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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-03-07

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by Philip Gowman on 7 March, 2010

in Celebs, DPRK, General academia, Girls Generation, Han, Debbie, Humour, Jang Dong-gun, Jang Yoon-jeong, KAAUK, Kim Yu-na, Ko So-young, Lee Eun-ju, Nah Youn Sun, Statistics and league tables, Super Junior, TVXQ, Twitter Tweets, VoDs

Girls Generation latest album “Oh!” gets a trashing in the JoongAng Ilbo: http://bit.ly/cdKGL5 10:28 PM Feb 22nd via bit.ly

TchmilFan: @lklinks You can even get SNSD/Girls Gen “Oh!” on iTunes UK now! http://bit.ly/cVOel7 (Look out for the Oh! areia remix on youtube) 1:28 PM Feb 23rd via Seesmic

You thought Korea [...]

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An evening with the Korean Artists Association – event report

24 October 2009 Dance
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Last summer, the Korean Artists Association put on an evening of performances at the Korean cultural centre. The evening was well attended and popular, but somehow you felt that they could do better. They came back 15 months later and did just that.
Recognising that the visual artists did not get much of a look-in last [...]

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Behind the scenes with the KAA

20 October 2009 Event reports and reviews
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The plan for an evening of performance and visual arts at the KCC came quite suddenly, and when I met Park Sunnee for a quick chat about it six weeks ago the plans all seemed rather vague. I have in the past been sceptical about Korean organisational abilities, and the mountain to climb in such [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-10-19

19 October 2009 DPRK
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Younee improvises on Bach, plus title track from “True to You”, live on Radio 3 (1:08:45 in) http://bit.ly/Y7QOO #
It’s good that “There a Petal Silently Falls” has 5 words in the title. Each time I mention it that’s 5 closer to my 2,000 word essay target #
People are landing at LKL having googled “Review of [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-10-12

12 October 2009 About LKL
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Appropriately, Park Chan-wook cast a blood-red shadow as he answered questions after the screening of Thirst yesterday. #
Soju and tornadoes at Corean Chilli with the KAA. This is the way to plan a gig! #
Photo taken with Park Chan-wook. All's right with the world. #
Why do Koreans think it's so macho to drink Soju? Beats [...]

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An evening with the Korean Artists Association

30 September 2009 Events news
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The UK Korean Artists Association invite you to a varied evening of visual and performing arts on 16 October at the Korean Cultural Centre.
The Korean Artists Association was formed twelve years ago to represent UK-based Korean artists, and counts among its membership dancers, painters, sculptors, musicians and other creative artists. Their evening at the KCC [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-09-07

7 September 2009 Exhibition reviews and comment
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A first look at the monster from The Host 2 (prequel): looks like a comedy. Fortunately, nothing to do with Bong Joon-ho http://bit.ly/pnNAf #
Chelsea MA show PV a real struggle. A map would have been nice for starters, and best to bring your own beer to avoid the Q and the rain. #
Myungga was on [...]

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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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Francesca Cho in “Free Words”

4 July 2008 Cho, Francesca
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Francesca Cho will be participating in the group exhibition ‘Free words’ at the Mayfair Public Library, 15 – 31 July.
This is the first exhibition to be held in the library space and complements nicely the National Year of Reading. ‘Free words’ explores the censored word, printed matter and use of language as means of expression, [...]

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From Elgar to Shamans and Spicy Squid

30 June 2008 Event reports and reviews
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An Evening with UK-based Korean Artists, sponsored by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Cultural Centre, 27 June 2008
Report by Jennifer Barclay, with photos also by David Kilburn and Saharial
Let’s hope this is the first of many evenings devoted to young Korean artists living in the UK, because the Korean Cultural [...]

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Behind the scenes with the KAA

29 June 2008 Event reports and reviews
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With photos by Seong Hee Jo
When you turn up to a cultural event, it’s not always clear how much effort (and stress) has gone into organising it. But even with the most informal of events, there’s a great deal of work that has gone on in the preceding weeks.
With the KAA event at the KCC [...]

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An evening with the Korean Artists Association

18 June 2008 Events news
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PRESS RELEASE
The Korean Artists Association UK was formed by 7 Korean artists in 1997, at a time when the activities of Korean artists in the U.K. were not broadly recognized. Over the last 10 years the Association has organized a number of activities and has grown in membership.
Korean artists living and working in the UK [...]

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Musical intermission

3 April 2008 KAAUK

We apologise for the disruption in service. Normal service will resume as soon as possible. In the meanwhile, here’s Jeon Sung-min (Guitar) and Jung Ji-eun (Kayageum):
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Sung-min and Ji-eun will also be playing at the Anglo-Korean Society event on 10 April. Book your tickets now.

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Welcome, Korean Artists

10 March 2008 KAAUK

For a number of years, Korean artists in the UK have gathered together more or less formally in an Association to speak for their collective needs and promote their collective talents. They have, for example, lobbied over the years for the establishment of the Korean Cultural Centre. The most recent event to have showcased some [...]

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