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15th K-pop Academy announces its programme

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by Events Editor on 18 January, 2019

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The Application Window for the 15th K-pop Academy is open from 16 January to 6 February 2019. Don’t miss your chance to join this ever-popular programme: The 15th K-Pop Academy Date: 16 February – 27 April (10 weeks) Time: Every Saturday afternoon Venues: Korean Cultural Centre UK and various off-site venues Tuition Fee: Free This […]

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Lee Chang-dong’s Burning – Theatrical release

by Events Editor 16 January 2019
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Lee Chang-dong’s Burning (2018) gets a UK theatrical release, from Thunderbird Releasing, in the run-up to the Oscars, for which it is shortlisted in the best foreign film category. In London it has a run at the BFI, and no doubt elsewhere, from 1 February. The evening screening on 5 February is followed by a […]

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The Poetry Review Winter edition launch

by Events Editor 15 January 2019
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The Poetry Review: Winter edition launch event Wednesday 23 January 2019, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm The Poetry Cafe | 22 Betterton Street | London WC2H 9BX | poetrysociety.org.uk Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance at marketing@poetrysociety.org.uk The Poetry Society celebrates the launch of the Winter issue of The Poetry Review, showing […]

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Jihoon Kim introduces his Korean Documentary Cinema project

by Events Editor 14 January 2019
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Jihoon Kim presents an introduction to his in-progress book project. Two days later at the KCC he will focus on a particular aspect of the project. Post-vérité Turns: Korean Documentary Cinema in the 21st Century Tue 22 January 2019, 19:00 – 21:00 GMT Room UG.04 | Westminster School of Art | 309 Regent Street | […]

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Early Korean Cinema season at the BFI and KCC

by Events Editor 13 January 2019
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Tickets for the Early Korean Cinema season at the BFI, which was announced as last year’s London korean Film festival came to an end, go on sale on 15 January. The organisers particularly direct our attention to two screenings: THU 7 FEB, 18:00 – OPENING SCREENING WITH LIVE PERFORMANCE + INTRO: Crossroads of Youth 청춘의 […]

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Grazy Grace performs at Camden Assembly

by Events Editor 12 January 2019
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Singer-songwriter Grazy Grace comes to Camden: GRAZY GRACE concert in London Saturday 9 March, 2019 Camden Assembly | 49 Chalk Farm Rd | London NW1 8AN General admission: £20 (includes hi-touch with Grace) VIP tickets: £45 (Meet & Greet + Signing Session + Group photo of 5) Tickets on sale: January 12th at 12PM GMT […]

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Hanna Moon & Joyce Ng: English as a Second Language

by Events Editor 11 January 2019
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Designed to coincide with London Fashion Week 15-19 February 2019: Hanna Moon & Joyce Ng: English as a Second Language The Charles Russell Speechlys Terrace Room Series Terrace Rooms | South Wing | Somerset House | Strand | London WC2R 1LA 25 January – 28 April 2019 Mon, Tue, Sat & Sun 10.00 – 18.00, […]

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Jihoon Kim on the ‘Archival Turn’ of recent Korean Documentary Cinema

by Events Editor 10 January 2019
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Associate professor of cinema and media studies at Chung-ang University, Jihoon Kim will speak at the KCCUK on 24 January, examining recent tendencies in South Korean documentary cinema. Includes film screenings Cyclical Night (17m) + 88/18 (57m). The talk focuses on a particular aspect of Kim’s project on recent Korean documentary cinema. You can get […]

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EPIK HIGH 2019 European Tour comes to London

by Events Editor 8 January 2019
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Tickets are currently on sale for EPIK HIGH’s London appearance in March: EPIK HIGH, a 3-member hip-hop group led by rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer Tablo. Debuted in 2001, EPIK HIGH is unarguably the pioneer in the Korean hip-hop scene. Their album ‘EPILOGUE’ took over iTunes and reached #1 on iTunes hip-hop/rap album chart. The […]

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Cooking with North Korean Refugees

by Events Editor 6 January 2019

Thu 7 February 2019 18:30 – 21:30 GMT Organised by Connect: North Korea Tickets £43.23 | Book via EventBrite We’re delighted to announce ‘Cooking with North Korean Refugees’ is back! Korean cuisine is spreading far and wide across the UK, but the Korean food eaten in London almost exclusively comes from south of the DMZ. Join […]

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SOAS seminar – From the Writing to Speaking Subject: Korean ‘Comfort Women’ and Girlhood

by Events Editor 29 December 2018
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The second of this year’s SOAS evening seminars: From the Writing to Speaking Subject: Korean ‘Comfort Women’ and Girlhood Dr Jinhee Choi (King’s College London) 25 January 2019, 5:15 – 7:00 pm Venue: Brunei Gallery Room B211 | Register here Abstract From Snowy Road (눈길, dir. Lee Na-jeong, 2015) and Spirits’ Homecoming (귀향, dir. Cho […]

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Y Dance / Disaffections / Follow Through Collective @The Place, Euston

by Events Editor 28 December 2018
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A triple bill including one Korean performance, as part of The Place’s festival of new choreography, Resolution 2019. Y Dance / Disaffections / Follow Through Collective The Place | 17 Duke’s Road | Euston | London WC1H 9PY | www.theplace.org.uk Wednesday 16 January 2019, 7:30pm £16 (£12 concessions) | Book tickets Y Dance — 넋: […]

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SOAS seminar – Clever Speakers and Flexible Listeners: A Study on Sais-soli in Korean

by Events Editor 23 December 2018
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The first of SOAS’s Friday evening seminars of 2019: Clever Speakers and Flexible Listeners: A Study on Sais-soli in Korean Hae-Sung Jeon (University of Central Lancashire) 18 January 2019, 5:15 – 7:00 pm Venue: Brunei Gallery Room B211 Online registration required Abstract Variation is natural and important part of language. What is fascinating in speech […]

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Crush European Tour @ Kentish Town Forum

by Events Editor 23 December 2018
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Miss Vogue recently compiled a list of All the Korean Artists You Need To Know Now, which includes DEAN, Zico, Holland … and Crush. You can catch Crush live in London in January: Crush: Europe Tour Hosted by Cult of Ya Sunday, 20 January 2019 from 18:00-23:00 O2 Forum Kentish Town | 9-17 Highgate Road […]

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DAY6 1st world tour ‘Youth’ @ Kentish Town Forum

by Events Editor 22 December 2018
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Day6, the five-member boy band from the JYP stable, make their London debut on 25 January. O2 Forum Kentish Town | 9-17 Highgate Road | London NW5 1JY Friday, 25 January 2019. 17:30 – 22:00 Tickets £85 – £158 | Book tickets Keywords: Musicians: Day6 Organisations and venues: Kentish Town Forum Other tags: London K-pop […]

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Power play – a group exhibition at the KCC and Delfina Foundation

by Events Editor 22 December 2018
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The first major group exhibition, split across two London venues, explores the power dynamics at play in relationships between individuals, institutions and the state. By my reckoning, seven Korean artists have had residencies at Delfina Foundation. Two of them – Young In Hong and Geumhyung Jeong – have already had performances / exhibitions showing their […]

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Hyeyoon Park coffee concert at the Wigmore

by Events Editor 21 December 2018
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Making a welcome return to Wigmore Hall, Korean Hyeyoon Park has established herself as a violinist of outstanding gifts and expressive power. Her programme precedes one of Beethoven’s most challenging works for the instrument with Szymanowski’s subtle and elusive myth-based poems. Hyeyoon Park violin | Sholto Kynoch piano Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937): Myths Op. 30 Ludwig […]

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