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- [2026 Korea Day in Cambridge](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/15/2026-korea-day-in-cambridge/): The Cambridge University Korean Society (CUKS), in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Centre UK, is pleased to announce that they will be hosting Korea Day on Saturday, October 24th, in the Isaac Newton Suite, Hilton Cambridge City Centre The event will begin with a Korea Day seminar featuring presentations from Korean scholars, the Principal of
- [Symposium: Korea -- 2,000 years of creativity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/02/symposium-korea-2000-years-of-creativity/): Held in conjunction with the British Museum exhibition Korea: 2,000 years of creativity, this two-day international symposium, co-organised by the British Museum and the School of Arts and Centre for Korean Studies at SOAS, University of London, brings together leading scholars of Korean art history. Following the exhibition’s chronological narrative, each presentation examines one or
- [London Korean Film Festival 2026 - the detailed schedule](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/18/london-korean-film-festival-2026-detailed-schedule/): The 21st London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) returns from 2–16 November 2026, featuring special screenings, plus the Cinema Now and Women’s Voices strand. You can find the official press release launching the festival here. Below is a summary of the screenings in the festival with booking links. Date / time Screening Strand Venue Mon 02
- [K-music 2026: Chudahye Chagis](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/15/k-music-2026-chudahye-chagis/): Hypnotic Shamanic Funk Beyond Genres: driven by a striking voice, Chu Dahye returns with psychedelic shamanic funk, blending traditional muga chants with funk, rock, jazz, and hip-hop to create a hypnotic ritual performance where music transforms into powerful collective energy. Chu Dahye, the magnetic voice behind the electrifying RAVE that turned the Southbank Centre into
- [K-Book Festival 2026: Kim Cho-Yeop in Conversation with Barry Pierce](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/23/kim-cho-yeop-in-conversation-with-barry-pierce/): Kim Cho-Yeop visits Foyles to discuss her work as a South Korean science fiction writer, with Barry Pierce Kim Choyeop is a South Korean science fiction writer. She studied chemistry at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), where she went on to earn a master’s degree in biochemistry. She made her literary debut in
- [K-culture half term adventure at the KCCUK](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/17/k-culture-half-term-adventure-at-the-kccuk/): Looking for something fun and different to do this October half-term? Join the Korean Cultural Centre UK for three days of hands-on activities exploring Korean culture through K-pop, animation, food and Taekwondo. Whether you're already a K-culture fan or discovering it for the first time, come along and dance, watch, create and get moving with
- [Catherine Cho and Ela Lee at Wimbledon Book Fest 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/20/miya-lee-catherine-cho-and-ela-lee-at-wimbledon-book-fest-2026/): As last year the Wimbledon Book Fest is collaborating with KCCUK to present a mini Korean strand in the festival. The festival also includes a screening of Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice. And Korean Dancheong decorative traditions - together with Pakistani Truck Art - inspires the colourful visual identity of the festival this year. Note
- [University of Westminster seminar: K-content’s Global Success and the Crisis of Korean Broadcasting](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/13/crisis-of-korean-broadcasting/): This is a research seminar from the University of Westminster's Communication and Media Research Institute with Dr Namdoo Kim (Korea Information Society Development Institute) This seminar examines the contrast between the growing global visibility of Korean content and the structural challenges facing the Korean broadcasting sector, particularly terrestrial broadcasters. It discusses the global rise of
- [Focus Art Fair 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/11/focus-art-fair-2026/): FOCUS Art Fair London 2026 will be presented under the theme “Cultural Dialogue,” exploring the dynamic landscape of Asian Contemporary Art. The fair brings together leading Asian galleries and artists alongside voices from the Asian diaspora, creating a platform that reflects the diversity and evolving narratives of contemporary Asian culture. The fair will showcase a
- [Dialogues Across Time: Korean Art’s 2,000‑Year Journey at the British Museum](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/05/dialogues-across-time-korean-arts-2000-year-journey-at-the-british-museum/): Last month the British Museum’s most talked-about exhibition was the Bayeux Tapestry, which celebrates the bloody conquest of Britain by invaders from France in 1066. This month a new exhibition celebrates a much more peaceful invasion that Britain has been experiencing over the past decade or so: the pervasive reach of Korean culture that has
- [Counterattack: Youth, at the Lambeth Fringe](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/10/counterattack-youth-at-the-lambeth-fringe/): Four high school friends reunite over drinks. What begins as light conversation soon turns to love, marriage, work, and the unspoken pressure of where they feel they should be in life. Counterattack: Youth is a one-hour pub drama set entirely in a real pub, with the audience seated as fellow patrons at the next table.
- [London Korean Film Festival Announces 2026 Programme](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/07/london-korean-film-festival-announces-2026-programme/): Here’s the official press release for this year’s London Korean Film Festival, released yesterday. This year’s festival is the 21st organised by the KCCUK. You can find our detailed listing of the screenings here. Korean Cultural Centre UK announces London Korean Film Festival 2026 Opening Gala: The Journey to Gyeong-ju Closing Gala: Tristes Tropiques Special
- [Big Bang 20th anniversary tour comes to London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/12/big-bang-20th-anniversary-tour-comes-to-london/): K‑pop veterans Big Bang return to London this September for a rare stadium‑scale appearance at Tottenham Hotspur as part of their 20th Anniversary world tour, marking one of the most anticipated Korean music events of the year. As pioneers of the genre’s global expansion, Big Bang helped define the sound and spectacle of modern K‑pop, blending
- [A special evening with Chang Kiha](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/04/a-special-evening-with-chang-kiha/): The K-music Festival opened on 28 September with a triple bill at Evolutionary Arts Hackney. Scheduled at the start of the busy autumn Korean cultural season, the concert clashed with the reception to celebrate the launch of the big Korea exhibition at the British Museum. For those who had to be at the British Museum,
- [*** Cancelled *** Celebrate Chuseok at the British Museum *** Cancelled ***](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2022/09/01/celebrate-chuseok-at-the-british-museum-2/): Join us for a day of performances, workshops, talks and demonstrations to celebrate Chuseok – the Korean harvest moon festival. Bring your family and friends to join us at this festival of thanksgiving. Activities will be held throughout the Museum and are suitable for visitors of all ages, unless stated otherwise. All activities are free, just drop in.
- [Two workshops on Korean arts conservation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2022/12/30/two-workshops-on-korean-arts-conservation/): This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from conservator Dr. Meejung Kim-Marandet about conservation of Korean painting. This talk will be delivered in two sessions. The first will take the form of a conversation between Dr. Meejung Kim-Marandet and Susan Catcher (Senior Paper Conservator, V&A). The first session will introduce Amore Pacific Conservation Project, followed
- [Korea: a curators' introduction](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/30/korea-a-curators-introduction/): Join Sang-ah Kim and Yoojin Kwak Choi, curators of the Korea exhibition, as they explore the context, scope, themes and highlight objects of the exhibition. Featuring outstanding examples of sculpture, painting and decorative arts over two millennia – up to the present day – the exhibition presents the most comprehensive chronological survey of Korean visual
- [Translated Vase: Yeesookyung and Sang-ah Kim in conversation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2021/09/20/translated-vase-yeesookyung-and-sang-ah-kim-in-conversation/): The British Museum is celebrating London Craft Week with a conversation between ceramic artist and sculptor Yeesookyung and curator Sang-ah Kim: Translated Vase Thursday 7 October 2021, 12.00–13.00 via Zoom Registration required via the British Museum website Join Sang-ah Kim, the Museum's newly appointed Korean collections curator, as she interviews interdisciplinary artist Yeesookyung. They'll discuss
- [K-music 2026: A listening session with Chang Kiha](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/15/k-music-2026-a-listening-session-with-chang-kiha/): Join the KCCUK team for a special listening session and conversation with Chang Kiha as he introduces his new album, Sansanjogak, the night before the K-Music Festival 2026 Opening Night. A special lyric book will be provided during the listening session.
- [[Edinburgh] Documentary screenings and Korean Culture Day](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/04/edinburgh-documentary-screenings-and-korean-culture-day/): The Scottish Centre for Korean Studies is holding a Korean Culture Day on 7 October to which all are welcome: 1 Virtual Roundtable 7 October 10am - 11:30am: Visualising Politics and Memory -- Remembering Peace and Justice differently through Korean films Location: Online via Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/392000701697543?p=APFOGJKPF7K7CFDDGY Organizers: Dr Chaeyoung Yong (University of St Andrews) Dr
- [Exhibition visit: LUX -- New Wave of Contemporary Art](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2022/02/13/exhibition-visit-lux-new-wave-of-contemporary-art/): The current video art exhibition in what I assume is a large disused car park underneath 180 Strand comes to an end in a week's time. It's well work a visit. In a vast space and in the absence of natural light, the curators have been able to display a range of large-scale video pieces
- [Oh dear](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/07/25/oh-dear/): The first mess-up of the games, before a North Korea vs Colombia football match at Hampden Park, Glasgow: I really don't blame the North Korean team for walking off. (Image source) Links: London 2012: North Koreans walk off after flag row, BBC, 26 July 2012 North Korea Threatens to Destroy Glasgow in a 'Sea of
- [Witty Specsavers ad irritates academics](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/07/28/witty-specsavers-ad-irritates-academics/): The quick-thinking Specsavers ad capitalising on the Olympic flag gaffe seems to have ruffled a feather in academic circles for being written in bad Korean. So what if "Specsavers" should be at the beginning of the sentence? Putting it there would have completely baffled the non-Korean speaking audience it's aimed at.
