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Covering things Korean in London and beyond since 2006

Month: March 2025

New Diorama Theatre presents Container

event date 02 Apr - 12 Apr 2025 venue New Diorama Theatre posted

New Diorama Theatre presents the world premiere of Container, a multi-vocal performance by British-Korean poet / theatre maker / artist Alan Fielden, exploring the violence and tenderness of living through catastrophe. Drawing influence from Laurie Anderson’s music and Robert Ashley’s television operas, Container makes use of overlapping choral narratives, live music and polyphonic sound to … [Read More]

Preston workshop: North Korea, A Country Left Behind with the Cloaked Society

event date Thu 24 Apr 2025 venue UCLan posted

A workshop to accompany the UCLan special exhibition on North Korea entitled The echo never stops Speaker 1: Dr Sojin Lim, Director of International Institute of Korean Studies at University of Central Lancashire (IKSU) Addressing Sociocultural Aspects of Period Poverty in North Korea Speaker 2: Hanna Song, Executive Director of the Database Center for North … [Read More]

[Preston] DPRK exhibition: The echo never stops

event date 07 Apr - 26 Apr 2025 venue UCLan posted

While the world enjoys the cultural explosion of K-pop, K-dramas, and the vibrant expression of Korean creativity, North Korea remains a stark contrast—a country left behind with the cloaked society. In North Korea, words can lead to imprisonment, and access to information is a dangerous privilege. Given this, the International Institute of Korean Studies at … [Read More]

Sheffield Conference: Reflections on the North — The Spaces and Subjects of the DPRK

event date 03 Apr - 04 Apr 2025 venue University of Sheffield posted

This conference explores the theme of reflection as it relates to North Korea. We approach the term in two ways. In the nominal sense, reflections are congregations of work. Whether literary, academic, or artistic, this sort of reflection attends to the state of the archive on North Korea. As a verb, reflection is an act … [Read More]

[Durham] Personal Patterns of Enlightenment: the chant styles of Buddhist monks

event date Thu 24 Apr 2025 venue Oriental Museum posted

Join Durham’s Oriental Museum for an evening talk by Professor Simon Mills of Durham University’s Music Department, entitled Personal Patterns of Enlightenment: the chant styles of Buddhist monks in South Korea. FREE of charge. Booking essential. The Jogye Order is the biggest Buddhist sect in South Korea today, administering over 1700 temples spread across the … [Read More]

Sunwook Kim plays Beethoven at the Barbican

event date Sat 12 Apr 2025 venue Barbican Centre posted

Pianist Sunwook Kim multi-tasks with the high octane Chamber Orchestra of Europe in a concert featuring Beethoven’s Piano Concertos 3 and 4. C minor turbulence doesn’t just colour Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 3. It also informs his Pathétique Sonata – the inspiration behind Anna Clyne’s Stride which shadows it with breezy tongue-in-cheek aplomb before Beethoven … [Read More]

Horsehair weaving in Korean contemporary art

event date Fri 25 Apr 2025 venue British Museum posted

Discover the craftsmanship of horsehair weaving with award-winning artist Dahye Jeong in an engaging talk, followed by a live demonstration and hands-on session. Jeong, winner of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, reimagines traditional Korean horsehair craftsmanship through contemporary art. Inspired by finely woven horsehair hats worn in the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897), her work preserves historic techniques … [Read More]

[Edinburgh] AKSE Conference

event date 19 Jun - 22 Jun 2025 venue University of Edinburgh Scottish Centre for Korean Studies posted

The University of Edinburgh will host the 32nd biennial Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE) Conference as an in-person event from 19 to 22 June 2025 in Edinburgh, UK. The conference is co-organized by the University of Edinburgh with the AKSE Council. The biennial AKSE conferences provide an opportunity for European scholars of Korean … [Read More]

Balming Tiger play Koko

event date Tue 26 Aug 2025 venue KOKO posted

One of the most vibrant and thrilling names to come out of South Korea, hip-hop collective Balming Tiger are doing things a little differently. Hailed by The Guardian for their ability to “harness the rough edges of heavy metal with a pop sheen and exuberantly rapped verses”, last year they followed acclaimed debut album ‘January … [Read More]

Book talk: Sohn Won-Pyung’s Counterattacks at Thirty

event date Wed 26 Mar 2025 venue KCCUK posted

In celebration of the UK publication of ‘Counterattacks at Thirty’ by Sohn Won-Pyung, the KCC is bringing you an online event featuring translator Sean Lin Halbert and Anton Hur, an award-winning translator of Cursed Bunny, Love in the Big City, and author of Toward Eternity.⁠ ⁠ We’ll be diving into:⁠ – The art of translation … [Read More]

Hayoung Choi: Wigmore Hall debut recital

event date Thu 10 Apr 2025 venue Wigmore Hall posted

Hayoung Choi, winner of the 2022 Queen Elisabeth Competition for Cello, makes her Wigmore Hall debut alongside pianist Alim Beisembayev with a strikingly rich programme filled with fascinating contrasts and connections, including three profound sonatas and transcendent miniatures by Webern and Tüür. Programme Anton Webern (1883-1945): 3 little pieces Op. 11 Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Arpeggione … [Read More]

Lear Screening + Q&A with Director Jung Young-doo

event date Sat 05 Apr 2025 venue KCCUK posted

To celebrate Director Jung Young-Doo‘s Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, a special screening of the National Changgeuk Company‘s Lear will be held. Changgeuk, a traditional form of Korean musical theatre, blends music, dance, and drama to create a captivating experience. Following its successful world premiere at the Barbican Centre in 2024, this screening of the full-length … [Read More]