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Event Archive 2011

Below is a listing of events from 2011, with links to the original event notice. Where LKL has reviewed the event, an additional link is provided. We also provide a link to reviews or videos on third party sites (marked for a text review and for a video) where we are aware of coverage of an event that we couldn’t get to. Where an event lasts for several days or weeks, it appears in the list sorted on its start date.

EventDateReview
Serenade – A letter to the other sideSat 17 Dec 2011
Muse London: media art focus at the KCC16 Dec - 21 Jan 2012
Event news: Happy Ero Christmas screens at the KCCThu 15 Dec 2011
Protest against human rights abuses outside DPRK embassyFri 09 Dec 2011LKL
Grace Yeo at the Festival HallThu 08 Dec 2011
North Korea’s nuclear threat and the upcoming Seoul Nuclear Security SummitThu 08 Dec 2011
United Cube K-pop concert set for 5 DecemberMon 05 Dec 2011LKL
British Korean Women’s Society’s December meetingMon 05 Dec 2011
Delayed Sojourn: KAA group show at the KCC02 Dec - 08 Dec 2011LKL
Guilt, Nostalgia, and Victimhood: Korea in the Japanese Theatrical ImaginationThu 01 Dec 2011
Korea Investment Forum, 1 December at the SavoyThu 01 Dec 2011
Boundaries at C99 Art Project01 Dec - 31 Jan 2012
Event news: Kim Ki-young’s Insect Woman screens at the KCCThu 01 Dec 2011
Recalling Korea Past: An Oral History of the 1950s to the 1980sSat 26 Nov 2011
Helen Koo: Transformation & Sustainability in fashionSat 26 Nov 2011
Two Koreas: Past, Present and Future – at LSESat 26 Nov 2011
Sumi Jo sings Mozart with the AAMFri 25 Nov 2011LKL
The Traces: collective surroundings – at Hanmi Gallery25 Nov - 09 Dec 2011
Event news: Sunwook Kim performs Beethoven’s last sonatasWed 23 Nov 2011
Journey to Korea—working for the common good: at Greencoat PlaceTue 22 Nov 2011
Hugh Keice: When Summer Holds the Rain19 Nov - 26 Nov 2011
Minhwa – Case Study of Joseon Chaekkado / ChaekkoriFri 18 Nov 2011
Grotesque Genome at Mokspace11 Nov - 17 Nov 2011
Eugene Lee lunchtime violin recitalFri 11 Nov 2011
Lee Man-hee classic “A Day Off” + Mark Morris talk at KCCFri 11 Nov 2011LKL
Chinese hordes and human waves: Korean War talk at the KCCThu 10 Nov 2011
Believing is Seeing, at Ffotogallery10 Nov - 17 Dec 2011
London Korean Film Festival03 Nov - 17 Nov 2011LKL
FOUR Everday Life; at Hanmi Gallery03 Nov - 17 Nov 2011
The Korean Miracle: A Cultural Evolution – at Asia House03 Nov - 16 Nov 2011
Jaewoo Kim in Tarik O'Regan's Heart of Darkness01 Nov - 05 Nov 2011
The LKFF 1-minute mobile phone short film competitionSun 30 Oct 2011
Woojung Chun’s “Library” installed at England & Co28 Oct - 23 Nov 2011
Tim Beal’s Crisis in Korea launchedTue 25 Oct 2011
NyLon: London-New York Exchange Exhibition25 Oct - 26 Nov 2011LKL
Kazakh film commemorates Korean deportations 60 years agoTue 25 Oct 2011
KAYA to perform at the KCCFri 21 Oct 2011
Bittersweet Thunderspace at Hanmi Gallery18 Oct - 27 Oct 2011
Fournier Trio in Wigmore Hall debutMon 17 Oct 2011
Creating Impressions of Colonial Korea: The Role Played by the Japan Society and its Membership, 1910-1939Mon 17 Oct 2011
A better than average trip to the DPRK15 Oct - 25 Oct 2011
Francesca Cho: “This is not just a picture” at Mayfair Library14 Oct - 05 Nov 2011
An Eternal Cycle: Paradise and Purgatory – at Mokspace14 Oct - 10 Nov 2011LKL
Anglo-Korean Society annual dinnerFri 14 Oct 2011
Event news: Deathbell screens at the KCCThu 13 Oct 2011