- [Crossroads of Youth: Korea's oldest surviving silent film, at the Barbican](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/07/28/crossroads-of-youth-koreas-old-surviving-silent-film-at-the-barbican/): While the South Bank is getting much of the attention this weekend Korean culture-wise, don't forget a repeat performance of Korea's oldest surviving silent film. It was a big hit at the Thames Festival last year, and it returns to the Barbican on Thursday 2 August. Crossroads of Youth The Oldest Surviving Korean Silent Film
- [The Hand of Fate screens at the Barbican](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/11/17/the-hand-of-fate-screens-at-the-barbican/): Can't get enough classic Korean film now the festival has ended? Try this at the Barbican: The Hand of Fate + Introduction by Hyun Jin Cho Dir: Han Hyeong-mo (1954, 85 min) Tuesday 19 Nov 2019, 6:30pm Barbican Cinema 3 | Beech Street | London EC2Y 8DS | Book tickets Made one year after the
- [Love without Boundaries: The Hand of Fate](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/06/24/love-without-boundaries-the-hand-of-fate/): The third film in the KCC's Love without Boundaries season is a classic Han Hyeong-mo movie: The Hand of Fate (운명의 손) Director: Han Hyeong-mo (1954, 85 mins) Cast: Yoon In-ja, Lee Hyang, Joo Seon-tae Thursday 18 July 2019 7:00 pm @KCCUK | Book here The opening scenes of The Hand of Fate reveal the
- [October events 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/01/october-events-21/): We're back in the busy season, with diary clashes galore, and that's before we discover whether the London East Asia Film Festival is happening this year. Priorities for your diary this month are the British Museum's new Korea exhibition, opening 1 October; the K-music Festival, which opened at the start of this week; and the
- [TV drama screening and conversation: Dear X](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/01/tv-drama-screening-and-conversation-dear-x/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK, in collaboration with CJ ENM, is pleased to present a special screening of Dear X. Baek Ah-jin knows how to become the person others want to see.⁠ ⁠ Behind the flawless image of a top actress is someone who has learned to read and manipulate the people around her. Driven
- [Korea: the Lee Kun-Hee bequest, at the British Museum](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/08/korea-the-lee-kun-hee-bequest-at-the-british-museum/): Discover the story of Korea's distinctive and vibrant arts – from 300 BC to the present day. Featuring outstanding examples of sculpture, painting and decorative arts over two millennia – up to the present day – the exhibition presents the most comprehensive chronological survey of Korean visual and material culture seen in Europe for over
- [Explore Korea: a British Museum sleepover](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/30/explore-korea-a-british-museum-sleepover/): Are you ready to explore the vibrant culture of Korea? Experience the Museum after dark and enjoy activities inspired by Korea's incredible history. You'll learn unique dance moves, get creative with traditional crafts and test your scholarly skills. Plus, listen to spooky stories as you discover Korea, past and present. After an action-packed evening, you'll
- [Bodily Inbetweeness: a Solo Exhibition by Woo Jin Joo, at Ruup & Form](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/29/bodily-inbetweeness-by-woo-jin-joo/): Ruup & Form presents Bodily Inbetweenness, the first solo gallery exhibition by London-based artist Woo Jin Joo. The exhibition brings together new and selected works spanning freehand machine embroidery, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, and drawing, developed through an extended collaboration between artist and gallery. The exhibition unfolds as a living environment. Works are distributed throughout the
- [Korean Artist Lee Qoede After the Divide: Mexico, Socialism, and Another Modernism](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/29/korean-artist-lee-qoede-after-the-divide-mexico-socialism-and-another-modernism/): Lee Qoede is a well-known name in modern Korean art—but how much do we really know about him? Much of what we do know ends with his time as a prisoner during the Korean War and then his move to North Korea. Drawing on her book Art, War, and Exile in Modern Korea: Rethinking the
- [Chun Kwang-young: Aggregation -- The Memory of Paper & Time, at Sundaram Tagore Gallery](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/29/memory-of-paper-time/): Opening on Hangul Day, October 9, the Korean national holiday celebrating the creation of the Korean alphabet, Aggregation: The Memory of Paper & Time presents new and recent works by Chun Kwang Young (b. 1944, South Korea). The exhibition marks a significant evolution in the artist’s decades-long exploration of memory, history, and time, with a
- [Chuseok Festival at Samsung KX: a fun and interactive celebration of Korean culture](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/28/chuseok-festival-at-samsung-kx-a-fun-and-interactive-celebration-of-korean-culture/): New contributor Marilyn Ama reports from the celebration of Chuseok at Samsung KX on 20 September What started off as a gloomy and cloudy Sunday quickly turned warm and sunny as the time neared for the EOLBEAT Chuseok Festival to kick off at 12 PM on 20th September. A long queue of attendees stood waiting
- [Ayoung Kim in Three Evenings, for Somerset House Studios](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/28/ayoung-kim-in-three-evenings-for-somerset-house-studios/): Somerset House Studios turns 10 with three nights of experiments in performance and technology at East London’s Wapping Hydraulic Power Station. A three-night event and international transmission, 3 Evenings takes Somerset House Studios’ distinctive approach to interdisciplinary experimentation beyond the Somerset House walls with three different live performance experiments each night, set within a wider
- [TV drama screening and conversation: The Ordinary Jackpot](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/28/tv-drama-screening-the-ordinary-jackpot/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK, in collaboration with CJ ENM, is pleased to present a special screening of the Korean drama The Ordinary Jackpot (로또 1등도 출근합니다). The series follows Eun-tae, an ordinary office worker worn down by the routines of work, relationships and everyday life. When he unexpectedly wins 1.3 billion won in the
- [TV drama screening and conversation: Bon Appetit Your Majesty](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/28/tv-drama-screening-and-conversation-bon-appetit-your-majesty/): A special screening and conversation exploring K-drama, from screen to global audiences. The Korean Cultural Centre UK, in collaboration with CJ ENM, is pleased to present a special screening of the K-drama Bon Appétit, Your Majesty. The series follows Yeon Ji-young, a chef who unexpectedly travels 500 years into the past, where an encounter with
- [Michael Karikis captures the other-wordly sound of the haenyo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/07/22/michael-karikis-captures-the-other-wordly-sound-of-the-haenyo/): Mikhail Karikis’s Sea Women project, installed in the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station for six weeks up to 7 July, comprised two separate but connected works. The less remarkable part was some video footage of the haenyo at work. In subject matter this was nothing that has not been seen before in other documentary films -
- [Mikhail Karikis: SeaWomen of Jejudo at The Wapping Project](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/06/08/mikhail-karikis-seawomen-of-jejudo-at-the-wapping-project/): The story and harsh livelihood of Jeju-do's famous diving women have always captivated artists and documentary-makers who have come across them. From Kyung-sook Schoenman's photo spread in National Geographic a decade or so ago, via Barbara Hammer's documentary film “Diving Women of Jeju-do” and Brenda Paik Sunwoo's more recent photobook "Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies
- [Understanding Korea through Diaspora: Division, Identity and Coexistence among North Koreans, South Koreans and Joseonjok in the UK](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/15/understanding-korea-through-diaspora-division-identity-and-coexistence-among-north-koreans-south-koreans-and-joseonjok-in-the-uk/): Drawing on his ethnographic research in New Malden, Dr. Callum Sol Morrissey (조솔) examines how North Koreans, South Koreans and Joseonjok live alongside one another in the UK. The talk explores how migration reshapes Korean identity and how division, difference and belonging are negotiated through everyday encounters. In doing so, it asks what the Korean
- [K-Book Festival 2026: Sohn Won-Pyung in Conversation with Ela Lee](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/23/sohn-won-pyung-in-conversation-with-ela-lee/): Sohn Won-Pyung visits Foyles to discuss her books 'Almond' and 'Counterattacks at Thirty' with Ela Lee Sohn Won-Pyung studied sociology and philosophy at Sogang University before studying film directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA). Her debut novel, Almond, won the 10th Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction and has since been translated
- [K-Book Festival 2026: Children's Craft Event](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/23/k-book-festival-2026-childrens-craft-event/): Join Foyles for a family-friendly kids event filled with K-Pop themed crafts, music, plus a reading and book signing from the author. To celebrate Korean Culture Month and the publication of K-Pop Witch Academy: A Trainee’s Dream, Do Re Mi Books and author Fiona Scoble are hosting a K-Pop party! Fiona Scoble is an editor
