This programme brings together two films that speak from vastly different moments in Korea’s feminist and queer history yet are bound by a shared insistence: to speak, to witness, and to survive. In Lesbian Censorship in School 1 (2005), director Lee Young offers a raw, first-person account of teenage queerness and institutional repression. Told through … [Read More]
LKL articles by Events Editor (page 20)
Korean War Commemorative Screening: Forbidden Fatherland
Forbidden Fatherland focuses on listening to memories, pain, and the lived experiences of those forced to leave their families behind. It gives voice to those who grew up with absent relatives, to families marked by the trauma of displacement, and to the enduring sense of longing that persists 75 years later. The filmmaker, Kim Lyang, is … [Read More]
Han Okhi and Kaidu Club: A Cinema of Outsiders
There are two prejudices in cinema as it exists: filmmaking is only a man’s job, and movies should be a box office success. We, as outsiders, will break these two stereotypes – Kaidu Club, Chosun Ilbo, March 30, 1974 In 1974, Han Okhi and a group of fellow students from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul … [Read More]
Summers: a play by Heejin Kim
Today, the Earth is quietly heating up. A boy sets out to fight the sun. A girl silently watches over him. Together, they witness a village consumed by fire. The boy becomes an environmentalist. The girl has no choice but to work at a factory to make a living. The boy becomes a “cool” environmentalist—trying … [Read More]
Ga Kook-hyun – Sensible Still Life, at Mokspace
Ga Kook-hyun returns to Mokspace with a solo show inspired by the beauty of ceramics. ‘My work embraces the beauty of emptiness. Through gradual simplification and open spaces, object and void come to acknowledge one another. As the emptiness grows, the presence of the object becomes more intimate, more profound.’ Centred on the idea of … [Read More]
Artist Talk+Performance with Haedong Lee
This year’s theme for SASAPARI’s discussion series ‘K-Art Now’ is Performance Art and Installation Art. Please join 4482 SASAPARI for a captivating artist talk and live performance with Haedong Lee, a London-based interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of sound, space, and human presence. Lee creates immersive environments using experimental sound objects, electronic instruments, … [Read More]
K-music 2025: JAMBINAI with London Contemporary Orchestra
Orchestral grandeur collides with post-rock fury. Post-Rock band JAMBINAI make their Barbican debut in a rare and electrifying performance with the London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO) led by Robert Ames—a conductor renowned for his work in contemporary classical music and for collaborations with artists such as Radiohead, Frank Ocean, and Steve Reich. JAMBINAI sound less like … [Read More]
K-music 2025: Okkyung Lee with Mark Fell
A sonic dialogue between cello and electronics. This year’s K-Music Festival opens with a groundbreaking performance featuring Korean cellist and composer Okkyung Lee, known for her genre-defying style, creating vast sonic landscapes that move freely through noise, jazz, Western classical, and her homeland’s traditional and popular music. For the acclaimed festival’s opening night, Okkyung Lee … [Read More]
K-Food Cooking Class
On 19 June, the Korean Cultural Centre UK and CJ Foods present a ‘K-Food Cooking Class’ as a part of a Touring K-Arts programme. To increase the opportunities for people to attend, the workshop will be held across 2 sessions, Session #1 from 11.00 – 14.00, and Session #2 from 16.00 – 19.00, at Divertimenti … [Read More]
K-Pop Demon Hunters starts streaming on Netflix
A world-renowned K-Pop girl group balance their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as demon hunters. Credits: Directors: Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans Cast: Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, Ken Jeong, Lee Byung-hun, Daniel Dae Kim, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Kim Yunjin, Joel Kim Booster, Liza Koshy Writers: Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris … [Read More]
Yunchan Lim Plays Rachmaninov at the Proms
After a ‘dazzling’ Proms debut last year, pianist and global phenomenon Yunchan Lim returns, joining Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for Rachmaninov’s final piano concerto. Rich in scope and ambition, tinged with the jazz rhythms and harmonies of the composer’s new homeland, it’s a technical tour de force. Musical visions from … [Read More]
Korean food at the Taste of London 2025
As part of the Taste of London food festival in Regents Park, aT – the Korea Agro-fisheries and Food Trade Corporation – together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, are sponsoring a K-Food Fair where you can enjoy street food, try your hand at Korean traditional games such as ttakji (paper slap … [Read More]
SCKS International Conference: Democracy in South Korea — understanding durability, stability and challenges
The Scottish Centre for Korean Studies International Conference on Democracy in South Korea takes place at the University of Edinburgh, 18-19 June 2025: Conference Programme Wednesday 18th June (1. 06 Project Room, 50 GS) 09:30 – 10:00 Registration and opening remarks: Prof. Nak-neon Kim, President, Academy of Korean Studies Dr. Youngmi Kim, Director, Scottish Centre … [Read More]
The Silenced (경성학교: 사라진 소녀들): screening + Forever Girls reception
This special screening of Lee Hae-young’s queer horror film The Silenced, in partnership with the Korean Cultural Centre UK, marks the upcoming paperback publication of Jinhee Choi’s Forever Girls: Necro-Cinematics and South Korean Girlhood. Jinhee will introduce the screening, which will be followed by a drinks reception in The Atrium Bar, kindly sponsored by King’s … [Read More]
June culture and craft workshops at the KCC
After the KCCUK’s three creative sessions over the past three months, for June the pace quickens, with six sessions in the space of two weeks: Traditional Craft Workshops 5 June & 6 June 2025, 7:00pm – 9:30pm | Book here Discover the beauty of Korean heritage through hands-on traditional craft making. This two-day workshop offers … [Read More]
Tengger 2025 UK Tour
TENGGER (formerly ’10’) is an electronic psychedelic musical duo based in Japan and South Korea that has toured extensively in Asia, Europe, and the USA. It is a traveling musical family, made up of Pan-Asian couple, itta and Marqido, who create their brand of psychedelic New-Age drone magic through the use of harmonium, voice, and … [Read More]