The first piece from Suh Do-ho’s Table series is up for sale next week at Christie’s http://t.co/ats0LgIo. I think I’d want more aesthetically pleasing legs for my $100,000. [Read More]
LKL articles by Philip Gowman (page 120)
November events 2011
The headline event for this month is of course the London Korean Film Festival, but there are plenty of other events to appeal, not least of which is the diva Sumi Jo appearing at the Cadogan Hall. Film: The highlights of the London Korean Film Festival include War of the Arrows, a Ryoo Seung-wan retrospective, … [Read More]
Ajosshi visits the Jeju Teddy Bear Museum
A select group of bloggers are being taken on a tour of Jeju Island by Korea.net. Paul Ajosshi reports from the unlikely but cute attraction of the Teddy Bear Museum: Too Much To Bear http://bit.ly/soBby4 [Read More]
Tate acquires Suh Do-ho Staircase
Tate Modern has acquired a work by Suh Do-ho, a version of which was shown at the Hayward Gallery’s exhibition Psycho Buildings in 2008. This version was tailor-made to fit in a specific room in the Tate. Details below are from the Tate’s 2010-2011 Annual Report available as a pdf download from the Tate’s website … [Read More]
Choi Ji-woo in demand for girl talk
I love these polls: Choi Ji-woo chosen as Japan’s most wanted hallyu star for “girls’ talk” in a hotel. Next come Girls Generation and Kara. Source: http://t.co/BaJxrK2I via @hancinema [Read More]
Kimchee – the first serious effort to commercialise Korean food in London?
Kimchee Holborn is the latest Korean restaurant to make a splash in London. It opened in April this year and seems to have been busy ever since. There are many things which mark it out from the crowd. Here’s a few of them: Décor: They’ve spent lots of money on the look and feel of … [Read More]
Kimchi Soul featured in the Korea Herald
Congratulations to Anna-Marie Cole, @kimchisoul, for feature in the Korea Herald: “London K-blogger returns for another taste of Korea” http://t.co/wrJTIiuj #southkorea [Read More]
Haunting melodies from Jambinai
When Korean traditional instruments meet post-rock… the result is amazing! Haunting, melancholic melodies from Jambinai: http://t.co/leWwKmf1. They can be found on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/jambinai/. Via @indiefulrok and @platostrinity [Read More]
Huge demand for SHINee tickets crashes Odeon website
Huge demand for SHINee tickets to launch the London Korean Film Festival next week has crashed the Odeon Cinemas website http://t.co/slvyTCg6 [Read More]
Koryo dynasty warship found off Nagasaki
Warship from Kublai Khan’s 13th century Mongol invasion fleet found off Nagasaki http://t.co/x3XCi8Cz and http://bit.ly/vov7GJ – sunk by the ‘kamikaze’ storms. The fleet contained many Koryo dynasty ships. [Read More]
Book review: Land of Scholars (Kang Jae-eun)
The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism by Kang Jae-eun (translated from Japanese to Korean by Ha Woo-bong, then from Korean into English by Suzanne Lee) Homa & Sekey Books 2006; original Japanese version published in 2003. 515 pp Students of Korean history, and particularly of the Joseon dynasty, will inevitably at … [Read More]
“A thrilling reality ride” – Na Hong-jin’s Yellow Sea
Why South Korea’s action movies blow Hollywood out of the Yellow Sea http://t.co/Vs1aM5Mk. Guardian previews Na Hong-jin’s film, to screen at the London Korean Film Festival this year. [Read More]
Haeinsa celebrates 1,000 years of the Tripitaka Koreana
Haeinsa Temple is hosting its first contemporary art exhibition, involving 34 artists from 10 countries, to commemorate the millennial anniversary of the Tripitaka Koreana, which UNESCO has designated one of the “most important and most complete corpus of Buddhist doctrinal texts in the world.” The exhibition’s title — 通 | 통 | Tong — uses … [Read More]
A run-down of all the K-pop TV shows
Confused about all the K-pop TV shows they mention on the K-pop blogs? Suzy Chung tells you all you need to know on the official korea.net blog http://t.co/AWpzQHFn. [Read More]
Taiwanese keep alive ancient heritage
Taiwanese keep alive ancient heritage forgotten by China. It would be interesting to compare with Korea’s experience. http://t.co/cYXdoKMd [Read More]
Edinburgh Woollen Mill clothes made by North Koreans, in Mongolia
Edinburgh Woollen Mill: clothes made by North Koreans in Mongolia – a follow-up to Newsnight’s story on DPRK loggers in Russia for another British company: http://t.co/pXz6zuSD [Read More]