Join the KCC for a craft workshop exploring Jogakbo. You’ll delve into the history of this patchwork craft and get a hands-on experience of these cultural treasures. Jogakbo (조각보) is a traditional Korean form of patchwork. It’s an art of creating a larger cloth by sewing together small, leftover scraps of fabric, typically in a … [Read More]
Category: Events (page 6)
ScreaM Records, Seoul Community Radio and Korea Nights at SXSW London
ScreaM Records: 2 June, 5:00 – 9:00pm, XOYO (Room 1) K-Pop | Electronic | House | UK Garage K-POP ScreaM is the world’s first global K-POP rave party. ScreaM Records began this concept by presenting SHOWME, the world’s first online DJ performance project that combines K-POP and dance music. This project gained immense popularity, with … [Read More]
Artist Talk with Chaeeun Kim
UK-based ceramic artist and designer Chaeeun Kim presents a journey of her works. 4482 [SASAPARI] are pleased to present the first artist talk of 2026, held in conjunction with the opening exhibition of Gachi (가치/같이): Surroundings and Companions. Join us for Tactile Ceramics: Moulding Identity, an artist talk with Chaeeun Kim, a UK-based ceramic artist … [Read More]
Korea Forum: Across Futures
Korea Forum 2026, presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United Kingdom and the KCCUK, is a public diplomacy platform that fosters dialogue on Korea’s evolving soft power across culture, technology, and industry. This year, the forum will take place in two editions: ‘Korea Forum: Across Futures,’ on 28 April, held … [Read More]
JUNG Korean Food Festival
Explore Korea’s rich food culture Think you know Korean cuisine? In collaboration with Canopy Market, JUNG Festival will be London’s first food festival and invites you to dive deeper into the country’s dynamic food culture, going beyond the staple dishes of London’s Korean food scene. Canopy Market and The Crossing will host over 30 Korean … [Read More]
2026 Korea Day in Sheffield
Korea Day is a cultural event organised to introduce and celebrate Korean culture within the University of Sheffield community. The event offers participants a unique opportunity to experience various aspects of Korea, including traditional food, games, music, and modern pop culture. Through interactive booths and engaging activities, attendees can explore Korean traditions while also enjoying … [Read More]
Royal Joseon Sogyokso and Popcho: The Philosophical Encumbrance of Sarim in the Kimyo Literati Purge (1519)
The early modern history of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) in East Asia is often depicted as an era of political conflict between the king, the Hun’gu faction, and the Sarim faction. The four major Sahwa (literati purges) reflect its seriousness through which Neo-Confucian scholars were sacrificed by the punishments of execution, exile, or dismissal. The … [Read More]
Gachi (가치/같이): Surroundings and Companions
In Korean, the words for “Value” (가치) and “Together” (같이) are written differently but share the same pronunciation: Gachi. Rooted in this resonance, the exhibition takes place in the heart of a local café — a space where we pause, gather our thoughts, meet others, and form everyday memories. Here, we invite you to experience … [Read More]
Boundary Condition: Haedong Lee & Yidan Kim + Gisou Golshani & Helin Karabi
Features a hybrid of audiovisual live sets & immersive projections; oblique ceremonial forms, xenofeminism, sonic resistance & folk remnants This edition of Boundary Condition features 6 artists in a hybrid of audiovisual live sets & immersive projections; oblique ceremonial forms, xenofeminism, olfactory imagery, sonic resistance, counter hegemony, machinic desire, shamanic practices, uncertain futures, queer politics, … [Read More]
Dana Choi competes on Great British Menu
Dana Choi, head chef at my favourite upscale Korean restaurant in the City, is competing in one of my favourite TV cookery shows. This morning I received the following mailshot from Jang Restaurant – based in the Royal Exchange opposite the Bank of England: We are proud as punch to announce that our very own … [Read More]
Intelligence with Soul: Dr Seunghye Sun on AI, K-Culture, and the Art of Human Connection
Jennifer Paun, who organised and hosted KCCUK Director Seunghye Sun’s valedictory talk at the University Women’s Club, gives her impressions of the evening. On the evening of Tuesday 24 March 2026, it was a great pleasure for me to welcome Dr Seunghye Sun to the University Women’s Club for her lecture, K-Everything with AI: Rethinking … [Read More]
Korean films at Queer East 2026
Last year’s Queer East festival closed with one of my favourite films of the year – Edhi Alice. This year it offers the opportunity to see two Korea-related documentaries and another of my favourite features from last year, 3670. There are also three Korean shorts screening. Altogether a tempting line-up, and that’s before you consider … [Read More]
Byoung Soo Cho – exhibition at the Coronet Theatre
The Coronet Theatre is proud to present a major exhibition by Byoung Soo Cho, one of Korea’s most influential architects and a quietly radical figure in contemporary art and design. For three decades, Cho has cultivated an international reputation through his practice BCHO Partners, creating buildings that appear at once elemental and deeply human. His collaborations … [Read More]
April events 2026
There’s an almost overwhelming number of live pop and hip-hop concerts this month. And I’m not sure when these started, but there are at least three touring K-pop tribute shows doing the rounds of provincial theatres, with another show currently auditioning for a similar tour later this year. Also, to welcome Spring there’s an exhibition … [Read More]
The touring K-Pop tribute acts
Reflecting the broadening appeal of all aspects of K-pop, not least the appeal of Golden and other hits from K-pop Demon Hunters, there’s a proliferation of K-pop tribute act stage shows touring the country, bringing the K-pop’s energy in family-friendly packages to a provincial theatre near you. From Grimsby to Torquay, from Aylesbury to Aberystwyth, … [Read More]
Cherry Blossom Project, at the Garden Museum
To coincide with London Craft Week and East Asian cherry blossom festivals celebrating the arrival of spring, an installation of 4,800 hand stitched mandus (Korean dumplings) created from hand-dyed organza silk will fill the Garden Museum’s baptistery. Cherry blossom festivals in East Asian countries bring people together to celebrate the arrival of spring, gathering beneath … [Read More]