"There is a serious attempt … to tarnish StanChart’s reputation" in Korea. (FT) http://on.ft.com/jWUhFl #. Continuing the theme: Korean Bankers Take to the Streets – a good summary of what's going on at KEB and SC First right now http://on.wsj.com/l5WXBV # [Read More]
LKL articles by Philip Gowman (page 130)
Margaret Drabble reviews Park Kyung-ni’s Land
Margaret Drabble reviews Park Kyung-ni’s Land in the Times Literary Supplement: “a remarkable and important work in which Eastern and Western traditions fruitfully meet” http://bit.ly/iQ7SBn # [Read More]
Pororo and the Axis of Evil
Pororo and the Axis of Evil: the South Korean animation industry outsources work north of the border. And it might get Pororo banned in the US. WSJ and Chosun. #. The creators of Green Days told me no such outsourcing takes place now because of strained North-South relations. [Read More]
Is this the only modern Korea-related novel published by Penguin Classics?
The number of Korea-related publications in the Penguin Classics list can probably be counted on the fingers of one hand, and most are by ancient Confucian sages. The publisher’s blurb below says that if you like Lee Changrae’s The Surrendered you’ll like this: Richard E Kim’s The Martyred. Lee didn’t do a good sales job … [Read More]
Poetry in Clay at the Metropolitan Museum
Poetry in Clay, the exhibition of Buncheong Ceramics from the Leeum Museum currently at the Metropolitan Museum is seriously worth a visit, with some beautiful pots. Interesting that they also juxtapose a couple of 20th century paintings. Kim Whanki’s dot paintings really do look like the dot decoration on one of the pots # Curator … [Read More]
Park Dae-cho at Able Fine Art
Strolling back along W 25th St from Tina Kim Gallery I wandered into Able Fine Art and caught the end of Park Dae-cho’s solo exhibition (May 17 – June 21, 2011). Haunting images of children with unsettling visions in their eyes. [Read More]
Rhee Kibong: There is no Place
Just caught the end of the Rhee Kibong exhibition at Tina Kim Gallery. His foggy 3D tree images look like he’s loosely pressed a miniature tree between sheets of frosted glass. Very calming. [Read More]
Seoul’s neon pollution
Blinded by the light: Seoul’s neon pollution – Interesting piece on the red neon crosses on Korea’s churches in the Joongang Ilbo: http://bit.ly/mIRj0X # [Read More]
K-pop coverage inspired by SM Town gig in Paris
Coverage inspired by the SM Town concert in Paris: BBC’s Lucy Williamson on The dark side of South Korean pop music: “a history of controversy and legal disputes over the way it treats its young artists” Bernie Cho of @DFSB_Kollective in the WSJ about the SM Town event in Paris: You Like Our Music? We … [Read More]
Korean Air takes delivery of new Airbus
Jolly decent of Korean Air to keep Europe’s aviation industry afloat: East Asia’s first A380 goes into operation today, 17 June, on Tokyo and HK routes http://bit.ly/ijJDrJ # [Read More]
The ideal boilermaker
The ideal somaek (soju-maekju) mix? Apparently 3 parts soju to 7 parts beer. Each to his own, but the fun part is experimenting. http://bit.ly/j5F4ML # [Read More]
Ji Dong-won signed by Sunderland
Ji Dong-won (지동원) is signed by Sunderland from the Jeonnam Dragons (전남 드래곤즈) for £2.1 million – the youngest Korean player in the Premier league. A word of advice: pack some warm clothes. http://bit.ly/iQFcwS # [Read More]
Baeja at the KCC – well worth a visit
The waistcoat show currently on at the KCC is amazing: beautiful garments, imaginatively displayed. I want them all. The exhibition is only 10 days long: get there soon. # [Read More]
Cultural Heritage Administration is 50 this year
Taking what was achieved yesterday and handing it over to tomorrow: the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. http://bit.ly/k5GoJt # [Read More]
Brooke Shields cooks Korean
First it was Nigella Lawson; now it’s Brooke Shields expressing her love of gochujang http://t.co/RgzqaTk #. Korean food fads arrive in New York (via Chosun Ilbo). [Read More]
Shin Kyung-sook’s book roadshow comes to Europe
The Shin Kyung-sook roadshow arrives on mainland Europe. Please Look After Mother is already in its third print run in Spain. http://bit.ly/m7WUBL # [Read More]