continues until 15 August
Lee Seahyun’s [...]

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July events

1 July 2009 Monthly events updates
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Here are the events for July:
Exhibitions and sales

The Christie’s sales of Korean work is on 1 July
The Ideal Worlds exhibition at Sesame closes on 3 July (sorry for missing this off last month’s listings)
The Phillips de Pury / Korean Eye Moon Generation exhibition at the Saatchi gallery closes on 5 July
The Korean Old Pop [...]

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June Events

1 June 2009 Monthly events updates
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Here are the events that I know of for June
Featured event
The third New Malden Arts Festival, organised by Theatre4All, runs from 16 June – 11 July
Highlights are

Opening gala concert on 16 June by veteran pop diva Yoon Bok Hee
Korea’s hit show Nanta coming to the Rose Theatre in Kingston from 18 June

Talks and seminars

Free seminar [...]

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May events

2 May 2009 Monthly events updates
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Korea-related events in London and nearby for May 2009

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April events

1 April 2009 Monthly events updates
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A listing of Korea-related events in the London area in April 2009

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March events

1 March 2009 Monthly events updates
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Korea-related events in the London area during March 2009

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February Events

2 February 2009 Monthly events updates
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A listing of Korea-related events in the London area in February 2009

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January events

7 January 2009 Monthly events updates
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Korea-related events in the London area during January 2009

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