Charles Montgomery of KTLit.com gets featured in the Korea Herald: Putting Korean literature on the map – http://bit.ly/h9gADi # [Read More]
Category: Formats (page 60)
Gangnam seeks goodwill ambassadors
Why does glitzy Gangnam need foreign bloggers to act as honorary publicity ambassadors? http://bit.ly/dP5y9R #. On second thoughts, the place needs all the help it can get: I never go there if I can possibly avoid it. [Read More]
Poetry actress becomes Chevalier des Arts et Lettres
Actress Yoon Jeong-hee (윤정희) (Poetry) joins Jeon Do-yeon, fashion designer Andre Kim, pianist (and Yoon’s husband) Paik Kun-woo and jazz singer Nah Youn-sun as Chevalier des Arts et Lettres http://bit.ly/i9rCRR #. I wonder if this is the first husband and wife both to have been given the honour. [Read More]
Shin Meekyoung is Guardian’s Artist of the Week
Meekyoung Shin is artist of the week in the Guardian http://bit.ly/gRS2Ce # Why we like her: Translation: Ghost Series is gorgeous. It’s full of fragile-looking vases with stout bellies or elegant swan-like necks in see-through shades, ranging from pale opal to brilliant pinks and yellows. [Read More]
Imjin remembered in Ale
What a great way to commemorate a landmark battle: Glorious Gloster Ale brewed to mark the 60th anniversary of the Imjin battle, says This Is Gloucestershire. Must get myself a pint or three. http://bit.ly/hmbDNw # [Read More]
Photo of the week: the Cheonan dead remembered, one year on
A mother of one of the 46 sailors killed when the Cheonan was sunk on March 26, 2010, cries in front of a relief sculpture of her son that is part of a monument unveiled on Baengnyeong Island, closest to where the ship sank. (photo: Joongang Ilbo / NEWSIS) [Read More]
Jeon Ji-hyun’s comeback
Jeon Ji-hyun to feature in July issue of US Vogue to mark the release of her film Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – nice to see her back in the news after so long. http://bit.ly/ia2ohe # [Read More]
Five Korean winners at Asian Film Awards
Lee Chang-dong among five Korean winners at Asian Film Awards http://bit.ly/i54Noc. The complete Korean list: Best Director, Screenplay (Poetry) Editing (I Saw the Devil) Actor (Yellow Sea) Supporting Actress (Housemaid). # [Read More]
Yeondoo Jung shortlisted for the Pictet Prize
Congratulations to Yeondoo Jung – shortlisted for the Pictet Prize for his Evergreen Tower http://bit.ly/fQjSVB # [Read More]
Arirang TV on healthy legs. Ugh.
Ghastly, cheap, trashy Arirang TV piece on "healthy" legs (http://bit.ly/ektinf) (for which of course read "fat") causing lively debate at Korean Studies portal http://bit.ly/ebT4F4 # [Read More]
I Love You – South Korea’s sleeper movie of 2011
South Korea's Sleeper Movie: 'I Love You', a drama about elderly romance starring actors in their 60s and 70s. http://on.wsj.com/euKwpx # [Read More]
Darcy Paquet featured in Chosun Ilbo
Feature on Darcy Paquet of koreanfilm.org in the Chosun Ilbo. Looking forward to the style magazine he's contributing to. http://bit.ly/dNlEVC # [Read More]
Warren Buffett on opportunities in Korea
"We’re looking at buying entire businesses in Korea. It’s a hunting ground." Warren Buffett on opportunities in Korea http://bit.ly/g0YNgY # [Read More]
Menari and Musan win awards
“Menari, the Sound of Korea”, a short documentary on eastern folk singer Park Soo-kwan wins Delphic Art Movie Award 2011 The Journals of Musan, a film about difficulties of Northern defectors, wins jury prize at Deauville Asian Film Fest http://bit.ly/gnzRaJ [Read More]
Korea and the tsunami
Some links relating to Korea’s response to the Japanese tsunami Korean Entertainers Step Up to Help Japan (Chosun Ilbo) http://bit.ly/dTcArk Even anti-Japan groups join the aid bandwagon – (JoongAng Daily) http://bit.ly/eraCyA Putting aside negative feelings toward Japan – A former comfort woman calls for philanthropic aid to neighbor http://bit.ly/eMcpW3 Quake moves Japan further away from … [Read More]
Hanji and Im Kwon-taek in the Korea Times and JoongAng Ilbo
Im Kwon-taek: directing beyond his years – a good feature on the new film “Hanji” in the Korea Times http://bit.ly/hZUbel. “I wanted to show that we are losing something valuable right here, right now,” says Director Im. Another feature in the JoongAng Ilbo http://bit.ly/gub2Nk reveals: “The concept for this film started in a pub when … [Read More]