Korean rapper BLOO comes to the Garage courtesy of Cult of Ya, supported by Howmini. BLOO: Moon and Back tour Friday 3 December 2021, 20:00-22:00 The Garage | 20-22 Highbury Corner | London N5 1RD | Tickets (Sold out) Links: Cult of Ya on Facebook
Love in the Big City: Sang Young Park in conversation with Anton Hur
November’s literature discussion again features a book which is very hot off the press: Love in the Big City Wednesday 24th November 12:00noon-1:30pm via Zoom The author Sang Young Park and the moderator Anton Hur will join us for a live virtual talk about the novel Love in the Big City. Following the talk, Sang […]
November events 2021
The Korean cultural diary is now back to its customary autumnal chaos: too much packed in with too many events clashing with each other. We’ve got used to the Korean Film Festival scheduling its films so you can’t go to all of them. K-music has now joined the party by scheduling gigs that clash with […]
Social Matters through Dream Sharing
Bongsu Park’s Dream Auction project comes to its conclusion: Social Matters through Dream Sharing: A Dream Symposium and Dream Auction 1 – 20 November 2021, online and at Rosenfeld Gallery We invite you to join a ‘collaboration through dreams’. This is between artists, a poet, social science, a fine art auction house and an expert […]
Ellie Kyungran Heo: Plantarians
Scheduled as the artist video strand of the London Korean Film Festival, this exhibition runs until December. Shame that the related lecture and artistic exploration on 20 November clashes both with Bongsu Park’s long-awaited dream auction and the Kimjang festival in New Malden, but it’s nice that the show is on for a while. In […]
Nothing is – everything just has been or will be: the KCC’s Open Call exhibition
The KCC announces its final exhibition of the year. It’s a shame the last one was so brief – with the centre now being closed on a Saturday it’s nigh-on impossible to get to these things if you have a day job. It’s good news though that this one has an opening evening PV (registration […]
Korean Peninsula Peace Forum 2021
King’s London announces the 2021 Korea Peace Forum, organised in collaboration with SOAS atn the ROK Embassy Korean Peninsula Peace Forum 2021 Wednesday 17 November 2021, 14:30 Bush House, 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG Register via Eventbrite The 2021 forum will involve leading academics and practitioners discussing the political and security situation in the Korean […]
New Malden’s 3rd Kimjang Festival
The Kimjang Festival returns to the streets of New Malden this November: Kimjang Festival 2021 Saturday 20 November 2021 New Malden Sharing is giving. This autumn we are back with the heart of Korean tradition and cuisine, Kimjang, which is the traditional and communal process of preparing, making, and sharing kimchi. For those who aren’t […]
2021 University of Edinburgh Yun Posun Memorial Symposium
The 2021 University of Edinburgh Yun Posun Memorial Symposium takes the pandemic as its theme: New Agenda for South Korea-UK Cooperation in the COVID19 Era 2 – 3 November 2021 Zoom and YouTube Online Symposium First day: 2nd November, 2021 (10:00 am-12:30pm GMT, 7:00pm-9:30pm KST) Registration (9:30am-10:00am GMT, 6:30pm-7:00pm KST) Opening Ceremony (10:00am-11:05am GMT, 7:00 […]
seoul private 프라이빗 hip-hop / trap night
It’s good to have this type of event starting up again – things almost seem to be getting back to normal. seoul private 프라이빗 hip-hop / trap night with dj/producer roots Friday 12th November 2021 10pm – 3am (last entry 1am) | Buy tickets Piccadilly Institute | The London Pavilion | 1 Piccadilly Circus | […]
Je Baak and a’strict in LUX: New Wave of Contemporary Art
You struggle to get much useful information from the scant materials on the gallery website, but according to the review in the Londonist this group show contains work by Je Baak as well as the Korean collective a’strict. There must be a proper press release somewhere… LUX: New Wave of Contemporary Art 13 October – […]
Discussion: North and South Korean women in the UK speak of peace
We rarely get the the chance to hear the views and experiences of North Korean exiles in the UK. This should be well worth investigating. Second Peace Forum of Peaceful Unification Advisory Council in the UK Thursday 11 November 2021, 13:30 – 15:00 (10:30pm – 1am Korea time) Topic: “North and South Korean Women in […]
LKL’s list of ten Squid Game superlatives
Well, I guess everyone who’s going to watch it has watched it already, but nevertheless I’ve tried to avoid any major spoilers in the below. Here’s the list of things that struck me most about the hit series. Most enjoyable reveal Runner up was the identity of the multi-gazillionaire who set up the game, But the […]
Ilhwa Kim: Seed Unfolding, at HOFA Gallery
We enjoyed Ilhwa Kim’s solo show last year. Her hanji work is part sculptural, part abstract, but in many of her pieces you can imagine you are enjoying a bird’s-eye view of a complex landscape. This exhibition of new work should be well worth a visit. Ilhwa Kim solo show: Seed Unfolding 21 October – […]
KCCUK Live Concert at St James’s Piccadilly
The KCC’s November House Concert emerges from the online to the real world, and for the first time moves to St James’s Piccadilly for a celebratory live event: KCC House Concert Friday 5 November 2021, 7pm St James’s Church, Piccadilly Register via Eventbrite Trio Mazzolini Harry Rylance (Piano), Yurie Lee (Cello), Jack Greed (Violin) Sungbin […]
KCC October House Concert (online): Rachel Hayoung Woo (violin), Jisu Song (viola), Heeyeon Chloe Cho (cello)
October’s House Concert online on the KCCUK’s YouTube channel features one of the most accessible piano trios in the repertoire: Trio Mazzolini: Harry Rylance (Piano), Yurie Lee (Cello), Jack Greed (Violin) Thursday 21 October, 7 pm KCC YouTube Channel Programme Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.2 in C minor Performers: Trio Mazzolini is a London-based piano trio […]