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Covering things Korean in London and beyond since 2006

Jiyeong Mun plays the Wigmore Hall

The second of two concerts by Korean performers at the Wigmore this Sunday: Jiyeong Mun piano Sunday 27 October 2019 7:30pm The Keyboard Charitable Trust Prizewinners’ Concert Series Tickets £15 – £30 | Book tickets This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Piano Sonata No. 31 … [Read More]

Looking back at 2015: Culture, sport and tourism

In the first of four articles looking back over 2015, we recall some of the culture, sports and heritage stories that made the news. Heritage The historic Baekje sites were listed by UNESCO as world heritage. UNESCO also listed in their Memory of the World register some Confucian woodblock texts and records of the family … [Read More]

Chloe Mun wins 2015 Busoni Competition

Congratulations to Chloe Mun for winning the 2015 Ferrucio Busoni International Piano Competition, held in Bolzano. The Grand Final was held on 4 September. Minsoo Hong won fourth prize in the competition, while Kim Jong-yun was awarded a special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Ferruccio Busoni. The overall winner of the … [Read More]

Looking back at 2014: Culture, sport and tourism

In the first of four articles looking back over 2014, we recall some of the culture, sports and heritage stories that made the news. Arts Dansaekhwa emerged as flavour of the year. Following the MMCA exhibition in 2013 and Joan Kee’s book, Kukje Gallery had a monochrome retrospective, and dansaekhwa artists were included in MMCA … [Read More]