Every now and then a visitor to this site asks whether there are any North Koreans in the UK, apart from at the DPRK embassy. Journalist Michael Rank keeps his eyes open for evidence, particularly on the parliamentary website, and shares his findings with the BAKS list – little snippets of information such as the … [Read More]
Place: Kingston + New Malden (page 8)
KFC – Korean Fried Chicken – and French Korean Links
Jennifer Barclay reports from the Korean Food Festival, held in the garden of the Fountain Pub, New Malden, Saturday 12 July 2008 By 10.30 on Saturday morning, I’d already done my best to introduce millions of BBC Radio Four listeners to the delights of kimchi. I’d been invited onto the travel show Excess Baggage to … [Read More]
Food Festival in New Malden
The Korean Food Festival will be held tomorrow, 12 July, at the Fountain Pub, 120 Malden Rd, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 6DD. [Map] Word of mouth tells me that the format will be pretty much the same as last year – so it will be starting at lunchtime (maybe from about noon) and continuing all … [Read More]
Yoon and Tall Lee crowd-surf in Kingston
Saharial reports from the Yoon Band’s gig at The Peel, Kingston, 6 June 2008 Arriving at 5.30pm, Y.B. (Yoon Band) was almost instantly swamped by the dozen or so Korean youngsters that had been lurking for a while, and amiably chatted to them whilst posing for photos and signing autographs. I chatted briefly to Lee … [Read More]
Return of Millennium Dream
Last year the ceramic artists of North Gyeongsang province held an exhibition just off Regent Street entitled Millennium Dream, Millennium Light. This year they return to a gallery in New Malden – coinciding nicely with the first week of the New Malden Arts Festival. As last year, the exhibition will include work by renowned masters. … [Read More]
Homeless Penguins come to town
The theme of this year’s New Malden Arts Festival is the quirky “Homeless Penguins Come to Town”. The homeless penguins parade through New Malden on 14 June is designed to raise awareness of their natural habitat being destroyed by global warming. The festival itself runs from 2 – 22 June. Despite its location, and despite … [Read More]
The versatile Yoon Band plays London
Saharial introduces the talents of the Yoon Band, which will be performing in Trafalgar Square on 8 June When I heard that the Yoon Band was coming to the UK for two gigs in June, I was almost jumping round my room with excitement. That my room is rather small and I suffered a few … [Read More]
Question mark over Kingston Korean Festival 2008?
The open-air festival on the Fairfield Recreation Ground in Kingston, organised by the Korean Residents Society, usually happens in August every year, though last year it was June. This year, the date is not yet confirmed, and there are doubts about whether it will be happening at all. I’ve heard a few inside stories about … [Read More]
Grow your own Korean vegetables
Louise has been browsing the magazines for possible cures – or replacements – for our sickly abies koreana. Browsing the Royal Horticultural Society’s periodical the other day she found an interesting feature on Korean vegetables. A local Korean who grows Korean vegetables in his New Malden allotment was featured. For those who want to grow … [Read More]
Mime at Barton Green with Ko Jae-kyung
It was a cold and frosty evening in New Malden (1). But inside the Barton Green Theatre it was warm and cosy. From the outside, the building looks like a cricket pavilion, but if so the green itself would not be large enough for a proper game. Inside it’s a small, welcoming community theatre, with … [Read More]
2007 New Malden Arts Festival
I’ve just been sent brief details of the New Malden Arts festival which takes place over the next couple of weeks. Korean interest is in the form of mime artist Ko Jae-kyung (right). Also, Francesca Cho will have some works on display. 12 NOV – 17 NOV 2007 Art Exhibitions Venues: Tudor Williams, Café 32, … [Read More]
4482: Korean Contemporary Artists in New Malden group show
The first formal self-organised exhibition of Korean student artists in London, dubbed 4482 (after the dialling codes of the UK and South Korea) takes place at King’s Park Studio, 152-178 Kingston Road New Malden, 10-15 October. More images of the works can be found at http://neolook.net/archives/20071011d [Read More]
Tripe, black pudding and a communal sing-song…
…but this is no East-End boozer. Jennifer Barclay reports from Saturday’s Korean Food Festival The softly spoken Mr Kim tells me he thinks Korean food is the most highly developed in the world, while standing over the searing hot barbecue cooking galbi, beef marinated in 17 different ingredients. His white t-shirt somehow manages to remain … [Read More]
Fountain Pub Korean Food Festival 2007
Bastille day will give you the opportunity to sample Korean food washed down with British beer. Maybe there will be some soju available as well. Saturday 14 July sees the Korean Food Festival come to the Fountain Pub (left) in New Malden. Details as follows: 12:00~7:00 pm (Opening Ceremony 12:15 pm) at 120 Malden Road … [Read More]
Rain on the Parade — Kingston’s Mud Festival
Jennifer Barclay’s account of Kingston’s answer to the Boryeong Mud Festival Where else on a wet Saturday in June would you get classical dance, freestyle football and women arm-wrestling? But no-one I asked in Kingston-upon-Thames knew where Fairfield Recreation Ground was. Signs might even have attracted the curious. Eventually I got directions from a policewoman, … [Read More]
Kingston Korean Festival 2007 programme
Courtesy of the Korean Language Meetup group: 10th Korean Festival 2007 Festival Programme 09:50 Entry 10:00 Opening Ceremony 10:30 Ceremonial Parade of British Korean War Veterans 10:50 Gilnori (Samulnori genre) performed by Hanaldarae team to pronounce the start of the festival and pray for a successful festival 11:00 A series of traditional Korean dance performed … [Read More]