The KCC’s literature events for 2021 kick off in February with a feature on Honford Star’s publication of Bae Myung-hoon’s Tower. Text below is from the KCC website. Tower Tuesday 23 February 2021, 12noon-1:30pm Venue: Honford Star Youtube Channel Entrance Free – Booking Essential. Apply to [email protected] with your name and contact details by 5 … [Read More]
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Assassins: the story of Kim Jong Nam’s murder
Thanks to Jason Verney for drawing our attention to this one. Available on demand / online for an unknown length of time, a documentary about the assassination of Kim Jong Nam. Details of where you can rent it can be found on the film’s website, www.assassins-film.co.uk Assassins Dir: Ryan White (2020, 1h 44m) Available online … [Read More]
SOAS CKS seminar series Q1 2021
SOAS has released details of their Q1 Friday evening seminars. Click on the lecture titles below to be taken to the detailed information on the SOAS website, where you will also find registration links for the talks, which will be held via Zoom. SOAS CKS Seminar Programme January – March 2021 29 January 2021, 5pm … [Read More]
Talk: Two Koreas Become One in the UK
LSESU Korea Future Association present their first talk of the year: Guest Speaker Series: ‘Two Koreas Become One in the UK’ Wednesday 27 January 2021, 12 noon – 1pm Online via Zoom. Link will be provided on registration We are thrilled to announce our second Guest Speaker Series for the 2020-2021 academic year, following our … [Read More]
Scottish CKS Distinguished Lecture Series – Q1 2021
The regular series of SOAS seminars was disrupted during 2020. While we look forward to seeing their 2021 programme, it’s great that the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies at the University of Edinburgh has stepped forward with a great series of talks for the first quarter of 2021. Talks are free, and conducted via Zoom. … [Read More]
The second SoKEN conference agenda announced
Originally scheduled for April 2020, the 2nd SoKEN (Social Science Korean Studies European Network) Conference has moved online and takes place on 29 January 2021, courtesy of the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies at the University of Edinburgh. The conference is open to all, but pre-registration is required to get your personal Zoom link. Register here. Keynote … [Read More]
Korean films at the 2021 Glasgow Film Festival
Disappointed that the BFI couldn’t find room for any Korean movies in their 2020 London Film Festival line-up? Well, Glasgow has stepped into the breach with a South Korean focus for their 2021 edition. Even better, they open the festival with the UK premiere of Lee Isaac Chung’s much talked-about Minari. The festival is 100% … [Read More]
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, at South London Gallery
Four Korean artists have been selected for the Bloomberg: New Contemporaries 2020 exhibition The exhibition was due to run at the South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Rd, London, SE5 8UH. The most recent scheduling, following Covid-19 disruptions, was 13 Jan – 7 March 2021. The latest lockdown clearly makes that difficult. For 2020, New Contemporaries … [Read More]
Hong Sang-soo theatrical release and online season
Over the past couple of days I’ve been noticing posts on social media about screenings of different Hong Sang-soo movies being available on the online platform MUBI. And now I hear the news that his latest movie, The Woman Who Ran, is getting a theatrical release tomorrow courtesy of CMC Pictures – the China / … [Read More]
New Creativity in the UK’s East Asian Music Scene: A Symposium
Tangram, a collective of artists and performers exploring Chinese and Western musics, collaborates with SOAS to present an event with a broader East Asian perspective. Kim Hyelim and Choi Youngsook participate for Korea. New Creativity in the UK’s East Asian Music Scene Thursday 10 December 2020, 7-8pm GMT | Friday 11 December 2020, 3-5pm GMT … [Read More]
NOBUDAM Week: Home
The NOBUDAM group, founded in 2018 by Garim Kim and Yae Jin Hong, announce their fourth event. The group, whose name comes from the words “no” and “budam”, which means “pressure” in Korean, is a platform that provides students an opportunity to reveal their artistic potential. NOBUDAM Week: Home 7 – 13 December 2020 www.nobudamspace.com … [Read More]
Open Call: K-Pop together! With Lunasolar
As part of A Festival of Korean Dance 2020 – Online Edition the KCCUK in partnership with The Place are launching an open call for young dancers and youth dance companies aged 12-19 in the UK and South Korea to learn K-pop dance moves with some of the industry’s top dancers and choreographers. K Pop … [Read More]
London East Asia Film Festival 2020
Fingers crossed: it looks like we might see some more great Korean movies in a real cinema in a Central London location before the year’s out, thanks to the London East Asia Film Festival. The festival also includes films from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. I’m particularly looking forward to Beauty Water: having caught … [Read More]
Korean short animations at LIAF
Once again we are grateful to LKL Facebook Group member Jordan for letting us know about some Korean (and one zainichi) animations that will be available online for a short while. We reproduce his post below for the benefit of those who don’t frequent the LKL FB group: London International Animation Festival The London International … [Read More]
Peace Forum on the Korean Peninsula
The below notice came, via a circuitous route, too late to publish in advance of the forum (what has happened to the Embassy’s PR function?). It is posted here for archival purposes. One thing of note: the flyer reveals the existence of an Embassy YouTube channel. The link is now included in LKL’s link library. … [Read More]
Love Your Depot – LocusX
A series of online talks associated with Jewyo Rhii’s Love Your Depot project at the KCCUK: Love Your Depot 30 November 2020 – 18 January 2021 Accessible at LoveYourDepot.com Jewyo Rhii’s ‘Love Your Depot’ has collaborated with the Newcastle’s Locus+. With the ongoing instability caused by Covid-19 restrictions what was initially planned to be a … [Read More]