London Korean Links

Covering things Korean in London and beyond since 2006

Jey and Khakii play the Garage

Jey (제이, aka Jung Jin Hyeong) is a Korean-Australian singer under Alfha and a part of FA Crew. He debuted as a soloist in 2017 under S.F.R Entertainment. He was a member of ambitious ambition but left the crew. He was a former trainee of YG Entertainment & KQ Produce, best known for competing in … [Read More]

Sunwook Kim plays Brahms 1 at the Barbican

LSO Conductor Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas joins Korean piano superstar Sunwook Kim in Brahms’ explosive First Piano Concerto. Portrait of the artist as a young man: tormented by an impossible passion, Johannes Brahms poured all his emotions into a piano concerto of massive scale and volcanic power. It’s music that burns its way into your … [Read More]

Korean performers at the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival

Five performance programmes from Korea to celebrate 140 years of diplomatic relations with the UK: three of chamber and solo instrumental music, plus the KBS Symphony Orchestra and the National Changgeuk Company. 8 August: Novus String Quartet The Queen’s Hall, 11:00am Tickets from £13.50 | Buy tickets here Schubert String Quartet in C minor D703 ‘Quartettsatz’ … [Read More]

XODIAC debut showcase in London CANCELLED

XODIAC is a rising multinational K-pop idol group with great potential. The award-winning stars have collaborated with famous magazines both domestically and internationally and received focused coverage from K-pop media. The name XODIAC implies the striving for finding their own hidden potential through endless effort and progressive strength, symbolized by the first letter and symbol … [Read More]

May House Concert: Ambra Wind Quintet

For May’s House Concert at St James’s Piccadilly we will be hosting the Ambra quintet, composed of hornist Kiersten Gustafson, clarinetist Lucia Porcedda, oboist Rebecca Whitehouse, bassoonist Ruihan Kee and flutist DaSom Jeong. We’re very excited to invite you to this event as this is our first time presenting a wind quintet at our House … [Read More]

K-pop UK National Competition 2023

The Kpop UK National Competition returns for its 5th year. Presented by KBCE and London KPop Dance Workshop (LoKo). Finalists from all over the UK will compete to win in our categories of Kpop Dance, Kpop Vocal, Freestyle Dance Battle and our newest category, Original Choreography. The winner of each category will receive £200 and … [Read More]

Jambinai plays at Portals Festival Hackney

​Portals Festival is London’s biggest festival specialising in alternative, experimental, math-rock and post-rock. The lineup is comprised of our favourite and most exciting artists from all over the world, to bring you the finest live music. This year’s lineup features: MONO (Japan), And So I Watch You From Afar (N. Ireland), Maybeshewill, Bossk, Jambinai (Korea), … [Read More]

Bloo: Fox and the City Tour in London

South Korean hip-hop artist, and one half of the duo ‘neonblue’ with niahn, BLOO, landed on the scene in 2016 with his debut mixtape “Tony”. He made a name for himself in the Korean underground hip-hop scene with music that dances around poetic self-destruction, loneliness and lovelorn woes. For BLOO, the priority is and always … [Read More]

April House Concert: The Musical in Concert

Suhyun Christine Kim, Soprano Petur Ernir Svavarsson, Tenor Ian Murray Sutherland Musical Director Whitman Ensemble: Miles Ames Violin, Inis Oirr Asano Viola, George Wikes Cello, James Trowbridge Double Bass Programme All I ask of you & Think of me from Phantom of The Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber (Soprano, Piano, Ensemble) “Christmas Lullaby” from Song For … [Read More]