London’s Philharmonia Orchestra announces Unsuk Chin as the new Artistic Director of the Music of Today series http://bit.ly/i8FOkJ # [Read More]
Category: Asides (page 62)
Bedevilled tops Tom G’s top 10 K-films of 2010
Tom Giammarco’s picks for the Best Korean Films of 2010: http://ow.ly/3uAiC (including one at #4.5 and five sharing 10th place: 1. Bedevilled 2. Poetry 3. I saw the Devil 4. Moss 4.5. Harmony 5. 71 into the fire 6. Cyrano Agency 7. Metamorphasis 8. Secret Reunion 9. Housemaid 10. Unjust, Midnight FM, Man From Nowhere, … [Read More]
In a poor year for Korean music, Broccoli You Too stands out
In an article that laments the state of the music industry and the poor standards of the K-pop audience, the Chosun Ilbo names Broccoli, You Too’s “Graduation” album of the year. Nah Youn Sun and Super Session are the best artists: http://bit.ly/fKAH9o # [Read More]
Choco Pies get celebrity endorsement
Choco Pies get celebrity endorsement at Man Utd http://bit.ly/ehYhvR #. Park Ji-sung is handing them out to Rio Ferdinand @mathmaster86. Tell KimKapsoo to send the sweets to me bro! I ran out of the Korean sweets that I got from Park Ji Sung! Me+my kids ate them — Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) December 11, 2010 [Read More]
Korea Times garbles the Loch Ness Monster
“Britain is famous for a legend in the Ness, where a monster fish, Loch, has lived since 1,500 years ago”. Korea Times http://bit.ly/hF8D7c # [Read More]
British Council teaches English to NK defectors
British Council in Seoul sets example of helping NK defectors with English lessons – Korea Times. http://bit.ly/fk4wPX # “English language ability can be a real barrier for new-settlers who strive to access the higher education opportunities that South Korea has to offer,” said Ambassador Martin Uden. [Read More]
Nial Moores talks about nature in the DMZ
Interesting podcast by British conservationist Nial Moores, director of Birds Korea, about conservation in and around the DMZ (HT Michael Rank). On Talking Naturally. http://bit.ly/dKRHix #. Nial goes birding on the islands near the Northern Limit Line and near the DMZ. [Read More]
Kahoidong campaign in the NYT
David Kilburn's Kahoidong hanok campaign makes it to the New York Times. Saving a Korean Courtyard House District: http://nyti.ms/hUITBL # [Read More]
Cosmetic surgery not the most common surgery
So you thought cosmetic surgery was the most common form of surgery in Korea? Wrong. It’s piles. http://bit.ly/eI4W1L #. The Korea National Health Insurance Corp gives the statistics in the Korea Times. [Read More]
Things that brightened Koreans’ lives in 2010
This year, Twitter, novellist Lee Oi-soo and Cambridge economist Ha-joon Chang brightened Koreans’ world – according to the Korea Green Foundation http://bit.ly/hvf11m # [Read More]
Kim Young-ha in Amazon bestseller list
Kim Young-ha’s Your Republic is Calling You made it to #38 in Amazon’s bestseller list – the first Korean novel in the top 100. http://bit.ly/eLFkhL #. Joongang Ilbo article on Korean authors getting foreign recognition also mentions Shin Kyung-sook, Jo Kyung-ran and Hwang Sok-yong. [Read More]
Sarah Chang’s Lloyd Webber collaboration
Is this one crossover too far? Actually Sarah Chang playing Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera concerto sounds good. http://amzn.to/gUcPmv. EMI has also just re-released her recording of Shostakovich and Prokofiev concertos with Simon Rattle: # [Read More]
Kim Hye-ja voted Best Actress
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association votes Kim Hye-ja Best Actress 2010 – in a poll which includes Hollywood and English language films. Mother is voted the #2 foreign film http://bit.ly/ewCEQx # [Read More]
KoME interviews Nah Youn Sun
KoME had a chance to interview Nah Youn Sun after a performance at the Ramada Hotel in Aalen, Germany, on 6 November. http://is.gd/iRwV1 “I hope that the Metallica fans won’t kill me!” she says, of her Enter Sandman cover. It’s a nice write-up. [Read More]
The genealogy of gayageum sanjo
Interesting article on the genealogy of kayageum sanjo in an interview with Yang Seung-hee, holder of Korea’s intangible cultural property #23. Yang is striving to pass down the legacy of Kim Chang-jo, who is considered the father of modern sanjo. http://bit.ly/gqrO5k # [Read More]
3rd Line Butterfly and W&Whale in private London gigs
They came, played a private gig, and went away again. There will be a podcast coming out of it, but otherwise 3rd Line Butterfly might as well not have been here. Same with W & Whale. Monocle completely blocked access. # [Read More]