Details of Changrae Lee’s appearance in London as part of the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature. Although the press release below mentions Lee’s Native Speaker, LKL’s preferred novel by Lee is A Gesture Life. We are looking forward to his new book, The Surrendered. Chang-Rae Lee – The Surrendered In conversation with Erica Wagner … [Read More]
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KCC Lecture: Tradition and Innovation of Korean Buddhist Sculpture
News of this month’s Global Korea lecture at the KCC: Tradition and Innovation of Korean Buddhist Sculpture By Professor Youngsook Pak (SOAS) Date & Time: Wednesday, 19th May 2010 6.30pm Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, Korean Cultural Centre UK Email to [email protected] or call +44(0)20 7004 2600 to reserve your place About the Talk As part of … [Read More]
Jo Seong-hee at Canary Wharf
Regular visitors to this site may be familiar with the work of photographer Jo Seong-hee. As well as photo essay of Korean traditional dancer Yi Chuljin composed for this site, she has exhibited in various places including a group photography show at the Photo-Space Gallery in Commercial Road: Uncertain States. In Uncertain States, Jo exhibited … [Read More]
Barefoot Ki-bong at the KCC
News of this month’s first film screening at the KCC: Film title: Barefoot Ki-bong, 2006, 100mins Director: Kwon Su-kyung Cast: Shin Hyeon-jun, Kim Su-mi Genre: Drama / Comedy Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, The Korean Cultural Centre, Grand Buildings, The Strand, London WC2N 5BW Time: Thursday, 13th May, 7:00pm Last week was Children’s Day (5 May) and … [Read More]
From Brawn to Brain: Korean Economy at a Crossroads
South Korea’s opposition leader and corporate innovator is coming to Cambridge. The former candidate for South Korea’s Presidential Election 2007, Mr Moon Kook-Hyun is coming to Cambridge to deliver a special lecture on “From Brawn to Brain: Korean Economy at a Crossroads” on 14th May (Friday, 5 pm) at the Umney Theatre, Robinson College. He … [Read More]
“The best North Korean Football-themed film of All Time”
The 1978 North Korean feature film Centre Forward is showing in London this Saturday May 8 at 9 pm at the Shortwave Cinema, Bermondsey. Details from their website: The classic North Korean football film based around footballer In Son who is about to make the leap from benchwarmer to key player of Taesongan FC, but … [Read More]
Historiography and the Remaking of North Korea’s Ideology in the Age of Globalization
News of the first SOAS Friday evening seminar of the summer term: Friday, May 14th, 5pm, room B102 (Brunei Gallery, opposite SOAS main building) Professor Youngsoo Yook (Leiden University/Academy of Korean Studies) Historiography and the Remaking of North Korea’s Ideology in the Age of Globalization – Interpreting the Revised Edition of Dictionary of History Speaker … [Read More]
May Events 2010
Here are the events that I know about for May. Apologies for the poor presentation of this post, and probably a greater number of omissions than usual: a snail’s pace netbook, poor internet connection (yes, even in Seoul) and limited free time are conspiring against me at the moment. Featured event Chang-rae Lee, author of … [Read More]
“Antique” to screen at Terracotta Film Fest
Now in its second year, the Terracotta Far East Film Festival is 6-9 May 2010. The there’s loads of great films to see, and the Korean interest is provided by Antique on Saturday 8 May 2010 at 13:15 at the Prince Charles Cinema. LKL’s Saharial called it “a delicious slice of feel-good cinema“: Screening: Saturday … [Read More]
True Stories: Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition at Sesame
One of LKL’s favourite photographers has a solo show at Sesame Gallery in Islington, 6 May – 3 June 2010: Koh Sang Woo: True Stories Sesame Gallery 6 May – 3 June 2010 Koh Sang Woo has a taste for controversy. His images may look beautiful, but the stories beneath needle away at the unspoken … [Read More]
A surprise screening of ‘White Badge’ with Director Chung Ji-young
As previously announced, Chung Ji-young had a retrospective last weekend at Cambridge. Director Chung has been persuaded to stay in the UK a bit longer. Accordingly, a surprise screening of ‘White Badge’ is taking place in the multi-purpose hall of the Korean Cultural Centre UK. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with … [Read More]
The 2010 Essay Contest – Who ate up all the Shinga?
Last year, the Korean Literature Translation Institute launched an essay competition to encourage people to read Korean Literature in translation. The title chosen was Ch’oe Yun’s There a Petal Silently Falls – a novella which I personally struggled with. In my own feeble submission, I suggested that a colonial period novel would have been a … [Read More]
Exhibition review: Far East Fine Art at the Mall Galleries
The debut exhibition by Far East Fine Art, a joint venture between a Brit experienced in the gallery market and a Korean with access to artists in South Korea, shows promise for the future. The choice of location was deliberate – central and high profile, and, for a start-up venture like this, offering the flexibility … [Read More]
Susanna Kim piano recital in Stow-on-the-Wold
News of an upcoming piano recital in the picturesque Cotswolds this weekend: Susanna Kim from South Korea (presently studying at the Berlin University of Arts) Saturday 24th April at 7.00pm in St. Edward’s Church Stow-on-the-Wold In a varied programme of music by Bach & Schumann Tickets in advance £8.00 (under 18s £5.00) from “Go Stow” … [Read More]
The Avatamsaka Sutra: more Buddhist-themed film at the KCC
Sometimes known as “Passage to Buddha”, The Avatamsaka Sutra (1993) from director Jang Sun-woo continues the Buddhist theme at the KCC this month. Tony Rayns explains: Hwa-om-kyung is the Korean name of the Avatamsaka Sutra, a Buddhist scripture from the 5th century BC. Ko Un’s novel of the same title is an imagined biography of … [Read More]
Korea at War: A Retrospective of Chung Ji-Young’s Films
Details of a mini Korean film festival in Cambridge. Well worth going to. Friday 23 April & Saturday 24 April, 2010 Robinson College, Cambridge Korea at War: A Retrospective of Chung Ji-Young’s Films To mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, Robinson College is pleased to present a retrospective of films … [Read More]