Event news: Sunwook Kim Plays Prokofiev at the RFHThu 13 Oct 2011
Korean Films at the 55th BFI London Film Festival13 Oct - 16 Oct 2011
Autumn term seminars at SOAS11 Oct - 09 Mar 2012
Kiejo’s Korean cookery classes in October 201108 Oct - 29 Oct 2011LKL
Exhibition news: The Senses ; Interactive Perception at HADA Contemporary07 Oct - 29 Oct 2011
Event news: Possessed screens at the KCCThu 06 Oct 2011LKL
Kang Bong Kyu: Korea, Koreanity at the KCC05 Oct - 18 Oct 2011
The second East Asian Friendship Charity concertTue 04 Oct 2011
Francesca Cho’s Deli eXhibits03 Oct - 12 Nov 2011
A Device: Back to the Moment at MokSpace30 Sep - 06 Oct 2011
MY SHOPPING BAG: allegories of Seoul 201124 Sep - 01 Oct 2011LKL
Tripod Performance Night – Vanity of Vanities – at MokSpaceFri 23 Sep 2011LKL
UNLASTED: Imagination as Experience at Hanmi Gallery23 Sep - 07 Oct 2011LKL
Rolling Home With a Bull – September’s second evening screening at the KCCThu 22 Sep 2011
Korea Design at 100% Design London 201122 Sep - 25 Sep 2011LKL
Min-Jung Kym at the Institut FrancaisTue 20 Sep 2011
Discover the Taste of Korea at Harrods19 Sep - 23 Sep 2011
Family Ties with Director Q&A at the KCCMon 12 Sep 2011
Junghwa Lee plays Ravel and Faure at St Martin-in-the-FieldsMon 12 Sep 2011
Korea Calling at the Thames Festival 201110 Sep - 11 Sep 2011LKL
Stories of the River – Thames Festival family events at the KCC10 Sep - 11 Sep 2011LKL
Crossroads of Youth: Korea’s oldest silent film comes to stage at the Thames FestivalSat 10 Sep 2011LKL
Take Care of My Cat at the KCCThu 08 Sep 2011
From the Corner Window, at St Martin-in-the-Fields05 Sep - 11 Sep 2011
Formula 1 Fan Forum with Mark BlundellMon 05 Sep 2011
Korean artists at Asia Triennial Manchester 201102 Sep - 15 Jan 2012
Words on Screen: Celebrating Paju the Bookcity — September daytime screenings at the KCC01 Sep - 30 Sep 2011
Manchester CUBE is now ‘To Let’ courtesy of Junebum Park01 Sep - 05 Oct 2011
Who Do You Think We Are? – at Hanmi Gallery29 Aug - 10 Sep 2011
A showcase Premium Korea event at Harrods28 Aug - 24 Sep 2011LKL
Event news: The Murmuring to screen at the KCCThu 25 Aug 2011
Awaken: Hyo Jung Kim at Mokspace18 Aug - 31 Aug 2011
Kingston Korean Festival 2011Sat 13 Aug 2011LKL
Hanmi Gallery 3rd Interim Exhibition – NOWS: Traverse over Time and Space13 Aug - 26 Aug 2011LKL
Korean acts at the 2011 Edinburgh International Festival13 Aug - 24 Aug 2011LKL
Hurrah! For Freedom screens at the KCCThu 11 Aug 2011
KSCPP Global Ambassador at the KCCWed 10 Aug 2011
MBC European talent show auditionsSat 06 Aug 2011
Gayageum, Be the Legend at the KCCWed 03 Aug 2011LKL
Korean performers at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe03 Aug - 29 Aug 2011LKL
A Summer of Sports: August daytime screenings at the KCC01 Aug - 31 Aug 2011
Another K-pop flashmob in LondonSat 30 Jul 2011
Lee Chang-dong's Poetry: UK theatrical releaseFri 29 Jul 2011LKL
Hada Contemporary Summer Show 201129 Jul - 03 Sep 2011
Event news: Twilight Gangsters screens at the KCCThu 28 Jul 2011
Designers: Dream Whisperers at Mokspace28 Jul - 10 Aug 2011
Dok2 performs at the Coronet TheatreSun 24 Jul 2011LKL
Soon Yul Kang at Art in Action 201121 Jul - 24 Jul 2011
The Beauty of Traditional Korean Furniture at Gallery Han21 Jul - 27 Jul 2011
Francesca Cho in Dolphin Square group show16 Jul - 17 Jul 2011
Princess Pyunggang and General Ondal: Korean children bring musical from Seoul14 Jul - 18 Jul 2011
Bong Joon-ho's Mother screening at KCCThu 14 Jul 2011