- [K-Book Festival 2026: 'Study Group' Screening + Book Event](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/23/study-group-screening/): A screening of the webtoon 'Study Group', with books available to purchase on the day! Yun Ga Min, a student at the struggling Yusung Technical High School, is determined to go to college despite his poor grades and knack for fighting. He forms a study group but is forced to use his fighting skills to
- [K-Book Festival 2026: Cookery event with Su Scott for 'Pocha'](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/23/cookery-event-su-scott-pocha/): Su Scott visits Foyles to celebrate her cookery book 'Pocha' Su Scott is a Korean food writer and author based in London. Her first book, Rice Table (Quadrille, 2023), was shortlisted for Best First Book at the Guild of Food Writers Awards, and her latest title, POCHA: Simple Korean Food from the Streets of Seoul
- [Foyle's Korean Culture Month: Recipe for Farewell screening](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/10/18/foyles-korean-culture-month-recipe-for-farewell-screening/): The captivating true story from writer Kang Chang-rae’s essay-based Korean series, Recipe for Farewell is a heartwarming drama, portraying a man who writes a cooking diary for his ill wife. It premiered at the Busan International Film Festival (2022) and was screened at the Fribourg International Film Festival (2023). For one day only, it will
- [Foyles Korean Culture Month: Miye Lee in Conversation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/09/10/foyles-korean-culture-month-miye-lee-in-conversation/): The author and translator of international bestseller DallerGut Dream Department Store join us via video-link for a discussion about their captivating work, as part of the Korean Culture Month programme at Foyles. Miye Lee was born in Busan in 1990. After graduating from the Busan National University School of Materials Science and Engineering, she worked
- [K-Book Festival: Cookery Lecture with Judy Joo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/09/23/k-book-festival-cookery-lecture-with-judy-joo/): The acclaimed chef and writer behind Korean Soul Food gives a talk (with samples to taste!) in the Cookery Department at Foyles about K-Quick, her latest acclaimed cookbook. Judy Joo is the chef behind TV shows Judy Joo’s Return to Korea and Korean Food Made Simple and cookbooks Korean Soul Food and K-Quick: Korean Food
- [K-Book Festival: Min Song-a in Conversation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/09/23/k-book-festival-min-song-a-in-conversation/): Webtoon sensation Min Song-a comes to Foyles to talk about her unique and compelling style of storytelling. Since her debut in 2013, Min Song-a has established herself as a distinctive voice in the world of webtoons, admired for her unique character portrayals and stylish storytelling. Her notable works include Nano List, The Girl Next Door,
- [K-Book Festival: Cheon Seon Ran in Conversation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/10/01/k-book-festival-cheon-seon-ran-in-conversation/): Join prize-winning author Cheon Seon-Ran for an afternoon of conversation at Foyles about her heartfelt and beautifully told novel, A Thousand Blues. From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits patiently for someone to find it. Coli is special among humanoids. This is
- [Margins United Festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/20/margins-united-festival/): Margins United 2026: A Festival Celebrating Alternative East & South-East Asian Culture, now expanded across two venues. 16 artists; 2 venues; 1 community: Live, Rave, Arts & Crafts, Workshops, Food and our Eternal Market. As Margins United continues to grow, we want to make sure we can deliver the best possible version of the festival,
- [Korean productions at Voila Theatre Festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/10/03/korean-productions-at-voila-theatre-festival/): If you missed Kassna Kollectiv's User Manual for a Broken Machine or MJ Lee's Proud Mary earlier this year, there is a second chance to see them, at the Voila Theatre Festival in Camden in November: Proud Mary Written and performed by MJ Lee 2 - 3 November at Etcetera Theatre | Buy tickets Proud
- [KTAM Unleashed in London and Brighton](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/19/ktam-unleashed-in-london-and-brighton/): KTAM UNLEASHED brings the UK's K-pop community together through unforgettable, intimate performances and fan experiences. From rising Korean artists to exciting special guests, every show is designed to create lasting memories for fans. Whether you're attending your first K-pop concert or you're a dedicated supporter, KTAM UNLEASHED offers and intimate atmosphere with incredible performances, fan
- [September events 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/01/september-events-21/): The calendar is coming back to life after the summer lull. LKL's priority this month is an away trip to Leeds for the Korean literature in translation conference: From South Korea to the World. Later in the month, the first big festival of the Autumn, K-music, kicks off on 28 September, and - something a
- [Kreative Korea - a Friday night late at the British Museum](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/17/kreative-korea-a-friday-night-late-at-the-british-museum/): Travel through 2,000 years of Korean creativity at a special late evening hosted by the British Museum Youth Collective. From viral K-pop routines to fan dancing and exquisite porcelains, artistic expression has always been embedded into the culture of Korea. Be inspired and get creative as you discover different art forms through Korean objects, crafts
- [Na Hong-jin's Hope - UK theatrical release](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/31/na-hong-jins-hope-uk-theatrical-release/): In the remote South Korea village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung- min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village. In the nearby forest, a coterie of hunters, including Sung- ki (Zo In-Sung) set out to track the beast and find themselves
- [can't be blue European tour in London and Manchester](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/13/cant-be-blue-european-tour/): Formed in Seoul in 2024, can’t be blue are a five-member band composed of Lee Dohun (vocals), Kwon Dahyun (keyboard), Lee Hwuiwon (bass), Kim Chaehyun (guitar) and Kim Daehun (drums). The band defines its music as an expression of sadness without being confined by it, independently handling songwriting, composition, arrangement and production. Their sound moves
- [Big Ocean - European tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/13/big-ocean-european-tour-in-london/): Big Ocean bring their polished harmonies and bright pop energy to London on 3 November 2026, as part of their Fall Europe Tour, at a venue to be announced soon. Ticket sales open on 21 September. The trio, managed by Parastar Entertainment, have been steadily building a following for their emotive vocals and inclusive message. Their London stop promises a compact, high‑impact
- [oceanfromtheblue – BACK TO BLUE tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/13/oceanfromtheblue-back-to-blue-tour-in-london/): Oceanfromtheblue brings his introspective R&B and sleek Seoul‑pop aesthetic to London’s Courtyard Theatre on 12 March 2027. Known for his fluid blend of soul, hip‑hop and dreamlike electronica, the singer‑producer has become one of Korea’s most distinctive voices in the alt‑R&B scene. Back to Blue marks his return to the UK with a set that promises both emotional depth
- [Ilhwa Kim: A History of Surfaces, at HOFA Gallery](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/12/ilhwa-kim-a-history-of-surfaces-at-hofa-gallery/): Consistency becomes the defining force in Ilhwa Kim’s practice, as she exemplifies the art of patience in every phase of her execution. Her work draws the viewer into a meditative state, shaped by a commanding interplay of precision, spatial depth, and perceptual complexity. Through this dominant perspective, she crafts elusive imagery that invites individual interpretation, offering each observer a unique visual journey. The
- [Kassna Kollectiv: User Manual for a Broken Machine, at the Bloomsbury Festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/11/user-manual-for-a-broken-machine-bloomsbury-festival/): A darkly comic theatre performance exploring failure, burnout and the body under pressure reflecting Korean industrialisation, capitalism and diaspora. Music composed and performed by Seayool. A broken Daewoo vacuum cleaner. A user manual that no longer works. A body trying to follow instructions that were never written for her. User Manual asks what happens when
- [Hyeyoon Park plays Bruch at St John's Smith Square](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/10/hyeyoon-park-plays-bruch-at-st-johns-smith-square/): Soaring melodies, impassioned orchestral writing – Bruch’s Violin Concerto is celebrated for its warm lyricism and emotional depth. Taking centre stage is internationally acclaimed violinist Hyeyoon Park, praised for her ‘exhilarating musicianship’ (The Times) and ‘huge palette of tone’ (The Guardian). The programme opens with Anna Clyne’s Restless Oceans, driven by bold rhythms and percussive
- [Korean musicians in the Wigmore 2027 Spring season](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/12/korean-musicians-in-the-wigmore-2027-spring-season/): For those planning their diaries well in advance, tickets for the Wigmore Spring 2027 season go on sale on 29 September. But if you want tickets for Yunchan Lim's Mozart recitals you'll need to be in one of the inner circle of Wigmore Hall friends and supporters to get access earlier. Otherwise, it'll be nice
- [An Exploration of Korean Mythology](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/10/an-exploration-of-korean-mythology/): Meet Korea’s fox, ghost and princess to uncover how folklore carries women’s grief, resistance and transformation. Followed by Q&A. Every culture has women who were wronged and refused to disappear. In Korean folklore, they return as foxes, ghosts and princesses, figures shaped by grief, injustice and a fierce determination to claim what society denied them.
