Here are the main things we’re expecting in July:
Veterans
- Veterans of the Korean War speak at the National Army Museum on 5 July
- The Royal British Legion marks the 70th anniversary of the armistice on 27 July
Music and performance
- Bang Yongguk performs in Camden on 1 July
- Blackpink plays BST Hyde Park on 2 July, supported by The Rose and other acts
- MAP Project UK’s: WEL,COME is in Kingston on 1 July
- The K-pop UK National Competition 2023 is in Kingston on 8 July
Exhibitions
- The exhibition of Lee Ufan’s work continues at Pace Gallery until 29 July
- Shinuk Suh’s Veiled Memories continues at Daniel Benjamin Gallery all month
- Bomi Kim’s solo show A Wild Romance Surrounds Us continues at Strike until 9 July
- Korean Art London is at Mall Galleries 6 – 22 July
- Sang Woon Nam’s Blue is at Aleph Contemporary from 4 July
- Jinjoon Lee’s Audible Garden is at the KCC from 21 July
- The exhibition of Yun Hyong-keun’s works continues at Hastings Contemporary all month
- Young In Hong participates in a group show in Bristol’s Arnolfini from 8 July
- Danbee Kim’s Korea LH Garden is at the Hampton Court Garden Festival, 4 – 9 July
Everything else
- Michelin-starred Sollip has a pop-up at CORD Restaurant, 3 July
- Professor Sangook Park talks about Korea’s Hydrogen Economy in Brighton and online on 5 July
- The KCCUK’s final documentary screening of the season is My Love, Don’t Cross That River, on 6 July
- Chef Cindy Robert demonstrates some Korean cuisine at an ethical deli pop-up in Notting Hill, 10 July
- Sang Young Park and Anton Hur talk about Love in the Big City at Libreria Bookshop on 19 July
- There’s a K-content expo in the QE2 conference centre, 24 July
- There’s a Blackpink-themed afterparty at Heaven following BST on 2 July
- There’s a K-pop / hip-hop night at Fire Vauxhall on 7 July
Publications expected
- Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS, by BTS, Kang Myeong-seok tr Anton Hur, Clare Richards, Slin Jung
- Counterweight by Djuna tr Anton Hur
- Boundless Winds of Empire: Rhetoric and Ritual in Early Chosŏn Diplomacy with Ming China, by Sixiang Wang