November events 2013

Film, Jazz, K-pop, and of course the State Visit this month.

State Visit

• Among the many duties to be performed by President Park on her state visit on 5-6 November will be a ground-breaking ceremony for a new Korean War memorial
• Coinciding with the State Visit, KOTRA are holding a Korean Branding and Entertainment Expo at Old Billingsgate 4-6 November, which includes a live performance from 2NE1 as well as a holographic performance from PSY.

Film

• The London Korean Film Festival contains many highlights too numerous to mention, before moving on to Oxford, Bradford and St Andrews
• The East Winds Film Festival in Coventry lasts until 3 November
• Screenings from the Ha Jung-woo season at the KCC have yet to be announced.

Books

• The first installment of the Dalkey Archive of Korean Literature should be hitting the shelves this month
• As should Colette Balmain’s Directory of World Cinema – Korea.

Talks and conferences

• The DPRK ambassador to the UK talks in Cambridge on 4 November
• The Korea-UK Forum on the Peaceful Unification of Korea is on 19 November
• SOAS evening seminars examine the role of the army in the North Korean economy (15 November), the collection of Koryo dynasty artefacts in the late 19th / early 20th centuries (22 Nov) and the name(s) of God (29 Nov)

Music

• There’s a holographic performance by PSY and possibly 2NE1 at KBEE London 2013, as well as a live performance from 2NE1
• Super Junior are at Wembley Arena on 9 November
• Infinite are at the Hammersmith Apollo on 27 November
• Hyelim Kim performs daegeum at the London Jazz Festival on 21 November
• Joo Yeon Sir performs at the Wigmore on 11 November

Exhibitions

• Meekyoung Shin’s solo exhibition at the KCC starts on 11 November
• Her solo show, Archetype, finishes at Sumarria Lunn on 8 November
• Her group show, Heritage Reinvented, finishes at Tryon Street on 22 November
• And you can still see her Duke of Cumberland in Cavendish Square.
• The Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo is home of a three-day media art exhibition, Crytsallize, curated by Stephanie Seungmin Kim
• Kim Minae’s Thoughts on Habit are at HADA Contemporary all month
• Kim Dok-hi’s Reflections are at Mokspace until 12 November
• Yun Sungfeel and Kim Shinwook are in a group show at Hanmi Gallery from 13 November
• Oak Jungho is at 43 Inverness Street till 9 November – well worth a visit

Social

• The Oxford Korean Society has a festive event at the Union on 2 November
• The Anglo-Korean Society‘s annual dinner in the House of Lords is on 21 November