- [SOAS lecture: Ancient Korean Culture & Architecture](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/10/soas-lecture-ancient-korean-culture-architecture/): Excellent news: for those unable to make it to Director You's Cambridge lecture, SOAS has arranged a talk in London. In this lecture, Director You Hong-june will explore the distinctive characteristics of ancient Korean culture and architecture through major archaeological sites, works of art, Buddhist monuments, temples and royal architecture. Beginning with Korea's prehistory and
- [[Leeds] From South Korea to the World: Korean Literature in Translation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/26/leeds-from-south-korea-to-the-world-korean-literature-in-translation/): How do Korean stories travel from Seoul to readers around the world? What happens between the writer’s desk and the English-language page? And how are contemporary Korean authors reaching global audiences today? Join award-winning writers Kim Keum-hee and Hwang Bo-reum, together with translator Clare Richards and scholar Dr Eugene Kim, for a day of readings
- [Colette Balmain + Paul Quinn on Women in Korean film + Singles screening](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/02/23/colette-balmain-paul-quinn-on-women-in-korean-film-singles-screening/): An event organised by the University of Westminster Korean Culture Society featuring two very good friends of LKL. Well worth a trip to Harrow. Voices: Women in Korean cinema Monday 4 March 2019, 04:30 – 07:30 pm Auditorium | University of Westminster Harrow campus | Watford Road | Northwick Park Roundabout | Harrow | Middx
- [K-music - the archive](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/06/24/k-music-the-archive/): Here are all the concerts that have been part of the K-Music story over the years, together with links to reviews where we have been able to cover the events, or where we have identified reviews on third party websites. Although not branded under the K-music moniker, the series of five Korean concerts presented on
- [K-music Festival 2026: the official press release](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/15/k-music-festival-2026-the-official-press-release/): Here is the official press release for the 2026 K-music festival, released earlier today. Much to look forward to! Europe’s Largest Korean Music Festival Beyond Genre Boundaries 28 Sep - 23 Nov 2026 From folk traditions and experimental sound art to gaming soundtracks, jazz, hip-hop and indie rock, K-Music Festival returns to showcase the depth,
- [University of Lancashire Korea Day 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/08/university-of-lancashire-korea-day-2026/): Join the Preston Sejong Institute and the International Institute of Korean Studies at the University of Lancashire for Korea Day 2026, a celebration of Korean language and culture. This event is open to students, staff and members of the public, offering an opportunity to experience Korean culture through a range of interactive activities. Whether you
- [Book Talk - Evolution of Migration (이민의 진화)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/25/book-talk-evolution-of-migration/): Evolution of Migration (이민의 진화, 서울: 푸른숲, 2025) introduces the last 150 years’ history of Korean migration to Australia. It discovers the first Korean immigrant in Australia, John Corea who landed in Australia in 1876, and the first Korean international student, Kim Ho Yul who studied in Melbourne in 1921-1924. The book covers various types
- [K-music 2026: Kyungso Park + Björn Meyer](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/15/k-music-2026-kyungso-park-bjorn-meyer/): An Intimate, Transcendent Dialogue of Strings Gayageum innovator Kyungso Park and bassist Björn Meyer meet in an intimate cross-cultural dialogue of resonance, improvisation, and deeply expressive sonic exploration. When Park’s eloquent, bittersweet melodies meet Meyer’s evocative, singing bass, they create a rich sonic world of touch, breath and resonance. This is more than a concert
- [Ancient Korean Culture and Architecture by Dr Hong-June You](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/08/ancient-korean-culture-and-architecture-by-dr-hong-june-you/): The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is excited to welcome Dr Hong-June You (유홍준), Director of the National Museum of Korea, to the University of Cambridge. His lecture, delivered in English, explores the distinctive characteristics of ancient Korean culture and architecture through major archaeological sites, works of art, Buddhist monuments, temples, and royal
- [Seong-Jin Cho plays Tchaikovsky 1 - on tour](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/07/seong-jin-cho-plays-tchaikovsky-1/): The star pianist joins forces with his regular collaborator and ‘musical soulmate’ Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and the outstanding Philharmonia Orchestra. First comes Borodin’s atmospheric musical picture of a caravan of merchants and their camels crossing the steppe, with gorgeous moments in the spotlight for some of the Philharmonia’s woodwind principals. Then it’s time for Tchaikovsky’s First
- [Ha Chong-hyun - solo exhibition at Lisson Gallery](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/07/ha-chong-hyun-solo-exhibition-at-lisson-gallery/): This autumn in London, Lisson is honoured to present an exhibition of one of the world’s foremost abstract painters, Ha Chong-Hyun, surveying his experimentation and mastery over the past six decades of pioneering work. The Korean artist’s inaugural show with the gallery and his first in London since 2020 amounts to a wide-ranging yet succinct
- ['Young K-Explorer: Study in Korea' Seminar](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/07/young-k-explorer-study-in-korea-seminar/): Interested in learning Korean, exploring study opportunities, or simply travelling to Korea? Join the KCCUK for Young K-Explorer: Study in Korea Seminar, an afternoon event designed to help you discover opportunities to study and learn Korean in Korea, while experiencing Korean language and culture along the way. Whether you’re considering a Korean language programme, exploring
- [K-music 2026: A Cinematic Orchestral Journey Reimagining Black Desert’s Legendary Soundtrack](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/15/k-music-2026-black-deserts-legendary-soundtrack/): Embark on a spectacular orchestral adventure to celebrate a decade of Black Desert and its legendary compositions. The National Gugak Center reimagines iconic Korean game soundtracks, including Black Desert, using traditional instruments and visuals for a cinematic orchestral live experience. The legendary compositions of the hugely popular online role-playing game Black Desert, alongside a selection
- [Sought and Found: Contemporary Korean Art, at York Street Gallery](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/05/sought-and-found-contemporary-korean-art-at-york-street-gallery/): Gallery JIB presents SOUGHT AND FOUND: Contemporary Korean Art, bringing together six artists based in Korea: Yang Sunghoon, Jang sooji, Woo Jongtaek, Kwon Soohyun, Kim Seoul and Lim Hyunhee. The six artists work from very different starting points. Their subjects range from the Korean moon jar and the experience of growing up to invisible forces,
- [RE-PLACE: Identity, Belonging & Diaspora, at Koppel Collective](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/05/re-place-identity-belonging-diaspora-at-koppel-collective/): 19 Korean and Korean diasporic creatives exploring identity, belonging and home through art, fashion, design and performance: Discover contemporary Korean culture through art, fashion, design, food, craft and performance at RE-PLACE, a four-day exhibition bringing together 19 Korean and Korean diasporic artists and creatives in London. Exploring identity, belonging, diaspora and the idea of home, RE-PLACE looks at how Korean
- [2026 New Malden K-pop awards](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/13/2026-new-malden-k-pop-awards/): The New Malden K-POP Awards brings together emerging talent, diverse cultures, and the local community through a shared passion for K-POP. The goal is to create opportunities that inspire performers, connect people, and celebrate Korean culture in the heart of New Malden. 28 August: Semi finals: 40 teams compete in Vocal and Dance categories, plus
- [Exhibition visit: Bestselling and beloved - Korean Literary Treasures](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/03/07/exhibition-visit-bestselling-and-beloved-korean-literary-treasures/): While primarily envisaged as a home for temporary displays of visuals arts, the KCC exhibition space over the years has hosted a number of exhibitions featuring historical or literary themes. 2024 started, for example, with an exhibition looking at the early relations between the UK and Korea, celebrating 140 years of diplomatic relations, and later
- [BewhY POP IS CRYIN’ tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/02/bewhy-pop-is-cryin-tour-in-london/): BewhY is one of the most well-known and technically skilled artists in modern Korean hip-hop. The South Korean rapper and producer, whose real name is Lee Byung-yoon, released his first mixtape Be The Livest in 2012, followed by his first single “Waltz” in 2014. Since then, he has established himself as a major figure in
- [H1GHR MUSIC tour at Clapham Grand](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/02/h1ghr-music-tour-at-clapham-grand/): In April 2026, H1GHR Music, the Hip Hop / R&B label created by Jay Park, once again showcased the undeniable chemistry of its artists with the release of the compilation PURPLE TAPE. Now, the label is taking that energy to the stage with its first-ever European tour. Bringing together each artist’s distinct personality with the
- [Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love gets LFF gala screening](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/09/02/lee-chang-dongs-possible-love-gets-lff-gala-screening/): The main Korean interest in this year's BFI London Film Festival is Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love, with two gala screenings in the Festival Hall (not an ideal venue IMHO with imperfect sightlines and suboptimal audio, but at least it allows a larger audience than a typical cinema), and one in Vue West End. Also screening
- [ESEA Culture Festival 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/30/esea-culture-festival-2026/): Join KBCE for the ESEA Culture Festival 2026 on Saturday 5 September in Kingston Market Place, 11am–4pm. Come and celebrate East and Southeast Asian culture with live performances, martial arts, music, food and family-friendly activities. As per last year, one of the star attractions will be the iconic Frank Chickens. Known for their playful blend of
- [Taemin - "LiMiNaL" tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/30/taemin-liminal-tour-in-london/): The K-pop artists’ favorite artist, TAEMIN, returns to Europe with his second world tour, "LiMiNaL". South Korean superstar TAEMIN is one of the most respected and influential artists in K-pop. A celebrated solo artist and a member of the iconic group SHINee, he has spent nearly two decades redefining K-pop through his innovative performances and
- [ALL(H)OURS "Rise Up" tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/30/allhours-rise-up-tour-in-london/): ALL(H)OURS is a South Korean K-Pop boy group under EDEN Entertainment, who debuted on January 10, 2024 with their first mini album “ALL OURS”. The seven-member group consists of Kunho, Youmin, Xayden, Minje, Masami, Hyunbin, and ON:N. The group name ALL(H)OURS combines the meanings of “all ours” and “all hours”, representing the group’s message of
- [8TURN - TRACE world tour at Islington Assembly Hall](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/30/8turn-trace-world-tour-at-islington-assembly-hall/): 8TURN, the eight-member K-pop boy group under MNH Entertainment, is bringing their 2026 2ND WORLD TOUR [8TURN TRACE] to fans around the world. Following the release of their 3rd Single Album [8.X], the tour will showcase 8TURN’s evolving identity through powerful and unforgettable performances, fan-favorite songs, and new music from their latest release. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxL5cNNelLk
- [New Talents - Eden Choi](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/30/new-talents-eden-choi/): Join the KCCUK for a magical evening with Eden Choi. Internationally acclaimed magician Eden Choi will take the stage at the KCCUK for an extraordinary evening of sleight-of-hand magic. Following the performance, Eden will also take part in a Q&A session, sharing insights into his journey as a professional magician, for future magicians and magic
- [Korean performers at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival and Fringe](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/04/23/korean-performers-at-the-2025-edinburgh-festival-and-fringe/): The Edinburgh International Festival has announced its programme for 2025, and the Fringe website is up and running with their acts. Below are the performers with Korean connections that we've managed to identify so far. We'll update this post if we discover more productions - it's likely that this is not a complete list. 1.
