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October Events 2013

Here are the events for October that we know of so far: Film We move from Choi Min-sik to Ha Jung-woo in the KCC’s year of the four actors. First up is The Unforgiven (Dir Yoon Jong-bin) on 10 October, with an as yet unannounced film on 24 October The 57th BFI London Film Festival … [Read More]

The autumn season of evening seminars at SOAS

The programme of evening seminars at SOAS for October and November is set out below. Briefly, the agenda is: Thursday 17 October: North Korean nukes Friday 18 October: Economic Democracy in South Korea Friday 25 October: Anxiety and Nostalgia of Korean Contemporary Artists Friday 15 November: North Korean army in the Economy of North Korea … [Read More]

Exhibition news: Meekyoung Shin in Heritage Reinvented at new Tryon St gallery

The former British Museum curator Anna Harnden is launching a new contemporary commercial gallery off the Kings Road in Chelsea. Opening on 3rd October 2013, Tryon St Gallery aims to bring together artists from different artistic and cultural backgrounds in order to create new dialogues concerning heritage and the contemporary. Meekyoung Shin adds the opening … [Read More]

Crime and Punishment in Chosŏn Korea

Three years ago SOAS held a conference entitled Historians, clerks and accountants: Methodological issues in the use of sources on Chosŏn History. One of the more interesting elements of that day was a consideration of court records of criminal trials and a discussion of Joseon dynasty autopsy techniques. The speaker, Kim Ho, returns this Friday … [Read More]

Kang Eemyun at Tina Kim Gallery: Fungalland and the Stranded Mother Whale

London-based artist Kang Eemyun has a solo show at Tina Kim Gallery in New York from 20 September: EEMYUN KANG: Fungalland and the Stranded Mother Whale www.tinakimgallery.com September 20 – October 19, 2013 Opening: Thursday, September 19, 6-8PM Tina Kim Gallery is pleased to present Fungalland and the Stranded Mother Whale, the second solo exhibition … [Read More]