A wonderful opportunity to discover a little bit of Korea in the city of Belfast. After the success of our previous walking tours, we are back by popular demand. This time, we explore the city of Belfast to commemorate the outbreak of the Korean War that began on the 25 June 1950. In partnership with … [Read More]
Year: 2022 (page 11)
Dano celebrations in New Malden
The North Korean Residents Society UK and the National Unification Advisory Council invite you to a special celebration of the Dano Festival. Both North and South Korean communities in New Malden will be coming together to celebrate the start of summer with traditional Korean crafts and games. All are welcome but please have consideration for … [Read More]
Free Chol Soo Lee screens at Sundance Film Fest
In 1970s San Francisco, 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is racially profiled and convicted of a Chinatown gang murder. After spending years fighting to survive, investigative journalist K.W. Lee takes a special interest in his case, igniting an unprecedented social justice movement. Free Chol Soo Lee gives voice to a hidden history to ask … [Read More]
New Malden celebrates the Jubilee
Initial details of plans to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, appropriately enough in New Malden’s Jubilee Square. Includes an exhibition of photographs exploring the lives of North Korean escapees in New Malden. [Read More]
Son Heung-min wins Golden Boot Award
Congratulations to Son Heung-min for winning the Golden Boot award for the highest total goals scored in the English Premier League this season. He shares the award with Liverpool’s Mo Salah, as both players scored 23 goals. Some people (particularly Spurs fans) point out that Salah’s tally includes six penalties, making Son the more prolific … [Read More]
East in Angel – a special celebration in Islington
In celebration of the best of Korean and Japanese culture, the East in Angel festival brings together the centre’s East Asian brands. All with a curated line-up of K-Beauty make up events and pop-up shop, community markets, fresh Japanese and Korean food sampling and offers, and kids lanterns and origami crafting sessions. Monday 16 – … [Read More]
Book launch: Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop
Join author Ramon Pacheco Pardo for the launch of his book Shrimp to Whale: From the Forgotten War to K-Pop and learn about the the incredible rise of South Korea, from colonisation and civil war to today’s thriving nation. ABOUT THE BOOK South Korea has a remarkable history. Born from the ashes of imperial domination, … [Read More]
June House Concert: KCC UK x Hungary collaboration
The KCCUK and KCC Hungary Collaboration Concert will be held on 16th June at St James’s Church, Piccadilly at 7pm. Pianist Hyun-Kyung Lee from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary, will play music by J.S Bach, G. Ligeti and C. Debussy. The Flarpiola Trio from the Royal College of Music, consisting of … [Read More]
A Korean Peninsula Agriculture Community: Challenges and Opportunities
Michael Schluter, CEO of Relational Peacebuilding Initiatives, will explain how a Korean Peninsula Agriculture Community provides a potential pathway which could lead to eventual reunification of the peninsula. A similar trade agreement between France and Germany in one sector in 1951, set in the context of ‘ever closer union’, started off the journey to the … [Read More]
Korean Film Nights “Summer Nights” season
In collaboration with the students from the Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA at the National Film and Television School, the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) is delighted to present the new summer season of Korean Film Nights 2022. All screenings will take place at the KCCUK, free of charge, with seats booking via www.koreanfilm.co.uk … [Read More]
Korean comic play: A First Class
A father sacrifices his organs to fund his wife’ s crazed brain-altering attempt to create A FIRST CLASS DAUGHTER. Is this truly the route to perfection? The mother’s desperate efforts to make her daughter a first-class person are a pitiful sight. She has had her daughter’ s brain changed into that of a confirmed genius … [Read More]
Wanted: K-Pop banners for V&A Hallyu exhibition
Help the Victoria and Albert Museum showcase K-Pop banners in their upcoming exhibition Hallyu! The Korean Wave – and your creation could end up in their permanent collection! The V&A are launching a public call-out for K-Pop banners, to help highlight the vital role that fandoms play in the phenomenon of K-Pop. The chosen banners … [Read More]
Woosung plays the Islington Academy
Korean-American musician Woosung – who has already performed twice in London as vocalist and electric guitarist of The Rose – makes his solo London debut later this month, coinciding with East in Angel Festival, a celebration of things Asian at the Angel Central venue, 16th to 22nd May. [Read More]
May events 2022
I’m beginning to feel that the volume of events is returning to pre-pandemic norms. Nevertheless, I’m sure there are things I’ve managed inadvertently to omit. Exhibitions The KCC’s group show Drifting Terrain continues until 21 May There’s a group show – 엄마, Mother – by UK-based Korean artsts, at Han Collection 20 – 28 May … [Read More]
Beyond the Subtitle: what even the best translators can’t tell you
Some of the debates about Squid Game turned the spotlight on the role of the subtitler: Are they skilled enough? Are they paid enough? Are there enough of them? We think that even the best, most highly-paid translator can’t tell you everything you need to know about what’s going on in your favourite K-film or … [Read More]
May Literature Night: Winter in Sokcho
The Korean Literature Night is a monthly discussion group that explores various themes and topics relating to that month’s chosen book. For May we will read the novel Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin. Author Elisa Shua Dusapin and translator Aneesa Abbas Higgins will join us for a live virtual talk about the novel ‘Winter … [Read More]