A showcase featuring Korean traditional art, music, and dance from past, present, and future I am Ka Youn, a composer from South Korea currently based in London. On 2nd July, 6pm, at the Korean Culture Centre UK, I’m holding a showcase about our traditional culture called K-folklore: past, present, and future. This concert will … [Read More]
Year: 2024 (page 10)
Screening: Voices of the Silenced (UK Premiere)
This film delves into the historical experiences of Park Soo-nam, born in colonial-era Japan, retracing the journey and the history of Zainichi Koreans in Japan. Through the lens of two 16mm documentary films shot since 1985 and the restoration of unreleased footage, spanning 100,000 feet, it resurrects the testimonies of witnesses. The film raises questions … [Read More]
Screening: Love Death Dog + Baek-gu (UK Premieres)
Love Death Dog | 러브 데스 도그 Directed by Gwon Dong-hyun and Kwon Sea-jung 19 min | 2023 | Korea | colour and b&w Korean with Eng Subs | Print source: Gwon Dong-hyun, Kwon Sea-jung Gwon Dong-hyun and Kwon Sea-jung have been collaborating on a long-term research project titled Love Death Dog City since 2020, … [Read More]
Activism and Post-Activism: Korean Documentary Cinema: 1981-2022, A lecture by Prof. Kim Jihoon
This lecture presents an overview of Activism and Post-Activism: Korean Documentary Cinema: 1981-2022 (Oxford University Press, 2024), the first-ever English-language monograph on Korean non-fiction film and video practices in the non-governmental and non-corporate sectors from their foundational period (early 1980s) to the present. Making tripartite connections between the socio-political history of Korea (from the 1980s … [Read More]
The U.S.-Korea Alliance: Why It Might Fail and Why It Must Not
The Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics invites Scott Snyder to discuss the U.S.-Korea alliance and the internal and external challenges it faces. The U.S.-Korea alliance has endured through seven decades of shifting regional and geopolitical security contexts. Yet it now faces challenges from within. Domestic political turmoil, including deepening political polarization and rising forms of exclusive … [Read More]
Kim Bohie: “Beyond”, at Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
In her first solo exhibition in Europe, Korean painter Kim Bohie (김보희) presents a new body of work that explores the subtleties of landscape. Kim synthesises various Korean and Western painting traditions to produce her own distinct style. Her paintings are about looking and personal connection to place, engaging with ideas around closeness – spiritual … [Read More]
Next Sohee (다음 소희) – preview & theatrical release
Highschooler Sohee is required to complete an internship before she can graduate. She is placed in a local call centre with a stressful metric-driven environment so toxic it drives one of her colleagues to suicide. July Jung’s compelling drama exposes the harrowing impacts of capitalism, particularly on the young and disadvantaged. Content warning: Contains scenes … [Read More]
AB6IX Fan Concert: ‘Find YOU’
AB6IX, the K-pop sensation, is set to embark on their highly anticipated 2024 FAN CONCERT ‘Find YOU’ tour in Europe! Known for their dynamic performances and chart-topping hits, AB6IX will captivate audiences with their incredible talent and charisma. Since their debut in 2019 with the EP B:Complete, AB6IX has been a powerhouse in the K-pop … [Read More]
June events 2024
A busy month, the highlight probably being IU’s performance at Wembley Arena. Glastonbury ticketholders will also be able to see Seventeen on the main Pyramid stage. For those who follow hallyu stars from an earlier generation, you can meet former FinKL member Ok Joo-hyun who is in town to mark the London production of the … [Read More]
Korean Days at Leeds University
Under the theme of ‘Korean Music & Community Wellbeing’, Korea Day will visit Leeds for the first time this June. The event will be held over 2 days, with performances of traditional Korean music and K-hip-hop. The event will also include a series of workshops on traditional Korean music, K-pop, Korean culture, and language. Time … [Read More]
Jin Han Lee: Keen Feet, at Union Pacific
The feet are both a bridge between the self and environment, as well as the self and others (it is more intimate, for example, to entwine one’s feet with another’s, than to join hands). For the artist Jin Han Lee (b. 1982, Seoul, South Korea), the feet relate to the boundaries of self and non-self, … [Read More]
Korean Day at Oxford University
With an academic theme, ‘Korea Day’ will visit Oxford on 8th June. A roundtable discussion with students will follow on from a lecture that will feature 3 prominent speakers, Dr. Seunghye Sun (Director, Korean Cultural Centre UK), Kihoon Kim (Head of the London Branch of the Bank of Korea) and Jongsun Kim (Head of the … [Read More]
Jason Yu’s Sleep (잠) screening at Raindance, + Q&A
A happily married couple, Hyun-su and Soo-jin, peaceful lives are disrupted by the disturbing nocturnal behaviour of Hyun-su. As they strive to unravel the horrifying secret of the inexplicable actions that occur during his sleep, the film delves into the efforts of these two individuals. Sparklingly tense and ingeniously eerie, Jason Yu’s 2023 feature-length debut … [Read More]
Dano celebrations in New Malden
The North Korean Residents Society invite you to join in celebrating the early Summer festival of Dano in New Malden’s Beverley Park on Sunday 2 June, 10:30am – 3pm. Expect seasonal fun, folk games such as jegi-chagi and tug-of-war, plus traditional food and snacks. All welcome. [Read More]
Book talk: The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre
KCCUK is pleased to announce the forthcoming author talk with Cho Yeeun about her novel ‘The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre’, published this month. This is an in-person event at the Korean Cultural Centre with the author Cho Yeeun joining via video-link. Join us to discover more about Yeeun’s inspirations and work. Set in a … [Read More]
UK screening premiere: Regardless of Us, at the ICA
Formally inventive and filled with striking monochrome compositions Regardless of Us is a complex and mysterious journey into the nature of memory, performance, and the very structures of reality. Featuring a rich and intriguing utilisation of off-screen space, Yoo’s tale of an actress attempting to recover her memory following a severe illness subtly probes at … [Read More]