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Month: February 2019

Seven O’Clock The Beginning World Tour in London

event date Sat 06 Apr 2019 posted

Tickets are now available for the London performance in Seven O’Clock’s The Beginning world tour. Seven O’Clock is a six member K-pop boy group under Forest Network. They debuted in 2017 and were contestants on the survival reality show Mix Nine. This is their first world tour. The Garage | 20-22 Highbury Corner | London … [Read More]

March literature night: At Dusk, by Hwang Sok-yong

event date Wed 27 Mar 2019 venue KCCUK posted

The Korean Literature Night is a monthly discussion group that explores various themes and topics relating to that month’s chosen book. The second literature night of 2019 looks at Sora Kim-Russell’s translation of Hwang Sok-yong’s latest: Hwang Sok-yong: At Dusk 27 March, 19.00-21.00 @KCCUK Entrance Free – Booking Essential Apply to [email protected] or call 020 … [Read More]

Bae Chan-hyo’s new book of photography

posted updated 27 Feb 2019 by Philip Gowman 2 minute read

I always find it strangely rewarding when things going on in London get featured in the Korean press. London-based photographer Bae Chan-hyo’s upcoming exhibition at Purdy Hicks, Jumping Into, gets a feature in yesterday’s Korea JoongAng Daily newspaper. Bae has been active on the London art scene at least since 2006, when he took part … [Read More]

Brief review: Crossroads of Youth

posted updated 21 Sep 2019 by Philip Gowman 3 minute read

Crossroads of Youth, Korea’s earliest surviving feature-length movie, was a great way to start the season of films from Korea’s colonial period. It is a season that could not have taken place 15 years ago, because these films have only recently come to light in the film archives of Beijing, Moscow and Tokyo. Crossroads of … [Read More]

SOAS seminar: Remembering a dissident Confucian Monk

event date Fri 22 Mar 2019 venue SOAS posted

This is a seminar I’m particularly looking forward to, as I’ve been interested in the story of King Danjong since I came across the burial site of his placenta a few years ago. Remembering a dissident Confucian Monk: How Kim Sisŭp became Sŏlcham, and Sŏlcham the Boyi of Korea Dr Dennis Wuerthner (Ruhr-University Bochum) Friday … [Read More]

Korea Day in Sheffield

event date Sun 10 Mar 2019 venue Octagon Centre posted

Last year’s Korea Day in Sheffield was such a success that they’re doing it again! Korea Day in Sheffield Sunday 10th March 2019, 12-5pm Octagon Centre | Clarkson Street | Sheffield S10 2TQ Tickets £5 | Buy tickets here Please retain your email confirmation of booking. Any food and photo purchases are charged separately. We … [Read More]

Talk by ROK Ambassador Enna Park – Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula Opportunities and Challenges

event date Tue 05 Mar 2019 venue Kings College London posted

A speical early evening talk by Ambassador Park: Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula Opportunities and Challenges Speaker: HE Ambassador Enna Park The River Room | Kings College | Strand Tuesday 5 March 2019 17:30-18:30 | Register via Eventbrite Last year saw a great shift in the situation on the Korean peninsula. North Korea stopped its … [Read More]

Two Koreans documentaries win at London International Filmmaker Festival

posted updated 13 Feb 2022 by 앤서방 < 1 minute read

Koreans scored two successes at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema awards ceremony in London this evening. Producer and curator Stephanie Seungmin Kim collected the award for Best Director of a Foreign Language Documentary Film for ‘Sleepers in Venice’, which gives a behind-the-scenes story of the planning and installation of the collateral group exhibition … [Read More]

SOAS seminar: the Failure of the US-Soviet Joint Commission, 1946 – 1947

event date Fri 08 Mar 2019 venue SOAS posted

An interesting-looking session which may help us to see current developments through an historical lens. Ominous Clouds over Korea: The Failure of the US-Soviet Joint Commission, 1946—1947 Prof Mark E Caprio (Rikkyo University) Friday 8 March 2019Time: 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm | Register via SOAS website Venue: SOAS | Russell Square | College Buildings … [Read More]

LSE roundtable: New Reconciliations – the two Koreas

event date Wed 27 Feb 2019 venue LSE posted

A talk on inter-Korea relations as part of LSE’s New World (Dis)Orders Festival: New Reconciliations: the two Koreas Wednesday 27 February 2019 7:30pm to 8:30pm | Registration required: Ticket information LSE | Wolfson Theatre | New Academic Building | Campus Map Dr Jeong-Im Hyun (University of Central Lancashire), Dr Owen Miller (SOAS), Prof Vladimir Tikhonov … [Read More]