LONDON/SEOUL, UK, 11 December, 2012 — The London Book Fair and The Korean Publishers Association have announced Korea as the Market Focus of The London Book Fair 2014. The launch event at Asia House today was attended by The London Book Fair, The Korean Publishers Association and LBF Market Focus strategic partners, the British Council … [Read More]
Month: December 2012 (page 2)
A thesis on DPRK Environmental Management – in six tweets
Tomorrow (11 December) between 9am and 5pm (GMT), Robert Winstanley-Chesters will be participating in the Leeds University “Tweet your Thesis” Competition. During these hours he will be attempting to present his pending PhD dissertation entitled “Landscape as Political Project?” Environmental Management in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as six tweets. He says he’s never … [Read More]
O Bang Saek – Shouvik Datta visits the opening event of the KAA exhibition
The exhibition and performance by the Korean Artists Association at the Korean Cultural Centre (Strand, London) on November 28, featured painting and displays of visual art, traditional Korean instruments and a performance of highly modern dance. The association was originally founded in 1997 by a group of Korean artists and poets to promote Korean culture … [Read More]
Girl band is one of the DPRK’s Great Innovations of 2012
The KCNA has a press release which celebrates the many innovations in the year in which the DPRK became a great and prosperous nation. Immediately after an introductory passage praising the “ideologocial might” of the military, and before a listing of the many new factories and other technological achievements comes a brief paragraph on soft … [Read More]
To Remain: It’s Just a Matter of Time – group exhibition at Hanmi Gallery
“Come to Britain (but only if you’re already famous) – New immigration rules exclude young, gifted artists from beyond the European Union” warns the headline on the front page of the December 2012 edition of The Art Newspaper. The 15th Interim Exhibition at Hanmi Gallery addresses the implications of the closure of the Tier 1 … [Read More]
Now X Here: the KCC’s 5th call-for-artists exhibition
Hot on the heels of the excellent Korean Artists Association exhibition comes the KCCUK’s annual group show of young Korean artists. NOW X HERE THE 5TH UK KOREAN ARTISTS EXHIBITION Exhibition Dates: 12 December 2012 – 23 January 2013 The Korean Cultural Centre UK is pleased to present the 5th Annual Exhibition of contemporary art … [Read More]
Traditional Chinese, Korean and Kampo Medicine: an introduction to the three main strands of Traditional Medicine in Northeast Asia
By Jinwoong Lim and Sena Lee According to the World Health Organization (WHO), traditional medicine “refers to the knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the maintenance of health and in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness.” Implicity bound up … [Read More]
Im Soon-rye month – the Director Q&A is on 20 December
In a slight but understandable change from the normal schedule, December’s director Q&A is on the 3rd Thursday, 20th December, not the 4th Thursday – to catch you in London before you leave for the festive season. But there’s still a screening on the 27th for those who remain in London. I’ve had a soft … [Read More]
BA resumes flights to Seoul – but I’ll still fly Asiana
British Airways resumed direct flights to Seoul on 2 December 2012 – a service they stopped back in 1998, in the aftermath of the so-called IMF Crisis. That was then. This is now: “We have seen significant growth in customers wanting to travel to Seoul for both business and pleasure,” said BA’s commercial director in … [Read More]
Kim Young-ha longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize
It’s nice to see that the book I’m currently reading, Kim Young-ha’s Black Flower (검은 꽃), has been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Last year, Shin Kyung-sook’s Please Look After Mother won it. Can Korea make it two years running? At LKL, we loved Kim Young-ha’s Your Republic Is Calling You, and found … [Read More]
2012 Travel Diary #22: The Burial Grounds of the Royal Joseon Placentas, and why underfloor heating is not always good for you
Sancheong Town, Gyeongsangnam-do, Sunday 1 April 2012. Yes, it’s 1 April, and no, this article is not an April Fool’s joke. Sunday in Sancheong town, and the National Assembly election campaign is in full swing. All along the main street, the ppongtchak trucks are parked nose to tail, probably about eight of them. All of … [Read More]
December events 2012
There’s no let-up in the season of Advent. Exhibitions O Bang Saek is the must-see exhibition at the KCC, but it ends on Tuesday 4 December. Hurry. Also essential for this month are some short films by London Korean artists. See under Film below. Phobia finishes at Hanmi Gallery on 5 December. They have another … [Read More]
Christmas in August, Hur Jin-ho’s classic 1998 debut feature, screens at the Roxy
It was one of the first Korean films I ever saw. Guided by Darcy Paquet’s list of top ten films of the 90, this was in my first ever batch of DVDs from YesAsia. And although you don’t see so much of Han Suk-kyu nowadays (and nothing of Shim Eun-ha) they were among the top … [Read More]