Arirang sells French Connection

10 March 2010 Business
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“This is The Woman,” opens a new ad for French Connection. “The Woman of All Women.” The voiceover is rather reminiscent of British children’s TV programming from the 1960’s (Watch with Mother). The footage is in black and white, adding to the slightly dated feel. And in the background, we hear, as if in the [...]

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The BKVA annual report 2009

10 March 2010 Anglo-Korean Society
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With the kind permission of Colonel GM Gadd OBE, National Chairman of the British Korean Veterans Association, we reproduce here the annual report of the BKVA’s activities, as presented to the annual general meeting of the Anglo-Korean Society yesterday.
CHAIRMANS REPORT TO THE AGM OF THE ANGLO-KOREAN SOCIETY HELD AT THE CULTURAL CENTRE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, LONDON [...]

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Nah Youn Sun returns to London

9 March 2010 Events news
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For me, 2009’s live performance of the year was Nah Youn Sun’s spell-binding gig in the Vortex with Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius. It drew a rave review from one of London’s top 10 blogs, London Jazz (“sheer magic” said its blogmeister, now jazz blogger for the Daily Telegraph, Sebastian Scotney)
For those who didn’t manage to [...]

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Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War: Food in 20th Century Korea

9 March 2010 Events news
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This Friday’s lecture at SOAS looks like a must-see.
See you all there.
Friday, March 12th, 5pm, room G50 (main building)
Dr. Katarzyna Cwiertka, Leiden University
Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War: Food in 20th Century Korea
Abstract:
In this talk, I will introduce my forthcoming book Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War: Food and Eating in Twentieth Century Korea. The key [...]

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Aashish interviews Park Ji-sung and Lee Young-pyo

8 March 2010 LKL.tv
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Aashish Gadhvi managed to interview two key members of the South Korean world cup squad after the match with Ivory Coast last week: Lee Young-pyo, formerly of Tottenham Hotspur:
and probably Korea’s best known player, Park Ji-sung:
No subtitles this time: both interviews are in English.
This wraps up LKL’s coverage of the South Korea – Ivory Coast [...]

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Where the Truth Lies: the Case of Itaewon Homicide

7 March 2010 Film reviews and comment
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Saharial reviews one of 2009’s murder-mysteries:
The Case of Itaewon Homicide
Director: Hong Ki-seon
Writer: Lee Maeng-yu
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Cast: Jang Geun-suk, Jeong  Jin-yeong, Shin Seung-hwan, Oh Kwang-rok, Ko Chang-Seok

Synopsis
Based on real events that have been ‘dramatised and changed for dramatic purposes’ the story tells of an incident in 1997 when a student was found murdered in [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-03-07

7 March 2010 Celebs
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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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Biuret to play in Southampton

6 March 2010 Biuret
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Good news for K-rock fans near Southampton. Biuret, the overall SUTASI Pan Asian winner 2009, will be performing at The Brook, Sunday March 14th at 9.20pm. They’ve also been invited to perform at the International Live Music Conference in London on 12 March. After their Southampton gig they’re off to Vietnam to perform in Ho [...]

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Daytime Drinking screens at the KCC

6 March 2010 Events news
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News of next Thursday’s screening at the KCC. A Korean film expert at Cambridge tells me: “Daytime Drinking is very good. A young person’s film that even old geezers can appreciate, I found.”
Film title: Daytime Drinking, 116mins
Director: Noh Young-seok
Cast: Song Sam-dong
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, The Korean Cultural Centre, Grand Buildings, The Strand, London [...]

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Ivory Coasted!

4 March 2010 Event reports and reviews
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Aashish Gadhvi reviews South Korea’s resounding 2-0 victory over the Ivory Coast. With photos by Aashish and Saharial.
Have you ever had a dream that was so perfect that the moment you wake up you try your very best to go back to sleep and experience it all over again? Well I had one of those [...]

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South Korea 2 – 0 Ivory Coast: the photos

4 March 2010 Pictures
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Saharial took some great action shots at the international friendly at Loftus Road yesterday. Shame there weren’t more spectators there to see the action:

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Team Korea’s Training Day: the Video

3 March 2010 LKL.tv
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Earlier this week, Aashish Gadhvi joined the South Korean squad at their training day at the Bank of England Sports Club in Roehampton – the only non-Korean journalist present. Here’s his video of the proceedings.
Check out his article, including an interview with Celtic’s Ki Sung-yong, here.

South Korea meet Ivory Coast at Loftus Road this afternoon, [...]

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Yeon Lee ‘Re-use Me’ at the Jerwood Space

3 March 2010 Arts
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News of an unusual installation at the Jerwood Space:
Yeon Lee: Re-use me
(curated by Gyeyeon Park)
Project Space, Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London, SE1 0LN
Exhibition: 1 March – 6 April 2010
Open: Monday – Friday 9 – 5pm, Saturday 11 – 3pm
Admission: Free
‘Re-use me’ is an installation of new work by Yeon Lee. Made for the project [...]

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South Korea’s Training Day in South London

2 March 2010 Sport
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Aashish Gadhvi catches up with Team Korea in preparation for Wednesday’s friendly.

The South Korean national football team are back in town folks, and I caught up with our favourite red shirted devils to check out the team on their one day of training here in London. In a leafy and somewhat swanky end of South [...]

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No longer the underdog?

1 March 2010 In the news
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While Kim Yu-na’s victory – now celebrated across every media – still hung in the balance, an unusual article about Korea appeared in the Financial Times. It was distinguishable from most articles about Korea in that a) it did not primarily concern the situation in the North and b) it was pretty much unreservedly upbeat.
Its [...]

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