- [A North Korean Chuseok 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/29/a-north-korean-chuseok-2026/): Join Connect: North Korea on Saturday, September 26th at 7.30pm for a North Korean Chuseok. Celebrate North Korean culture in the heart of New Malden. Try traditional North Korean food, prepared by their talented chefs and enjoy a special performance from North Korean classical guitarist Emily YeYoung. You will also be hearing from North Korean
- [Yeon Sang-ho's Colony: UK theatrical release](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/02/yeon-sang-hos-colony-uk-theatrical-release/): Direct from the Cannes Film Festival, the highly anticipated zombie shocker sensation from Yeon Sang-ho, director of SEOUL STATION, TRAIN TO BUSAN and PENINSULA. Professor Se Jeong attends a biotech conference, only to witness it spiral into catastrophe when a rapidly mutating virus is accidentally unleashed, infecting attendees within minutes. As the outbreak spreads and
- [Chuseok celebrations at Samsung KX](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/29/chuseok-celebrations-at-samsung-kx/): Celebrate Chuseok, one of Korea’s most important traditional holidays, at Chuseok Festival London 2026. Taking place at Samsung KX London on 20 September from 12–7pm, the festival is centred around the values of gratitude, sharing and togetherness and invites visitors to discover Korean culture through a vibrant programme of hands-on experiences. The festival will also
- [KCCUK autumn exhibition: The Unclassified](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/29/kccuk-autumn-exhibition-the-unclassified/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK is delighted to present The Unclassified, a group exhibition of four leading contemporary Korean and Korean-heritage artists, Meekyoung Shin, Ayoung Kim, siren eun young jung, and Gala Porras-Kim, exploring how museums shape the way we understand, remember, and interpret culture. The exhibition interrogates the limits of the systems and assumptions
- [Book review: Frontier Contact Between Chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/18/review-frontier-contact/): What a relief to return to some non-fiction. And although at LKL we are wholly unqualified to review academic works, we don't mind saying why we it is that we like a particular book. Frontier Contact paints a fascinating picture of the interconnectedness of Gyeongsang Province and Tsushima in the 17th to 19th centuries, focusing
- [August events 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/01/august-events-21/): A few things to tide us over the summer until things start getting busier in the Autumn: Exhibitions The KCCUK's summer exhibition, Korean Traditional Painting in Alter-age: Pure and Hybrid, closes on 21 Aug Three Korean artists display their work in New Malden all month in a project titled Gachi (가치/같이): Surroundings and Companions Screenings
- [Two Korean Liberation Day celebrations in New Malden](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/03/korean-independence-day-celebrations/): The Korean Society UK CIC is hosting the 81st Liberation Day commemoration event at New Malden Methodist Church. This event is a meaningful occasion to reflect on the significance of our liberation and to foster harmony and friendship within the Korean community in the UK.A variety of programs have been prepared, including Samulnori (traditional percussion),
- [Event news: Support for North Korean Exiles - a talk in New Malden](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/03/18/event-news-support-for-north-korean-exiles-a-talk-in-new-malden/): EAHRNK will be hosting an event in New Malden on April 5th in conjunction with TNKR (Teach North Korean Refugees). Come along to find out how you can get involved in North Korean human rights: Empowerment and Integration: Support for North Korean Exiles Wed 5 April 2017 | 19:00 – 21:00 New Malden Methodist Church
- [Look forward, not back: how best to work with North Korean exiles](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/05/15/look-forward-not-back-how-best-to-work-with-north-korean-exiles/): If I had been given a fiver every time a journalist or PhD student asked to be put in touch with North Korean refugees in the London area I wouldn't be exactly rich, but there would be a few more books overflowing from my already full bookcase. Whether it be for reaction to the latest
- [Music, dance, discussion and documentary: an evening with Freedom Speakers International](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/09/25/music-dance-discussion-and-documentary-an-evening-with-freedom-speakers-international/): In support of North Korean human rights, join Freedom Speakers International, Ooberfuse, and the Seoul Larkspur International Film Festival for a concert in London on October 21, 2023 from 5-8 p.m. at St. Giles Hotel #6. Music by Ooberfuse Live Talk Show discussion with North Korean refugees. North Korean human rights documentary: Mom`s strange land
- [Healing Hearts: The stories and voices of North Korean refugees](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/09/26/healing-hearts-the-stories-and-voices-of-north-korean-refugees/): Three North Korean refugees will share their experiences in North and South Korea through different voices. Co-founder of Freedom Speakers International will share his experiences meeting with more than 500 North Koreans refugees and why North Korean refugees speak out. After the forum, attendees will also be invited to watch “You Don't Know,” a documentary
- [Stories of Freedom: The stories and voices of North Korean refugees](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/10/11/stories-of-freedom-the-stories-and-voices-of-north-korean-refugees/): The British Korean Society and SOAS host an event in which three North Korean refugees will share their experiences in North and South Korea through different voices. In addition, the Co-founder of Freedom Speakers International will share his experiences of meeting refugees living in South Korea. This will be a talk with a video presentation
- [Voices from North Korea: Music & Talk](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/06/11/voices-from-north-korea-music-talk/): Join Freedom Speakers International on June 14 from 5-7 pm in Raynes Park, London, for an inspiring evening of personal stories and live music at Voices from North Korea: Music & Talk. North Korean refugee speakers will talk about their lives growing up in North Korea and their journeys to freedom, offering rare first-hand insights
- [Stage Fever Royal Serenade, at Piano Smithfield](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/09/stage-fever-royal-serenade-at-piano-smithfield/): An intimate live music experience where opera, musical theatre, pop, R&B, Korean crossover and tango meet around the piano. Featured artists Soprano: Soyeon Shin, Sophia Jin Global Pop Artist: QoA Featured musicians Piano: Leah Park Violin: Sophia Jin Other performers Stanely Dubentru-huret Henry Chandler What happens when opera meets R&B, musical theatre meets Korean tradition,
- [Korean musical: You & It](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/24/korean-musical-you-it/): South Korea's award-winning musical sensation arrives in London. Following sold-out acclaim across Asia and a triumphant Edinburgh Fringe run, You & It transfers to the King's Head Theatre, Islington, for a limited season. Set in a near-future world where humans and AI coexist, You & It tells the moving story of a grieving widower who encounters
- [Language of Joe and Cho, at the Camden Fringe](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/03/language-of-joe-and-cho-at-the-camden-fringe/): "What happens when the mask you wear online becomes the person you can’t escape in real life?" "And What happens your online persona causes a collision in your physical reality and your family?" "What are you going to do if that triggers the issues you've been ignoring for years?" Cho is a university student living
- [Lee Sang-min's Salmokji: Whispering Water plus Yeon Sang-ho retrospective at Frightfest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/02/lee-sang-mins-salmokji-at-frightfest/): The highest-grossing Korean horror film of all time arrives at FrightFest. A road-view filming crew is sent to a remote reservoir to reshoot footage previously deemed unusable due to unexplained visual distortions. Led by Su-in, the team documents the surrounding roads and landscape, but during a routine review of the recordings, they notice unfamiliar figures
- [The Host to get London screening at Frightfest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2006/07/17/the-host-to-get-london-screening/): Bong Joon-ho's hit film The Host will be screening in London at the end of August as part of the 2006 FrightFest. Be there (Odeon West End, 28th August). My guess is you won't see a finer film this year.