The Great Outdoors at James Freeman Gallery13 Jul - 05 Aug 2011
Discover Korea at Leytonstone Arts Trail | Fountain Pub Food Fest | YG FlashmobSat 09 Jul 2011LKL
July daytime screenings: fantasy films01 Jul - 31 Jul 2011
The Nomad Artist in a Transnational Era: Korean Contemporary Art on British SoilFri 01 Jul 2011
“A Room” Exhibition at the KCC28 Jun - 31 Aug 2011
Lee Ufan’s first solo exhibition in the USA24 Jun - 28 Sep 2011LKL
Goldsmiths BA Art Degree Show 201123 Jun - 27 Jun 2011
Scorched Earth, Black Snow: Andrew Salmon presents his new book at the KCCTue 21 Jun 2011
SHINee coming to Abbey RoadFri 17 Jun 2011LKL
Haegue Yang: Teacher of Dance at Modern Art Oxford11 Jun - 04 Sep 2011
Thames Philharmonia plays BeethovenSat 11 Jun 2011
Baeja, the beauty of Korea – traditional and contemporary fashion at the KCC11 Jun - 21 Jun 2011LKL
Book launch and talk on Ch’angguk by Dr Andrew KillickFri 10 Jun 2011
Twentidentity screens at the KCC09 Jun - 23 Jun 2011
The Love is gone but the Scar will heal: Lee Yong-baek at the Venice Biennale04 Jun - 27 Nov 2011LKL
Korean artists at Venice 2011 Collateral events04 Jun - 27 Nov 2011LKL
KCCUK K-Pop contest with YG EntertainmentFri 03 Jun 2011
Please Look After Mother serialised on BBC Book at Bedtime02 Jun - 11 Jun 2011
Embracing the Void: Korean Collective 2011 at HADA Contemporary02 Jun - 25 Jun 2011LKL
June’s daytime films at the KCCUK share a Kangwon-do theme01 Jun - 30 Jun 2011
Woochi: The Demon Slayer at the KCCThu 26 May 2011
Chelsea Flower Show: Hwang Jihae's Haewooso garden24 May - 28 May 2011LKL
A celebration of the launch of Park Kyung-ni’s Land in translationMon 23 May 2011LKL
A demonstration by master potter Park Kyoung SoonSun 22 May 2011
Seung Pyo Hong: Monitor Lizard at Bearspace21 May - 18 Jun 2011
Tradition Transformed: Contemporary Korean Ceramics at the V&A20 May - 04 Oct 2011LKL
Situated Senses: Gallery tour and talk at Hanmi Gallery20 May - 21 Jun 2011
Situated Senses 01 : Inclined Angles at Hanmi Gallery20 May - 05 Jun 2011
Mother and Poetry screen in Cambridge19 May - 29 May 2011
Korean Buddhists Arts of the Koryŏ and Chosŏn KingdomsThu 19 May 2011
AKS members-only visit to Standard Chartered HQWed 18 May 2011LKL
Kitty Jun-Im solo show in Seoul18 May - 24 May 2011
The LKL book launch (Royal Ancestors and Ancient Remedies) at the KCCTue 17 May 2011LKL
Park Dae-cho at Able Fine Art17 May - 21 Jun 2011LKL
Violinist Joo Yeon Sir’s upcoming concerts15 May - 20 Jun 2011
Priest - theatrical releaseFri 13 May 2011
Rhee Kibong at Tina Kim Gallery: There is No Place13 May - 17 Jun 2011LKL
My Girlfriend is an Agent screens at the KCCThu 12 May 2011LKL
Your last chance to meet Revd Sun Myung Moon in London?Wed 11 May 2011
Yun-Kyung Jeong: Axonometric, at Sumarria Lunn11 May - 04 Jun 2011
Photography’s New “It” Girls10 May - 21 May 2011
Summer 2011 Korean studies seminars at SOAS06 May - 13 May 2011
3rd Terracotta Festival, 5-8 May05 May - 08 May 2011LKL
Daily screenings associated with the Jeonju film fest01 May - 31 May 2011
Kang Yi-kwan’s Sakwa screens at the KCCThu 28 Apr 2011
Choe Tae Bok in London28 Apr - 30 Apr 2011LKL
Michael Hurt's street fashion photography exhibition in Seoul27 Apr - 29 Apr 2011
Bae Chang-ho’s The Trip at the KCCThu 21 Apr 2011
Sarah Chang plays Bruch at the Festival HallThu 21 Apr 2011
Win a honeymoon on Jeju Island20 Apr - 20 May 2011
Wedding-themed films at the KCC this month: first, My Wedding CampaignThu 14 Apr 2011
