London Korean Links

Covering things Korean in London and beyond since 2006

A North Korean Chuseok 2024

Join Connect: North Korea to celebrate the traditional Korean holiday of Chuseok! This year, to celebrate Chuseok we’ll be bringing people together through food and stories. Our North Korean chefs will prepare traditional dishes for guests to enjoy in an atmosphere designed to build connections between the North Korean refugee community and the wider public. [Read More]

Refugee Week screening: ‘Little Pyongyang’

Join Connect: North Korea for a fundraiser screening of the award-winning short film, ‘Little Pyongyang,’ followed by a Q&A session in conversation with the film’s director Roxy Rezvany, and members of the North Korean community. We will be discussing what has changed for the community since the film’s original release, the limits which the North … [Read More]

Lunar New Year with Connect: North Korea

Connect: North Korea is hosting a Lunar New Year event with classical musician and North Korean escapee Emily Yeyoung to celebrate this very special holiday. Join us for drinks, canapés, Emily’s fantastic performance, and a Q&A about her journey from North Korea to the UK. There are only 25 tickets available for this event! Don’t … [Read More]

A North Korean Chuseok

Join Connect: North Korea this September 29th for a North Korean Chuseok! Come and celebrate North Korean food and culture in the heart of New Malden. You’ll have the chance to try traditional North Korean food, prepared by our talented chefs. And we’ll be celebrating the Chuseok holiday with performances from North Korean classical guitarist … [Read More]

Screening: The Gift of Love

Join the Korea Future Initiative and Connect: North Korea on February 22nd at 7pm in New Malden Methodist Church for a screening of ‘The Gift of Love’, a new film by North Korean exile and film director Gim Gyu Min. Following the screening, Mr Gim will join for a Q+A. Screening of ‘The Gift of … [Read More]

Cooking with North Korean Refugees

Thu 7 February 2019 18:30 – 21:30 GMT Organised by Connect: North Korea Tickets £43.23 | Book via EventBrite We’re delighted to announce ‘Cooking with North Korean Refugees’ is back! Korean cuisine is spreading far and wide across the UK, but the Korean food eaten in London almost exclusively comes from south of the DMZ. Join … [Read More]

Little Pyongyang Screening with Q+A with Mr Choi

Join the Korea Future Initiative and Connect: North Korea on Dec 3rd for the first screening of ‘Little Pyongyang’ to feature a Q&A with the documentary’s star, Mr Choi Joong-hwa. The screening will take place in New Malden Methodist Church. Doors open at 7.15pm. Tickets in advance are £5; £7 on the doors. Proceeds will … [Read More]

Little Pyongyang – screening and Q+A

A screening and associated events in aid of Connect North Korea. Separately, a reminder that you can contribute to their Crowdfunding campaign to launch their community centre to provide targeted assistance to North Korean refugees in the UK. Lush Film Fund presents… Little Pyongyang Thursday 21 June 2018 7:00pm – 10:00pm Lush Studio Soho | … [Read More]

Event news: Cooking with North Korean Refugees

An event which promises to be informative and worthwhile. The price is pitched to raise a bit of funding for a very worthy cause. Cooking with North Korean Refugees Tue 20 February 2018 18:30 – 21:30 Venue: London Tickets: £50 plus fee | Book tickets on Eventbrite Korean food might be everywhere in the UK … [Read More]

Evening talk: Inside North Korea

Mike Glendinning and Jihyun Park gave this talk in London and Manchester last year (6 Nov and 3 Dec 2017). Further opportunities to hear the talk are in London on 23 Jan and Manchester on 18 Mar 2018: Inside North Korea Venue: Lock 17, Camden Lock Place, London, NW1 8AL (Exact address will be provided … [Read More]

Event news: Connect North Korea’s 1st monthly meet-up

As trailed at a meeting in New Malden back in April, a monthly series of informal meet-ups giving opportunities to help North Korean refugees with their English language skills. Register via Eventbrite for the first meet-up. Official Launch: Connect: North Korea’s 1st Monthly Meet-Up Sat 29 July 2017, 10:30 – 13:00 Richmond Park (exact venue … [Read More]