- [Peninsula to get UK theatrical release](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/09/15/peninsula-to-open-frightfest-2020-with-later-theatrical-release/): Well, the BFI London Film Festival wasn't interested in any Korean films, but all credit to Frightfest for securing the zombie blockbuster Peninsula to open their festival on 22 October. Here's the press release from the FrightFest website; UPDATE: unfortunately, since the festival has moved online-only as the pandemic situation has worsened, Peninsula will no
- [Recommended K-film viewing this weekend](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/08/21/recommended-k-film-viewing-this-weekend/): This Friday's screening at the KCC is the Jeong Brothers' Epitaph (2007). Synopsis as follows: “In a modern hospital in 1941, doctors witness weird events and learn DEATH is the sole healer.” In 1979, Dr. PARK receives an old photo album from his twenties in 1941 when mysterious things befell him and his colleagues. PARK
- [Is The Host anti-American (spoilers)?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2006/08/30/is-the-host-anti-american-spoilers/): The packed performance of The Host at Frightfest on Monday went down well. We were told by the organisers that we were watching the longest possible print. Whether that means there are cuts in other theatrical versions I don't know. One of the things about The Host is that it's generated a lot of noise
- [Countdown to London premiere of The Host](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2006/07/28/countdown-to-london-premiere-of-the-host/): Tickets for Frightfest go on sale on Tuesday 1 August at 11 am. Make sure you get in early. There's a very slim possibility that Bong Joon-ho himself might be there, but don't get your hopes up. To whet your appetite, have a listen to the Metropolitician's latest podcast: it's a discussion with Darcy and
- [Bedevilled to screen at Frightfest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/08/28/bedevilled-to-screen-at-frightfest/): Frightfest is becoming as much a feature of the August Bank Holiday weekend as the Notting Hill Carnival. Given Korea's track record in producing scary movies you can usually count on there being a K-film or two. This year it's Bedevilled, screening on Monday afternoon 30 August. The stills look promising. From the KCC website:
- [Event news: 2 K-horror hits at Frightfest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/07/31/event-news-2-k-horror-hits-at-frightfest/): London's Frightfest, which takes place over the August bank holiday weekend, has two Korean horror movies including this summer's smash hit Train to Busan. The venue is Vue Cinema Shepherds Bush | West 12 Shopping Centre | Shepherd's Bush Green | London W12 8PP. Train to Busan (부산행) Director: Yeon Sang-Ho, 2016, 118mins Monday 29
- [Lady from 406 screens at Frightfest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/08/26/lady-from-406-screens-at-frightfest/): Blink and you'll miss it, but there's some Korean interest at Frightfest this weekend. Included in a showcase of short films is The Lady from 406 by director Lee Kyoung-mi (The Truth Beneath) starring Lee Young-ae. The Lady from 406 (아랫집 - UK Premiere) Part of Short Film Showcase 3 Prince Charles Discovery 1 Monday
- [Ahn Jae-huun's Gill (아가미) screens at Frightfest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/07/19/ahn-jae-huuns-gill-screens-at-frightfest/): Gon was on the verge of death when suddenly, gills started to grow and he could breathe again. Kang Ha and his grandpa rescue Gon, and together they become an odd family. Jae-huun Ahn is the director of Meditation with a Pencil, a Korean animation studio, whose previous critically-acclaimed works, including GREEN DAYS and THE
- [Anton Hur and Lee Seong-bok at Edinburgh International Book Fest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/08/02/anton-hur-and-lee-seong-bok-at-edinburgh-international-book-fest/): Anton Hur and Lee Seong-bok will be appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to celebrate the publication of Lee's That Summer's End - translated by Hur: Anton Hur & Lee Seong-bok: That Summer’s End Regarded as one of South Korea’s most influential poets, Lee Seong-bok is the author of eight extraordinary poetry collections and
- [ATEEZ: Light the Way - in cinemas](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/30/ateez-light-the-way-in-cinemas/): Indulge your passion for K-pop without the expensive tickets and the long queues. ATEEZ will be appearing in a cinema near you in August. ATINYs will need no further encouragement, but for everyone else here's the synopsis taken from the ateezincinemas.com website: One day, a mysterious message arrives for ATEEZ, who had been spending a
- [Hong Sangsoo's The Day She Returns, at the ICA](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/12/hong-sangsoos-the-day-she-returns-at-the-ica/): The Day She Returns follows actress Bae Jeongsu (Song Sunmi), who, having stepped back from acting after marriage and a subsequent divorce, returns to the profession with a role in an independent film. As the film’s release approaches, she takes part in a series of press interviews. A subtle meditation on memory and performance, Hong
- [K-Art Now: The Sense of Space -- Why It Matters in My Practice](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/30/k-art-now-the-sense-of-space-why-it-matters-in-my-practice/): 4482 SASAPARI are pleased to present the second artist talk of 2026, held in conjunction with the opening exhibition of Gachi (가치/같이): Surroundings and Companions. Join us for The Sense of Space: Why It Matters in My Practice, an artist talk with Hongil Yoon, a London and Seoul-based artist. Hongil Yoon is a London and
- [Gachi (가치/같이): Surroundings and Companions](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/08/gachi-exhibition-1/): In Korean, the words for “Value” (가치) and “Together” (같이) are written differently but share the same pronunciation: Gachi. Rooted in this resonance, the exhibition takes place in the heart of a local café — a space where we pause, gather our thoughts, meet others, and form everyday memories. Here, we invite you to experience
- [Special Screening: To the Last Day (이 생명 다하도록) & Pre-screening Lecture](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/28/special-screening-to-the-last-day-이-생명-다하도록-pre-screening-lecture/): Join the KCCUK for a special screening of To the Last Day (1960), accompanied by a pre-screening lecture by Dr Hyunseon Lee (PhD, Habil.), Professorial Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, celebrating the publication of her books Korean Film and Festivals (2022) and Korean Film and History (2023). Shin Sang-ok’s masterful portrayal of a
- [Sailor Honeymoon: UK tour](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/15/sailor-honeymoon-uk-tour-dates/): Sailor Honeymoon began as a spontaneous collaboration born from all-woman jam sessions hosted by photographer Abi Raymaker (장인화) and former DJ Zaeeun Shin (신재은). Their vision was realised in a shared practice room where their noisy, loose improvisation was charged with chemistry, a small act of rebellion in a country where pop culture encourages artists
- [XG World Tour "The Core" in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/09/xg-world-tour-the-core-in-london/): XG (Xtraordinary Genes) is a seven-member artist group consisting of JURIN, CHISA, HINATA, HARVEY, JURIA, MAYA, and COCONA. Unbound by innate attributes or predefined frameworks, XG unleashes the power and creativity that lie within each individual’s core. By continuously creating new culture without being constrained by convention, XG seeks to empower people across the world
- [Bang Yongguk "Haebang" tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/08/bang-yongguk-haebang-tour-in-london/): Former B.A.P leader, rapper and producer Bang Yongguk returns to London this September with the latest chapter of his acclaimed Haebang (解方) tour. Known for his gravel‑toned delivery, introspective lyricism and a production style that blends brooding hip‑hop with cinematic instrumentation, Yongguk has carved out one of the most distinctive solo paths among second‑generation idols.
- [dearALICE UK tour](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/20/dearalice-uk-tour/): Britain’s exciting, on-the-rise band dearALICE are primed in 2026 to show the global music scene what happens when talent and work ethic meets opportunity. dearALICE comprises Dexter Greenwood, Olly Quinn, Reece Carter and Blaise Noon, brought together through BBC One’s Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience. The six-part series followed the UK group as they
- [Lee Young Ji v2.0 tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/20/lee-young-ji-v2-0-tour-in-london/): The talented and entertaining Lee Young Ji is finally back in Europe with her solo tour! With her new side that you’ve never seen before with “LEE YOUNG JI VERSION 2.0”. The solid roaring voice and incredible energy will captivate your heart. Forget the old Lee Young Ji because she’s no longer becoming; she has
- [Pilot3: 2026 the First Flight to Europe with Young Posse](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/20/pilot3-2026-the-first-flight-to-europe-with-young-posse/): Young Posse land in London on 25 October, bringing their off‑beat, hyper‑textured pop to Scala for a one‑night stop on their first European tour. Since debuting under DSP, the group have carved out a niche with their tongue‑in‑cheek aesthetic, quick‑fire choreography and a sound that gleefully bends genre rules. Their Scala appearance is set to
- [K-Pop Demon Hunters: Women, Spirits, and Korea’s Occult Traditions](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/17/k-pop-demon-hunters-women-spirits-and-koreas-occult-traditions/): Melanie Hyo-In Han's illustrated talk explores K-Pop Demon Hunters as a gateway to Korea’s spiritual landscape. The film’s vision of song as sorcery and female warriors battling unseen forces draws directly from musok, Korea’s indigenous shamanic tradition. For centuries, mudang—predominantly women—have worked with spirits through ritual music, dance, and performance to heal, protect, and negotiate
- [The Feminist Texts We Can’t Read: How Non-Translation Silences East Asian Movements](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/17/the-feminist-texts-we-cant-read/): Join Auto Italia on Wednesday 12th August, 6:30–8:30pm for ‘The Feminist Texts We Can’t Read: How Non-Translation Silences East Asian Movements’, a reading and discussion group with artists Soo Hyun Lee and Riley Tu. This session explores East Asian feminist thought that remains largely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. Drawing on key texts from Japan and
- [Tacit Group: Frankentacit, at The Coronet Theatre](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/16/tacit-group-frankentacit-at-the-coronet-theatre/): One artist. Two AIs. An immersive concert generated in real time. Immersive audio-visual pioneers Tacit Group present FrankenTacit, an experimental algorithmic concert showcasing their spectacular synthesis of sound and visual art. Tacit Group use a fascinating live mix of mathematical coding and computer programming to produce utterly unique and compelling performances. Their algorithmic art has
- [Boram Kim: Gwantong 18 at The Coronet Theatre](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/16/boram-kim-gwantong-18-at-the-coronet-theatre/): A final solo. A body pushed to its limit. Gwantong – to pierce, penetrate, or pass through 18 – the work’s eighteen-part choreographic structure Raw, exhilarating and deeply personal, Gwantong 18 is a rare chance to encounter one of Korea’s most distinctive dance artists. Acclaimed Korean choreographer and performer Boram Kim, founder of Ambiguous Dance
- [LKFF 2014: the conversations](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/11/23/lkff-2014-the-conversations/): The London Korean Film Festival is not just about getting acquainted with the latest in Korean movies. It is also an opportunity to meet some of the people behind those movies - actors, directors and producers. Opportunities for engaging with these film professionals vary: for an ever-growing group of aficionados there is the offer of round-table
- [Park Chan-kyong: Pa-Gyong – Last Sutra Recitation, at Iniva](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/12/17/park-chan-kyong-pa-gyong-last-sutra-recitation-at-iniva/): As trailed during the London Korean Film Festival 2014, Park Chan-kyong will be having his first UK solo show at Iniva from the middle of January 2015. His work will be presented alongside that of Swedish artist Lina Selander. Park Chan-kyong: Pa-Gyong - Last Sutra Recitation Curated by Binna Choi Iniva (Institute of International Visual
- [Park Chan-kyong at Iniva - worth an investment of time](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/01/15/park-chan-kyong-at-iniva-worth-an-investment-of-time/): If you go along to Park Chan-kyong's solo show at Iniva, make sure you set aside enough time - at least a couple of hours. And those of you who went to his talk at the Korean Cultural Centre in November last year will wish you had been better prepared on what he was going to
- [Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits, at LKFF 2014](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/10/23/manshin-ten-thousand-spirits-at-lkff-2014/): This is one of the films that LKL will be looking forward to as part of this year's Korean Film Festival: Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits 만신, Dir Park Chan-kyong (박찬경), 2013 Odeon Covent Garden, Monday 10 Nov, 8:30pm | Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Thursday 20 Nov, 5:30pm A documentary spanning a lifetime, Manshin centres on a
- [Park Chan-kyong interview: Manshin, Asian Gothic and artistic autonomy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/11/18/park-chan-kyong-group-interview-2014-hc/): Artist and filmmaker Park Chan-kyong discusses Manshin, independent funding, shamanism, short films, and balancing artistic freedom with commercial cinema.
