The cannier punters at the KCCUK’s Present from the Past auction tonight (8 October) were bidding for newly-announced Venice Biennale artist (http://bit.ly/cOE05q) Lee Yong-baek # [Read More]
Category: Formats (page 67)
The North Korean EU Residents Society
The North Koreans have a European Union Residents Society?? Based in New Malden of course, headed by defector Kim Ju-il (right). Read their letter in the FT http://bit.ly/90ayMs #, also reported by the Front Line Club: Ordinary North Koreans and the ruling class are deeply humiliated by Kim Jong-il’s begging to China. (Image: BBC) [Read More]
Formula 1 comes to Gwanghwamun
Great pic: Admiral Yi Sun-shin and King Sejong, two of Korea's greatest ancient heroes, look down on a Formula 1 car: http://bit.ly/aqkYKL # [Read More]
Feetmanseoul at All University Fashion Week
All University Fashion Week pictures now online at Feetmanseoul. Great pics, great designs. http://bit.ly/chyJUm #. via @metropolitician [Read More]
Korea’s kimchi cabbage crisis
Robert Neff reports on Korea’s kimchi crisis at the Marmot’s Hole. More than $10 for a kimchi cabbage! http://bit.ly/aljg2B # [Read More]
Seoul fortune-tellers analyse Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un "a violent character prone to display double standards": http://bit.ly/9IOf1Z # That’s the analysis on the junior Kim by fortune-tellers in South Korea who have studied his face, including the size of his forehead, the arrangement of his eyes, his cheekbone contour, and the thickness of his lips. But what if all the above … [Read More]
Kahoidong.com on KBS
David Kilburn talks about hanok preservation in an interview with KBS World: http://bit.ly/9seisq #. I do hope the KCC get around to inviting him to give a talk. This is an important subject. [Read More]
Little Angels and big frustrations
26 Sept 2010: Updated information about how to book for Saturday’s Little Angels performance: http://bit.ly/cc6n4w # 29 Sept 2010: Still waiting for my Little Angels tickets. I wonder if they will arrive? Has anyone got theirs? Mysterious impersonal booking system grrrr # 30 Sept 2010: The most annoying thing about the Little Angels ticketing system … [Read More]
Chris Backe’s top 3 travel tips
Check out @chrisinseoulsk‘s top 3 Travel Secrets: Travel light Try staying in love motels The 1330 hotline I know a retired SOAS lecturer who also stayed in a love motel while researching Buddhist temples. I don’t think he used that particular travel agent again. http://bit.ly/aB0cXF # [Read More]
Nah Youn Sun – an album and restaurant recommendation
Mike Hobart of the FT liked Nah Youn Sun‘s performance earlier this year, and gives her new album 4 stars out of 5 http://bit.ly/bFtTn9 #. And her English PR swears by Finsbury Park Korean restaurant Dotori. Anyone been there? http://bit.ly/94S1Y7 # [Read More]
KNOC completes Dana purchase
Game over for Dana, but KNOC is still aiming to up its stake from 64.2% to 90%. FT. http://bit.ly/c7GKHq #. Another piece in Korea’s energy security jigsaw. [Read More]
Will the Formula 1 circuit be ready in time?
Bernie Ecclestone sticks the boot in: will the Korean Grand Prix circuit be ready in time? http://bbc.in/b6Trph # “We will rush to complete work and FIA officials will see a complete circuit when they conduct a final inspection in two weeks,” said Kim Jae-ho, for the organisers. [Read More]
The match-winning piety of Korea’s U17 football team
Congratulations to the South Korean U-17 women footballers for their World Cup victory against Japan. http://bit.ly/di0wPo Was it their filial piety in the semi-finals against Spain which brought victory in the final? [Read More]
Korean-infused dishes at Roka
Went to swanky Japanese restaurant, Roka, for lunch today. Opted for dishes with a Korean connection. Softshell crab kimbap with kimchi didn't have any kimchi. And the lamb cutlets with Korean spices didn't have any Korean spices. But it was all very nice. # [Read More]
Hot Destination: Seoul featured in Conde Nast Traveler
Condé Nast Traveler features Hot Destination: Seoul, featuring some of the stylish new hotels and some of the high profile construction projects – the Dongdaemun Design Plaza and the Floating Islands. [Read More]
Chuseok floods in Gwanghwamun
Best wishes for Chuseok everyone #. Above, flash floods in Gwanghwamun on 21 September, when 10cm of rain was falling in an hour in downtown Seoul. [Read More]