Korean American violinist Sarah Chang will be appearing in a programme of popular classics at the Albert Hall tomorrow night in a charity concert put on by Classic FM. Alex James from Blur will be guest conducting the Northern Sinfonia orchestra in the theme from the Onedin Line. Chang will be playing everyone’s favourite fiddle … [Read More]
Year: 2009 (page 11)
Korean designers at Earls Court
As per last year, the Korea Institute of Design Promotion will be sponsoring a stand at the 100% Design London Exhibition at Earls Court, 24-27 September 2009, as part of the London Design Festival. LKL will be there to review it. [Read More]
Green Chair (녹색의자, 2005) review: taboo intimacy and social judgment
Park Chul-soo’s Green Chair exquisitely and explicitly tackles the taboo subject of a love affair between an older woman and a minor. Structured in three movements, it gives an insight into the minds, and opinions, of those both inside and outside the risqué relationship [Read More]
Anglo Korean Society annual dinner
A reminder to Anglo-Korea Society Members to apply for their tickets for the annual dinner in the Houses of Parliament. ANGLO – KOREAN SOCIETY JOINT PRESIDENTS H.E. The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Chun Yung-woo Dr Robert Hawley CBE CHAIRMAN Sir Stephen Brown KCVO ANNUAL DINNER Thursday 8th October 2009 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS … [Read More]
Bong Joon-ho film season at the BFI
The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced that it will be screening a Bong Joon-ho Film Season at the National Film Theatre (NFT), London, in early November 2009. The Season will feature all of his previous films and a special screening of his new film ‘Mother’, followed by an in-person Question & Answer session with … [Read More]
The Art of SamulNori: Kim Duk Soo in Cambridge
The Art of SamulNori – Kim Duk Soo and SamulNori Hanullim on Saturday and Sunday, 7-8 November 2009 Korean drumming master, Kim Duk Soo and his colleagues will give two performances at Robinson College, Cambridge to celebrate the University of Cambridge’s 800th Anniversary and to promote Korean Studies. Performance dates are: 7.30pm Saturday 7 November … [Read More]
Scarlet Letter screens at the KCC
The second of two films featuring the late actress Lee Eun-ju is The Scarlet Letter (주홍글씨, dir Byeon Hyeok, 2004). This was Lee’s last film, and it was said that the film contributed to the depression which led her to commit suicide. Also starring Han Suk-gyu. Synopsis Strong and confident detective Gi-hun is married to … [Read More]
Korean Kittens on the BBC
Nice to know that the BBC reads the best Korean blogs – their detail on Yoon Bok-hee could only have been sourced from LKL. Korean Kittens covering the Beatles on BBC is worth a look. # [Read More]
“Hostages in the Hermit Kingdom”
I can’t remember seeing any positive coverage of the two journalists (Laura Ling and Euna Lee) who managed to get themselves captured by the North Koreans on March 17, before getting released following a special visit by Bill Clinton. Here’s a random selection of some of the articles. Bradley K Martin (Global Post, 18 June … [Read More]
LKL annoys the Seoul Podcast
Seems I upset someone on the Seoul podcast for not plugging their Twitter account in my post on the use of Twitter in the K-blogosphere. 90:40 in. http://bit.ly/Evrru. # Nice to be noticed, even though they don’t seem to understand what LKL, or the post, is about. [Read More]
Margaret Drabble: the search for the Crown Princess
A couple of years ago at the BAKS conference Margaret Drabble gave a fascinating talk about how she came to be captivated by the story of Lady Hyegyong, wife of Prince Sado. Sado was son of a king and father of a king, but never made it to the throne himself. Lady Hyegyong wrote her … [Read More]
Kim Ka-hyun at St Vedast, Foster Lane
News of a piano recital organised by the British Korean Law Association, in association with the Anglo-Korean Society. KA HYUN KIM (PIANO) Thursday, 29th October 2009 at 6:30pm at St Vedast-alias-Foster Church, Foster Lane, Cheapside, London EC2V 6HH [Map] (nearest underground station: St Paul’s) by kind permission of the Rector and Churchwardens Programme: Debussy: Suite … [Read More]
Younee and the British Invasion
Younee, the versatile singer-songwriter-pianist from Korea, is in London to launch her new album and play the Pizza Express Jazz Club. She takes a break from her rehearsal schedule to talk to LKL about her musical influences. It was not a good start to the interview. I had selected the Wigmore Hall bar as a … [Read More]
Another Park Soo-keun under the hammer
It seems to be a quite frequent event nowadays: a work by one of Korea’s most popular and most expensive modern artists comes up for sale in a US saleroom. And so it is that another Park Soo-keun comes under the hammer at Christie’s New York tomorrow, with an estimated price tag of up to … [Read More]
Dulsori at the Tower Festival
If last weekend’s Thames Festival has whetted your appetite for al fresco Korean culture, there’s more on offer this weekend on the north side of the river. The fantastic samulnori percussion group Dulsori are playing at the Tower Festival on 19 September as part of a programme of performances put together by Womad. Dulsori has … [Read More]
Learning Korean with Alud: part 2
Here’s a quick tip. A couple of weekends ago I found myself back in Seoul on a very last minute trip. So last minute in fact that I found out on the Saturday morning that I needed to go, and left that afternoon. After arriving on the Sunday, a quick sleep and then dinner, I’d … [Read More]