- [Festival film review: Manshin - Ten Thousand Spirits](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/01/26/festival-film-review-manshin-ten-thousand-spirits/): What is it that makes Park Chan-kyong's biopic of Korea's national shaman so compelling on so many levels? Right from the start, the narrative grips you. We meet Kim Geum-hwa, the subject of the movie, praying for the success of the film. She also prays for the health of the film crew, and asks the
- [Laura Bowler: The White Book UK Premiere](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/10/laura-bowler-the-white-book-uk-premiere/): British composer Laura Bowler’s new work for voice and orchestra is based on Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang’s The White Book – a poetic meditation on colour, grief and the human spirit. The UK premiere of this work will take place at the Barbican on 4 March, with a follow-up performance on 5
- [Buckwheat tops the translation league table](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/10/23/buckwheat-tops-the-translation-league-table/): As I've been logging the various publications during the construction of LKL's K-lit hub, I've been keeping an eye on those stories which appear most often in English translation, whether in an anthology or a standalone publication. Charles Montgomery has always said that When the Buckwheat Blooms is the most published story, and I've yet
- [Sangeun Lee in world premiere of Jae Man Joo's Auguries of Innocence](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/10/sangeun-lee-in-world-premiere-of-jae-man-joos-auguries-of-innocence/): English National Ballet lead principal Sangeun Lee will be featuring in the world premiere of Jae Man Joo's Auguries of Innocence, in a compelling triple bill entitled Rhythm Riot that launches the company's Autumn season: One stage, three moods. Explosive energy. Deep resonance. Unstoppable drive. Feel the pulse of ballet now. Experience all the music
- [The LKL Korean Literature in Translation survey: a quick look at the results](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/07/the-lkl-korean-literature-in-translation-survey-a-quick-look-at-the-results/): A few months ago I asked for your help with preparing for a talk at a conference organised by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea to celebrate their 30th birthday. The brief for my talk was, to quote from the email I received commissioning it, "how Korean literature is received by English-speaking readers — what
- [Another Sun: It's educational, but it's not for foreigners](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/08/28/another-sun-its-educational-but-its-not-for-foreigners/): I was chatting to my companion during the interval of Another Sun, the big-budget Korean musical, at Sadlers Wells last night. “It's educational,” she said, “but I don't think it's for foreigners.” I pressed her on the educational point. The plot of the musical is said to be based on the Korean foundation myth about
- [Little Angels come to London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/09/22/little-angels-come-to-london/): Sadlers Wells seems to be the venue of choice for big budget, but free, Korean shows. Hot on the heels of the musical Another Sun, we will be getting the Little Angels, who will be performing at Sadlers Wells on 2 October in aid of the British Korean War Veterans. Two performances, 3pm and 7:30pm.
- [Another Sun: big budget Korean musical comes to Sadlers Wells](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/08/11/another-sun-big-budget-korean-musical-comes-to-sadlers-wells/): News of a major musical at Sadlers Wells later this month. First, the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZsLWDS13Vg Next, the press release. The production is free on emailing the address below: Another Sun The face of musical theatre in London is set to change as a Korean theatre company arrives in the London later this month to perform
- [Edinburgh Fringe showcase at Sadlers Wells](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/07/16/edinburgh-fringe-showcase-at-sadlers-wells/): Following the success of last year's Fringe preview, once again Sadler's Wells hosts a night showcasing some of the Korean acts before they head to Edinburgh. Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 London Showcase 19:00, Friday 27 July 2018 (followed by a post-show reception) Lilian Baylis Studio | Sadler's Wells | Rosebery Avenue | London, EC1R 4TN
- [Bleak, relatable, daring, humane: how Korean literature emerged from its niche](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/09/bleak-relatable-daring-humane-how-korean-literature-emerged-from-its-niche/): The following is the text of the talk I submitted to the LTI Korea conference held in Seoul on 1 - 3 July 2026 celebrating their 30th birthday. I am grateful to LTI Korea for the invitation to present, and to those who helped and encouraged me in the preparation. Special thanks go to literary
- [2026 LTI Korea Global Literature Forum: Korean Literature -- Attraction and Resonance](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/09/2026-lti-korea-global-literature-forum-korean-literature-attraction-and-resonance/): Celebrating its 30th birthday, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea is holding a conference in Seoul to examine how Korean literature is received in countries outside of Korea, and how Korean literature should move forward. As part of the conference, there will be talks by leading authors and poets. LKL was invited to present a
- [What do you think about Korean literature in translation?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/16/what-do-you-think-about-korean-literature-in-translation/): Long story, but I find that I have managed to get myself committed to giving a talk on how Korean literature in translation is received by English-speaking readers. It's a bit of a tall order. And while I can of course articulate the ways in which I personally am drawn to Korean literature, why I
- [Korean books in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2006/09/08/korean-books-in-london/): We were unable to give a decent answer to the recent visitor to this site who asked where he could buy Korean books in London. The best anyone could come up with was to try a trip to New Malden. [Update: there's a Korean bookshop in New Malden which I visited recently. More info here.]