Requiem for Chung Ju-yung: Jaejoon Ryu’s Sinfonia da Requiem at the Cadogan HallTue 12 Apr 2011LKL
Korea in the mid-fifties – historic slidesTue 12 Apr 2011LKL
Scattering Rhythms: Korean Traditional Music and Jazz at the KCCMon 11 Apr 2011LKL
Unsuk Chin Total Immersion Day at the BarbicanSat 09 Apr 2011LKL
Soonhak Kwon in Union Teesdale group show09 Apr - 08 May 2011
Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from the Leeum Collection on view at Metropolitan Museum07 Apr - 14 Aug 2011LKL
Regular screenings of films shot in Jeju-do at the KCC01 Apr - 30 Apr 2011
Films from the 70s: Lee Jin-mo’s The Shower screens at the KCCThu 24 Mar 2011LKL
“Monologues” Exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre22 Mar - 28 May 2011LKL
Moon Kook-hyun lecture at LSE: Korea and the Global EconomyMon 21 Mar 2011
Millenarianism and the Pursuit of World PeaceFri 18 Mar 2011
Films from the 70s: Yalkae, a Joker in High School screens at the KCCThu 17 Mar 2011LKL
Particles are Expressives: the case of KoreanFri 11 Mar 2011
Films from the 70s: Lee Man-hee’s Road to Sampo at the KCCThu 10 Mar 2011LKL
Additional SOAS seminar: Introducing the P’yongyang ProjectMon 07 Mar 2011
The Korean Film Blogathon, 7-13 March07 Mar - 13 Mar 2011
Sona, the Other Myself screens at Asia House film festMon 07 Mar 2011LKL
Koryo and Liao Relations in the 10th-11th centuryFri 04 Mar 2011
Event news: Nah Youn Sun at Pizza Express Jazz, SohoTue 01 Mar 2011LKL
Korean-Japanese duo 10 performs in Stoke NewingtonSun 27 Feb 2011
The Korean War in FilmSat 26 Feb 2011
K-pop special at the KCCFri 25 Feb 2011
Ha Young Kim at 43 Inverness Street24 Feb - 31 Mar 2011
Forbidden Quest screens at the KCCThu 24 Feb 2011
4482 2011: Rhizosphere – Directions in Motion comes to the Bargehouse24 Feb - 27 Feb 2011LKL
Jung-ouk Hong in The Outer Limits at James Freeman Gallery24 Feb - 24 Mar 2011
Dynamic Korea event at the KCCWed 23 Feb 2011
DPRK Succession politics at Chatham HouseFri 18 Feb 2011
Shin Meekyoung in Haunch of Venison solo show16 Feb - 02 Apr 2011LKL
Some drumming lessons to celebrate the new yearSat 12 Feb 2011
Portrait of a Beauty screens at the KCCThu 10 Feb 2011
Two Korean musicians give classical recitals this weekWed 09 Feb 2011
The inaugural KCC Concert 2011: Tori EnsembleMon 07 Feb 2011LKL
February cooking with Kiejo05 Feb - 26 Feb 2011LKL
New Year events at the KCC01 Feb - 28 Feb 2011
In-Sook Chappell’s This Isn’t Romance gets BBC broadcastSat 29 Jan 2011
Samulnori percussion class in Bethnal GreenSat 29 Jan 2011LKL
Duellist the first film of 2011 at the KCCThu 27 Jan 2011
Rain in promotional appearance at MCM Knightsbridge storeTue 25 Jan 2011LKL
Gallery events related to the Future’s Future’s Future exhibition at the KCC24 Jan - 28 Feb 2011
SOAS lecture series – spring term 201121 Jan - 18 Mar 2011
Balloon and Needle: The New Korean Avant Garde20 Jan - 22 Jan 2011
Korean artists at the 2011 London Art Fair19 Jan - 23 Jan 2011LKL
Hanmi Gallery at London Art Fair19 Jan - 23 Jan 2011LKL
Event news: Joo Yeon Sir performs at St Martin-in-the-FieldsTue 18 Jan 2011
January Sale at James Freeman Gallery13 Jan - 15 Jan 2011
Goose’s Dream: Soom Company at The PlaceFri 07 Jan 2011LKL
Nam June Paik retrospective at Tate Liverpool17 Dec - 13 Mar 2011LKL
Future’s Future’s Future: Young Korean Artists at the KCC03 Dec - 19 Feb 2011
Kimsooja in Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts02 Dec - 30 Jan 2011
Qi Masters in Broadgate Circle and the Scoop19 Jul - 01 Jan 1970