November events 2025 | London Korean Links

The Autumn diary congestion reached its peak in October, but November is still busy, and there’s plenty to keep us engaged. The London Korean Film Festival has its two-week run, bringing director Kim Jong-kwan to London for two screenings (including a world premiere) and Q&A sessions, among the customary varied programme of indie and mainstream dramas. And the K-music festival reaches its conclusion: I’m expecting that Won Il’s appearance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall will be the other highlight of the month, though you have to sacrifice a film screening to attend. Similarly, Sung Im Her’s new dance piece at the QEH goes head-to-head with two screenings at the film festival and the industry showcase of a Korean musical. Elsewhere, there’s seasonal (and diary-clash-free) opportunity for more family oriented cultural activity, with Kimchi-making in Koreatown and lotus lantern making at the British Museum.

Exhibitions

Han Do-hyun’s Icheon ceramics exhibition at Dorich House Museum closes on 29 Nov
Mieumwanbo: Strolling Through Korean Gardens is at the KCC until 14 Nov
Ahn Doojin’s Imaquark is at Gallery KIWA until 7 Nov 2025
Herry Kim’s Starlit Syntax is at Upstairs INÉ until 17 Nov
Sun Ju Lee’s Thread Your Way Through is at Muse Gallery until 16 Nov
Juno Seunghui Joo and Sion Kim’s Cycles of Return, at Art Space Portsmouth, runs 20 – 30 Nov

Screenings

The London East Asia Film Festival’s final Korean screenings are on 1 November with a selection of films that use AI
The London Korean Film Festival runs from 5 Nov to 18 Nov.

Live music and dance

Sung Im Her’s 1 Degree Celsius is at the QEH on 6 Nov
G.Soul performs in London and Manchester 7 and 9 Nov
Former SHINee frontman ONEW’s Percent (%) tour comes to London on 11 Nov
The British Museum is hosting Resonate: Korean performing arts inspired by BM’s collection on 21 Nov
The K-Music Festival’s final performances are:
- Gray by Silver on 15 Nov (they also perform at Viva Blackpool on 13 Nov)
- Won Il’s Dionysus Robot on 14 Nov
- Seong-Jin Cho premiering a new Dong-hoon Shin concerto on 20 Nov

Talks and classes

Cheon Seon Ran talks about her novel A Thousand Blues at Foyles on Sat 1 Nov
SOAS hosts two samulnori workshops and a minhwa workshop on 6 Nov
Korea – the Unforgotten War: History and Philately is on 11 Nov
Dr Anders Karlsson talks on Korean History & Culture through the film Chihwaseon (Painted Fire), 13 Nov
The KCC hosts a Gagok Masterclass with vocalist Kang Gwonsun, 13 Nov
SOAS hosts two seminars:
- Jinjoon Lee on Bridging Media Art and East Asian Philosophy in the AI Era (12 Nov)
- Michael Prentice on Tropes and technologies for open talk in South Korean offices since the 1980s (14 Nov)
Jinsu Park talks on The Moon Jar’s Legacy at Dorich House Museum on 14 Nov
On 15 Nov, Remembering Sewol Disaster UK presents an online seminar linking the Sewol Ferry disaster in Korea with the Grenfell and Hillsborough tragedies in the UK
Monica Macias talks about her book Black Girl from Pyongyang at the Frontline Club on 26 Nov

Food, social and seasonal celebrations

The KCC hosts a Temple Food Meditation with Venerable Jeong Kwan on 1 Nov
There are K-pop themed club nights at Heaven (2 Nov) and Vauxhall (7 Nov)
The British Korean Society and the London Hallyu Festival host a Korea-UK Connections night in the City, 7 Nov
The British Museum hosts a Korean Lotus Lantern Festival on 8 Nov 2025
The Kimjang Festival hosts a Kimchi School with Kimchi Master Lee Na Yeon in Raynes Park on 13 and 14 Nov
Get the chance to sample a Korean whisky at the World Whisky Experience in Spitalfields, 14 – 15 Nov
Hallyu Con 2025 is at Samsung KX on Friday 21 Nov
The 2025 Kimjang Festival is in New Malden on Kimchi Day, 22 Nov
The BKS’s annual reception in the Houses of Parliament is on 27 Nov