Former Ambassador Chun Yung-woo gets a job in the Blue House: "New security aide may want to engage North" – JoongAng Daily http://bit.ly/aFKZf2 # [Read More]
Year: 2010 (page 9)
A little corner of Korea in India
In the tiny state of Manipur NE India, separatists have banned Bollywood films. Korean film is all the rage, as is TV drama, and even hairstyles. BBC video. http://bbc.in/atIjfJ # [Read More]
Blazers make big impact on London Fashion Week catwalk
Striking over-sized suit jackets stole the limelight at Vauxhall Fashion Scout as Kingston University MA fashion student Eunjin Oh revealed her latest womenswear range. The 25-year-old designer’s London Fashion Week collection entitled ‘A woman confined’ was inspired by a startling image she saw in a book by Iranian artist Shirin Neshat, who’s work challenges stereotypes … [Read More]
Wolmi-do: North Korean war film at Robinson College
There have been several events this year marking the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. Thanks to the efforts of the Foreign Office, the Cambridge Department of East Asian Studies has obtained a DVD of a North Korean film on the Korean War. “Wolmi Island” is a 1982 film that depicts the … [Read More]
Joo Yeon Sir tackles Delius
It’s very seldom that one comes across a young Korean musician attempting the English repertoire. Kyung-wha Chung showed the way, over 30 years ago, with her Walton interpretations, but I can’t think of notable examples since. So let’s welcome 20-year old Korean violinist Joo Yeon Sir, winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Emily Anderson Prize … [Read More]
Call For Papers: Korean Horror Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2012)
Abstracts are sought for a collection on Korean Horror Cinema to be published by Edinburgh University Press in 2012. Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2010. South Korean cinema is of rapidly increasing international importance, and this collection offers an informative overview of its most appealing, culturally significant and critically fascinating genre: horror. Korean cinema was … [Read More]
The Seoul Initiative?
As a Koreaphile whose day job is financial regulation, do I think Basel III should be rebranded “The Seoul initiative?” Um, no. http://bit.ly/dcuBt0 # [Read More]
A Special Global Community
Bella Frey talks about life as a Korean adoptee in England. It was in the 1950’s when the first babies were adopted to the United States from a war torn Korea. Many of them had been left orphaned and others abandoned. Since then hundreds of thousands of Korean babies and children have been adopted overseas … [Read More]
Kahoidong makes it into the LA Times
A foreigner's battle to preserve South Korea's hanoks – LA Times. More coverage for David Kilburn's Kahoidong campaign http://lat.ms/br7d1t # [Read More]
London Korean Film Festival 2010
The London Korean Film Festival returns at its regular early November slot. With the Barbican cinemas out of action this year’s festival is a bit of a logistical nightmare, with screenings at the ICA, Odeon West End and the Apollo, but there’s more than enough film interest to compensate. One of the highlights of the … [Read More]
Simply Korean at the Language Show
The Korean Cultural Centre UK with ‘Simply Korean’ is participating in ‘The Language Show 2010’ at Earls Court from 15th – 17th October (15th and 16th 10am – 6pm, 17th 10am – 5pm) to promote ‘Hangeul’, the Korean alphabet. The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK)’s ‘Simply Korean’ will promote various aspects of the Korean language, … [Read More]
Korean designer’s door could prove a real lifesaver in earthquake emergency
A Kingston University MA Design student has been working on a project which, she hopes, could save hundreds of lives in countries where there is a risk of earthquakes. Younghwa Lee has designed a door, which can collapse so that it becomes a protective shelter. “My starting point was the inherent strength of a door … [Read More]
Bibimbap Soho: making Korean food accessible to non-specialists
How many of you are fans of Korean food but feel intimidated by the menus in Korean restaurants? I know I am. I know I’ll probably like just about everything on the menu but I can’t decide what to go for. The things go on for page after page, you’re not sure what dish goes … [Read More]
Appeal from the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum
The text of a fund-raising appeal on behalf of the Glosters. Please donate generously. The 60th Anniversary of the Battle of Imjin, Korea is in April 2011 where The Gloucestershire Regiment as part of 29 Brigade fought with great distinction. To commemorate the occasion the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum in Gloucester will produce a new … [Read More]
To the Last Round – a second look
A year ago Jennifer Barclay reviewed Andrew Salmon’s then recently published To the Last Round (TTLR), an account of the epic British stand at the Imjin River in Korea, 1951. She confessed to not being a fan of military history, and though her review was polite you can tell she really didn’t enjoy it. Spurred … [Read More]
Banksy’s Simpsons animation sweatshop slur angers Koreans
I thought The Simpsons took off Korean “sweatshop” animation studios years ago. Or maybe it was South Park. But I’m pretty sure Banksy’s critique is not original. http://bit.ly/aKj3r9 (Daily Mail article) [Read More]