This month’s highlight in London is undoubtedly Park Jiha’s residency at Cafe OTO, timed to coincide with the release of her new album, The Gleam. Outside of the capital there’s a play at Bristol Old Vic focusing on Korean divided families; and in Sheffield look out for the return of the annual Korea Day.
The volume of London events has yet to get back to where we were a couple of years ago, but we can expect the below list to be filled out a little when the KCC announces the continuation of its first film screening programme of the year and its next exhibition and house concert. But the volume is far in excess of what it was when LKL first went online, 16 years ago this very day.
Exhibitions
- Jukhee Kwon participates in a group show at October Gallery that finishes on 12 March
- Han Collection is running an exhibition of Korean Tea Bowls, 3 – 30 March
Film
- Park Kun-young’s A Distant Place gets two screenings at BFI Flare (also on BFI Player during the festival)
- Blockbuster Escape from Mogadishu gets a UK Theatrical Release on 25 March
Performance
- Young Min Cho gives a dance performance at October Gallery on 5 March
- Bristol Old Vic hosts What Remains of Us, 3 – 12 March
- Park Jiha is at Cafe OTO, 28 – 29 March
Talks and seminars
- David Mason gives a talk on Korean Buddhism for the British Korean Society, 2 March
- Chatham House hosts a South Korea presidential election watch, 7 March
- We’re expecting a talk on Korean tea culture at Han Collection on 12 March
- The KCC’s literature night on 30 March discusses the classic Road to Sampo
- The Scottish CKS hosts Dr Jihye Kim for a talk on Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the Argentina Garment Industry, 16 March
- SOAS hosts Soojin Hyun for a talk on the political and social role of Confucian thoughts in Koryŏ dynasty, 11 March
Other events
- Sheffield’s Korea Day is on 12 March
- There’s a K-pop party at Fire London on 4 March
- The British Korean Society AGM is 28 March
Publications
- Upcoming publications we’ve logged can be found here. Fiction highlight of the month is Gu Byeong-mo’s The Old Woman with the Knife