SOAS has a series of East Asian Art and Archaeology Research Seminars. The next one is of relevance to Koreanists, and will be held in the Brunei Gallery, room B111 on Friday, 4 March, at 3 pm. All are welcome. Koryo and Liao Relations in the 10th-11th century – Impact on Buddhist Culture – Youngsook … [Read More]
Month: February 2011
Baek Hyun-jhin’s Time of Reflection and other recent music links
Some recent music links: The Guardian continues its series on the North Korean music scene: Pyongyang goes pop http://bit.ly/gIQhx1 # RT @indiefulrok: Don’t know who all of those Korean Music Awards 2011 winners were? Find out here: http://t.co/nIotYeD #kindie # via @refresh_daemon: So glad that Baik Hyunjhin took some time to reflect. init_music: 백현진 – … [Read More]
Korean-Japanese duo 10 performs in Stoke Newington
Tomorrow, Sunday, is your last chance to catch experimental Korean-Japanese duo 10 before they head back to Seoul. 10 FINAL CONCERT IN LONDON WITH THE RUNS F$?&ED 4 WAYS IDLERICH Time 27 February · 20:00 – 23:00 Location Ryan’s bar 181 Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 0UL [Map] London, United Kingdom Featuring: 10(itta x … [Read More]
Bulgogi Taco Truck features in California’s London ad campaign
I saw this ad at Hammersmith tube station last week: LA-based Korean American Roy Choi invented the bulgogi taco fusion dish, and scored a huge success with the formula. It’s even caught on back in Seoul, where you can also get bulgogi burritos in cafes in the Hongdae area. According to the Wall Street Journal: … [Read More]
Book review: Pearl Buck’s Living Reed
Pearl S Buck: Living Reed – A Novel of Korea Moyer Bell, 1990 Originally published by Methuen, 1963 Pearl Buck spent most of her childhood and early adulthood in China in an American missionary family and, mixing with local children, grew up with an unrivaled understanding of the country. Her experiences were distilled into an … [Read More]
The Korean War in Film
Late notice I know, but this must surely be worth a trip to Cambridge this Saturday: An afternoon of film screenings and talks on the Korean War and Korean cinema Saturday, 26 February 2011, 2pm Robinson College Grange Road, CB3 9AN Timetable Film showing: 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm (Umney Theatre) Screening of the classic … [Read More]
Event news: Nah Youn Sun at Pizza Express Jazz, Soho
March the First, a big date in the Korean calendar. And for LKL, it’s a date we’ve had in our diary for a while: our favourite jazz singer, Nah Youn Sun, is at one of London’s premier jazz venues, Pizza Express Soho, along with guitarist Ulf Wakenius. Here’s a sample of a track from their … [Read More]
Korean Fighting Kites
Dominick Jenkins explains his passion for Korean kites. Suddenly, he was there. Peter Nam. His icon, a Black, White, Panda. It dances, manically, on the screen. Thirty years earlier. Late 1970s England. The Cotswolds. A full gale. The wind bends great beech and oak trees. Rain imminent. I am alone in a car parking lot. … [Read More]
K-pop special at the KCC
For those who’ve never made it down to one of the Vauxhall clubs for one of the K-pop team’s all-nighters, there’s something a bit more sedate at the KCC this Friday – but get there early: it’s sure to be very busy. Kpop Special @ Korean Culture Centre Korean Cultural Centre UK, Grand Buildings, 1 … [Read More]
Korean shorts win at Berlinale 2011
Korea is first and second in Berlinale short film section. The Park brothers’ iPhone-filmed Night Fishing wins, with Yang Hyo-joo winning the Silver Bear for The Unbroken, which is a short film about two swindlers who are involved in a real accident one evening after contriving a fake car accident to claim insurance payments. http://bit.ly/guyH9Z … [Read More]
Forbidden Quest screens at the KCC
The KCC’s period drama season comes to a close this Thursday with Forbidden Quest starring Shiri star Han Suk-gyu. If you turn up early, you can also try on some hanbok and have your picture taken. FORBIDDEN QUEST (2006) 7pm, Thursday 24th February Director: KIM Dae-woo Cast: KIM Min-jeong, HAN Seok-kyu Genre: Period Drama/ Melodrama/ … [Read More]
Anglo-Korean Society Post-Graduate Bursary 2011/12
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR KOREAN STUDIES BURSARY COMMITTEE Anglo-Korean Society Post-Graduate Bursary Academic Session 2011-2012 The Anglo-Korean Society through the Bursary Committee of the British Association for Korean Studies is offering one or more £500 bursaries on a competitive basis to post-graduate students. Details of the Anglo-Korean Society Post-Graduate Bursary Programme are as follows: the bursary … [Read More]
Korea.net is looking for bloggers
Korea.net, the Korean government’s online gateway, launched a blog earlier this year at http://blog.korea.net/. They currently have five experienced contributors, but they’re looking to expand their range of content providers by opening up their blog to new applicants. The aim of The Korea Blog is to show the contemporary side of Korea and its culture … [Read More]
Poetry (시, 2010) review: memory, moral awakening and the search for beauty
Poetry is the story of one woman’s search for meaning, beauty and expression in a life peppered with pain and long lost dreams. By the time the credits roll, viewers will have witnessed an utterly unforgettable, gentle yet gripping and poetic story which is equally as uplifting as it is poignant. In short, life is Poetry. [Read More]
Two new collections of literature in translation
Two welcome new publications of Korean literature in translation: Park Ji-won’s novels debut in English after 200 years: "Translation of Overlooked Worlds" http://bit.ly/ijKbQs # "Waxen Wings: The Acta Koreana Anthology of Short Fiction" Well worth a look – at http://bit.ly/g3PeGB # [Read More]
The Korean Film Blogathon, 7-13 March
What’s a blogathon? It’s an event when bloggers across the globe converge (if they so wish) on a single subject. A couple of years ago there was the Hong Sang-soo Oh Soojung! blogathon, when anyone who had anything to say about A Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors said it, either on his/her blog, or … [Read More]