XODIAC is a rising multinational K-pop idol group with great potential. The award-winning stars have collaborated with famous magazines both domestically and internationally and received focused coverage from K-pop media. The name XODIAC implies the striving for finding their own hidden potential through endless effort and progressive strength, symbolized by the first letter and symbol … [Read More]
Year: 2023 (page 14)
May House Concert: Ambra Wind Quintet
For May’s House Concert at St James’s Piccadilly we will be hosting the Ambra quintet, composed of hornist Kiersten Gustafson, clarinetist Lucia Porcedda, oboist Rebecca Whitehouse, bassoonist Ruihan Kee and flutist DaSom Jeong. We’re very excited to invite you to this event as this is our first time presenting a wind quintet at our House … [Read More]
Korean Day Festival at York St John University
We warmly welcome all of you to our 3rd Korean day festival at York St John University. Under the theme of ‘Communication and Inclusivity’, there will be various fascinating activities and exhibitions. Please drop in with your family, friends and kids and get inspired by beautiful Korean culture. As part of the day we are … [Read More]
TWICE “Ready to Be” World Tour in London
The nine-member girl group are heading to London as part of their “Ready to Be” World Tour. The event is so popular, they booked an extra date. Don’t miss this chance to see them live. [Read More]
May events 2023
Highlight of this month is Jihae Hwang’s third appearance at the Chelsea Flower Show with her show garden inspired by the herbal medicine traditions of Jirisan. Plus there’s plenty of craft-related events and exhibitions, thanks to London Craft Week, and the 2023 Festival of Korean Dance winds up. Chelsea Flower Show, London Craft Week and … [Read More]
New Malden celebrates the Coronation
The Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort is a time for celebration across the nation and the Commonwealth, over a weekend of special events: Monday 8 May is a special Bank Holiday that has been proclaimed by the Prime Minister in honour of the Coronation, giving everyone the opportunity to … [Read More]
Books and People: a Korean Cornucopia
Brother Anthony of Taizé has donated to the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, his extensive library of nineteenth and early twentieth-century books by foreigners on Korea and will offer comments on selected books and the personalities behind them. Biography Brother Anthony of Taizé (naturalized Korean name An Sonjae) studied Medieval and Modern languages at Oxford. … [Read More]
K-pop UK National Competition 2023
The Kpop UK National Competition returns for its 5th year. Presented by KBCE and London KPop Dance Workshop (LoKo). Finalists from all over the UK will compete to win in our categories of Kpop Dance, Kpop Vocal, Freestyle Dance Battle and our newest category, Original Choreography. The winner of each category will receive £200 and … [Read More]
Shin Sang-ho: The Mind of a Master, at Han Collection
Shin Sang-ho is a renowned ceramic artist from South Korea who is known for his unique style that combines traditional Korean pottery techniques with contemporary design. Born in 1947 in Gyeonggi Province, Shin Sang-ho studied ceramics at Hongik University in Seoul and has since become one of the most prominent ceramic artists in the country. … [Read More]
Jambinai plays at Portals Festival Hackney
Portals Festival is London’s biggest festival specialising in alternative, experimental, math-rock and post-rock. The lineup is comprised of our favourite and most exciting artists from all over the world, to bring you the finest live music. This year’s lineup features: MONO (Japan), And So I Watch You From Afar (N. Ireland), Maybeshewill, Bossk, Jambinai (Korea), … [Read More]
Korea – Europe Forum | The Global Transformation of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics: Responses from Korea and Europe
The war in Ukraine, US-China competition, and global supply chain restructuring have presented significant complex crises for European and Asian countries. At a moment of historical change, security is becoming more tightly interconnected across different regions while new types of economic alliances are reshaping individual countries’ national strategies for ensuring high-tech supremacy. This set of … [Read More]
Return to Seoul preview + director screentalk
In this emotionally charged and vibrant film from Davy Chou, a young French woman returns to Korea for the first time since her adoption. A surprising and deliciously sleek movie, Return To Seoul follows Freddie (Park Ji-min), who, on-a-whim, travels to Korea, where she’s persuaded into seeking out her biological family. This is only the … [Read More]
Overcoming Barriers: Korea in Translation
Brother Anthony (who has been publishing translations of Korean poetry and fiction since 1990) will begin by talking about some of the books by which Korea and its region first became known in centuries past, books that were translated from and into a variety of languages. He will then review the ways in which Korean … [Read More]
Bloo: Fox and the City Tour in London
South Korean hip-hop artist, and one half of the duo ‘neonblue’ with niahn, BLOO, landed on the scene in 2016 with his debut mixtape “Tony”. He made a name for himself in the Korean underground hip-hop scene with music that dances around poetic self-destruction, loneliness and lovelorn woes. For BLOO, the priority is and always … [Read More]
Have purple raccoons ever floated in YOUR dreams?
I’ve started, very belatedly, to resume my Korean language studies, which originally began, and paused, around 15 years ago at the Korean Cultural Centre in London. I was in their first intake for the beginners’ language class, and I met people there that I’ve stayed in touch with ever since. Back in 2008 the KCC’s … [Read More]
Woman at Point Zero, at the Royal Opera House
A story of two women who share their memories, experiences and secrets. Inspired by the seminal novel by Egyptian writer and feminist Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero is a story of two women: Fatma, an activist imprisoned for manslaughter and Sama, an ambitious documentary filmmaker, that unfolds over one day. They share their memories, … [Read More]