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Blue Blood v Red Blood: the K-League 2008 Finals

by Aashish Gadhvi on 25 May, 2009

in Sport

Aashish Gadhvi dishes up a sporting treat for your Bank Holiday Monday.
Something is a-brewing in the world of K-League football. Think of the great club football rivalries, Man United v Liverpool, Real Madrid v Barcelona, Celtic v Rangers, AC Milan v Inter Milan, Roma v Lazio, Boca Juniors v River Plate, the list goes on! [...]

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Happy music, Happy people

28 April 2009 K-pop rock and indie
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Over the past few years, Happy Robot has become one of the finest indie labels in Korea. Nina Lee from Happy Robot talks to Anna Lindgren from Indieful RoK.

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Warrior at the Imjin

24 April 2009 BKVA
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Bob Warrior describes life as a prisoner of war in North Korea, over 55 years ago. Jennifer Barclay’s compelling interview.

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Surprise and a sense of fun: the UK’s gateway to Korean culture

6 February 2009 Choi Jeong-hwa
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Jennifer Barclay visits the Korean Cultural Centre on its first birthday, experiences Choi Jeong-hwa’s exhibition, and meets the KCC’s director, Kyuhak Choi.

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LKL 2008 Quiz of the year – the answers

1 January 2009 2008 year-end posts
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LKL’s annual quiz about the year’s events in Korea, including plenty of celebrity trivia.

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Philip

21 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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The last of a series in which regular and guest LKL contributors nominate their CD releases of the year.

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Mark Russell

16 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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Mark Russell from Korea Pop Wars and Korea Gig Guide presents his pick of 2008’s CDs

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Anna Lindgren

12 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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Anna Lindgren from Indieful ROK provides her list of the top Korean albums of 2008

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KFA 75th Birthday – Top 5 Moments in Korean Football History

8 December 2008 Interviews and features
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Aashish Gadhvi celebrates some of the biggest events in Korean football history

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Saharial

5 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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Saharial presents her choices of 2008’s finest Korean albums. And they’re not all by Shinhwa.

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A meeting with Yeongene

27 November 2008 Interviews and features
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Anna Lindgren interviews the vocalist of Linus’ Blanket: Yeongene.

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100 years of the Salvation Army in Korea

23 November 2008 DPRK
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Michael Rank on a fascinating connection between an East London cemetery and Korea’s history

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KFA 75th Birthday – Top 5 People in Korean Football History

19 November 2008 Sport
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Aashish Gadhvi on the top personalities in Korean football history

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Korea at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

5 September 2008 Sport
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by Aashish Gadhvi
The Beijing Olympics was a fortnight of sporting gold, a plethora of the world’s top athletes going head to head in the greatest show on Earth. This year’s Olympics was always going to be major headlines, not just for the sports but also for the tirade of anti-Chinese media which preceded it (Tibet, [...]

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The Euro Journal LKL interview

10 August 2008 About LKL
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Jeon Sung-min recently interviewed LKL’s blogger-in-chief for an article in the Euro Journal. The interview was conducted in English, and he translated it into Korean for publication in the newspaper. Here’s a slightly polished-up transcript of the interview, published with Jeon Sung-min’s kind permission.

Euro Journal: How and when did you get interested in Korea and [...]

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