- [Korean bookshop in New Malden](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/08/16/book-village/): Thanks to David Gomez for writing in with an answer to a question which lots of people have asked: where to buy Korean books in London. Not books about Korea, not books about how to learn Korean, but books written in Korean. My standard answer is that I haven’t the foggiest idea, but that if
- [An Evening with Pachinko author Min Jin Lee: American Hagwon](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/09/an-evening-with-pachinko-author-min-jin-lee-american-hagwon/): Min Jin Lee is the award-winning author of Pachinko, a multigenerational saga about the lives of Koreans in Japan during an era of colonisation, war and upheaval. The much-loved novel was a finalist for the National Book Award and later adapted into a critically-acclaimed television series for Apple TV+. This October, Lee comes to the Intelligence Squared
- [POSTPONED <strike>London Hallyu Festival 2026</strike> POSTPONED](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/23/london-hallyu-festival-2026/): Get ready to experience Korean culture like never before at London Hallyu Festival 2026. Taking place on 4–5 July 2026 at Beverley Park, New Malden, the festival will bring together the energy of K-POP, authentic Korean street food, fan-participation programmes, Korean products, live entertainment and traditional culture in one outdoor celebration. Held just before the
- [July events](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/07/01/july-events-21/): Twin highlights this month: BTS's comeback and Yunchan Lim opening the Proms. Tickets for both are like gold dust. Exhibitions The KCCUK's summer exhibition, Korean Traditional Painting in Alter-age: Pure and Hybrid, is on all month. Look out for special events associated with the exhibition. Experience Young Huh's maximalist minhwa interior design style at WOWHouse
- [2014 Ra Jong-Yil Lecture: The Transformation of Korea and the Future of East Asia](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/11/15/2014-ra-jong-yil-lecture-the-transformation-of-korea-and-the-future-of-east-asia/): Cambridge University Korean Society presents the 2014 Ra Jong-Yil Lecture, "The Transformation of Korea and the Future of East Asia", given by MP Chung Woo-taek. A former minister, governor, and three-time Member of Parliament, Dr Chung is one of the most prominent political figures in Korea at the moment. Often referred to as a "sleeping
- [2010 Ra Jong-Yil lecture: Finding the Legacy and a Vision for Modern Politics in the Korean Peninsula](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/05/2010-ra-jong-yil-lecture-finding-the-legacy/): Ms Choo Mi-Ae, a leading South Korean opposition politician, will deliver this year's annual Ra Jong-Yil lecture as part of the Department of East Asian studies' Asian Studies Center seminar series. Her lecture will, in part, set out a series of bold proposals for promoting peace on the Korean peninsula and for resolving the international
- [2022 Ra Jong-yil lecture: Korean Democracy in Crisis?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2022/06/13/2022-ra-jong-yil-lecture-korean-democracy-in-crisis/): Please join the Cambridge Korean Studies department for this year's Ra Jong-yil lecture given by Professor Chin Jungkwon (진중권), former professor of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Dongyang University and director of the Institute of Techno-aesthetics. The title of the talk is "Korean Democracy in Crisis?" and will take place this Wednesday (15 June)
- [2025 Ra Jong-Yil Lecture: Baby Shark Swims in the Korean Wave](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/05/18/2025-ra-jong-yil-lecture-baby-shark-swims-in-the-korean-wave/): Baby Shark Swims in the Korean Wave: A Cultural Analysis of Global Media Phenomena While the Korean Wave is usually associated with film, TV shows, and popular music, Korean entrepreneurs have also achieved significant global success in family entertainment. The song “Baby Shark” in particular has become the most watched Youtube video of all time,
- [CNBLUE world tour "3LOGY" in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/12/cnblue-world-tour-3logy-in-london/): 2026 CNBLUE live world tour "3LOGY" IN EUROPE BOICE, the wait is finally over! After years of longing, the masters of K-Rock are returning to the European stage. CNBLUE is bringing their high-octane energy, soul-stirring melodies, and legendary stage presence back to you in the 2026 CNBLUE live world tour “3LOGY”. Experience a night where
- [Korean Days at Leeds University](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/05/30/korean-days-at-leeds-university/): Under the theme of ‘Korean Music & Community Wellbeing’, Korea Day will visit Leeds for the first time this June. The event will be held over 2 days, with performances of traditional Korean music and K-hip-hop. The event will also include a series of workshops on traditional Korean music, K-pop, Korean culture, and language. Time
- [June culture and craft workshops at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/05/23/june-culture-and-craft-workshops-at-the-kcc/): After the KCCUK's three creative sessions over the past three months, for June the pace quickens, with six sessions in the space of two weeks: Traditional Craft Workshops 5 June & 6 June 2025, 7:00pm – 9:30pm | Book here Discover the beauty of Korean heritage through hands-on traditional craft making. This two-day workshop offers
- [May new talents recital at the KCC: Uriah Piano Trio](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/05/01/may-new-talents-recital-at-the-kcc-uriah-piano-trio/): For the May performance of New Talents, KCCUK are delighted to introduce Uriah Piano Trio, featuring Michelle Choi (Flute), Helen Meng (Piano) and Joseph Reynolds (Cello), in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music. Programme C. Debussy Piano Trio in G major I. Andantino con moto allegro II. Scherzo · Intermezzo. Moderato con allegro III.
- [Actor Baek Yoon-sik interview: career flow, creative choice, defining roles](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/10/baek-yoon-sik-group-interview-2016-hc/): Baek Yoon-sik discusses his career across TV and film, key roles in Save the Green Planet and The President’s Last Bang, and his approach to acting and scripts.
- [Juvenile Offender (범죄소년, 2012) review: gritty social commentary meets romantic melodrama](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/01/31/juvenile-offender-2012-review-hc/): Juvenile Offender, examining youth crime, social neglect & generational trauma, is ultimately as warm, caring & affecting as it is gritty & socially aware.
- [Korea update with the two ambassadors](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/18/korea-update-with-the-two-ambassadors-2/): A briefing with the British ambassadors to South and North Korea, who will talk about their work and current issues on the Peninsula. After the presentations there will be a Question & Answer session and a reception with refreshments. Colin Crooks has been the British Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since 2022. He previously
- [KCCUK exhibition: Icheon and Beyond -- The Space Within Form](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/05/kccuk-exhibition-icheon-and-beyond/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK), in collaboration with the City of Icheon, is delighted to present Icheon and Beyond: The Space Within Form, an exhibition exploring the philosophical and material foundations of Korean ceramics. Rooted in the rich heritage of Icheon — a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art — the exhibition
- [In pictures: Icheon and Beyond — The Space Within Form](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/24/in-pictures-icheon-and-beyond-the-space-within-form/): In the past few years, the potters and other artisans of Icheon have shown off the beauty of their work at the Collect craft fair, in partnership with Han Collection. That arrangement worked well for a few years, but had its limitations. On the one hand, Collect gave them the opportunity to find buyers for
- [Korean crafts at Collect 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/19/korean-crafts-at-collect-2026/): As usual, you can expect some exquisite Korean crafts to be on show at Collect this year at Somerset House, 27 February - 1 March (with preview days). Sadly, though, as far as I can see, there won't be the Icheon Ceramics / Han Collection collaboration that has given so much pleasure over the past
- [[Durham] Songs beneath the Sacred Tree](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/18/durham-songs-beneath-the-sacred-tree/): Wednesday 27 May: a lecture-concert exploring the thrilling song, dance and rhythms of South Korea’s East Coast hereditary shaman tradition, featuring two leading ritualists (officially recognised as Cultural Assets 82-1) together with Prof. Simon Mills. Still today, some of the fishing communities scattered along South Korea’s eastern coastline maintain their tradition of hiring a hereditary
- [In pictures: Songs beneath the Sacred Tree](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/22/in-pictures-songs-beneath-the-sacred-tree/): It was a huge privilege to be one of the few members of the audience when two leading practitioners of the East Coast Byeolshin Gut tradition displayed their talents in Durham's music department towards the end of May. Husband and wife team Hong Hyojin and Jung Younrak continue the traditions of the hereditary shaman practice,
- [Tabber "Modern Goth" tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/24/tabber-modern-goth-tour-in-london/): A new moon is rising, and with it, a brand-new chapter for Tabber. Known for pushing boundaries and creating some of the most distinctive sounds in Korean R&B and alternative music, Tabber has never been an artist who stays in one place for long. This October, he returns to Europe with a completely reimagined live
- [LUN8 2026 "Beyond the Moon" tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/24/lun8-2026-beyond-the-moon-tour-in-london/): LUN8 is a K-pop boy group that debuted on June 15, 2023. Their name carries the meaningful message of “boys who embrace the moonlight that brightly illuminates the dark night.” Since their debut, the group has garnered worldwide attention for their energetic performances, outstanding vocals, and captivating stage presence. This August, LUN8 returns to Europe
- [Ampers&One 'Born To Define' in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/24/ampersone-born-to-define-in-london/): Rookie boy group Ampers&One bring their first European tour to London this September, marking a major milestone in their fast‑rising career. Formed under FNC Entertainment, the seven‑member team — Kamden, Brian, Jiho, Siyun, Mackiah, Kyrell and Seungmo — have been building momentum since their 2023 debut with On and On, followed by tracks such as
- [KARD European tour at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/24/kard-european-tour-at-the-shepherds-bush-empire/): Co‑ed K‑pop powerhouse KARD return to London this September as part of their 2026 Europe Tour, bringing their signature blend of EDM, tropical house and hip‑hop back to the capital. Since their debut with Hola Hola, BM, J.Seph, Somin and Jiwoo have carved out a distinctive space in the K‑pop landscape with their bold concept,
- [Event news: Ambassador Kathleen Stephens gives Ra Jong-yil Annual Lecture](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/06/01/event-news-ambassador-kathleen-stephens-gives-ra-jong-il-annual-lecture/): This Friday's annual Ra Jong-yil lecture in Cambridge will be given by Kathleen Stephens, former US ambassador to the ROK. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required. Lessons from Korea Ra Jong-yil Annual Lecture at Cambridge Friday, 3 June 2016, 5:00 pm (RSVP in advance to jhs22@cam.ac.uk) Darwin College, Old Library Ambassador Kathleen Stephens
- [Ra Jong-yil Lecture 2023 - Dr Chung Sye-kyun](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/02/28/ra-jong-yil-lecture-2023-dr-chung-sye-kyun/): As U.S. national power, which has created and supported the international order for the past 70 years, has declined relatively, the international order is now entering a transformational phase. The Pax Americana system, or the American-centered uni-polar system, an international order based on liberalism and rules, no longer works. With the current system not working
- [Korea - Europe Forum | The Global Transformation of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics: Responses from Korea and Europe](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/04/23/korea-europe-forum/): The war in Ukraine, US-China competition, and global supply chain restructuring have presented significant complex crises for European and Asian countries. At a moment of historical change, security is becoming more tightly interconnected across different regions while new types of economic alliances are reshaping individual countries’ national strategies for ensuring high-tech supremacy. This set of
- [Korea Global Forum 2023](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/09/18/korea-global-forum-2023/): Cambridge University’s Centre for Geopolitics and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES) are delighted to announce that, together with the Peace and Democracy Institute of Korea University, they will jointly be hosting the Korea Global Forum: Europe Seminar on September, 29, 2023, at Darwin College, Cambridge. Since its inception in 2010, the
- [The U.S.-Korea Alliance: Why It Might Fail and Why It Must Not](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/06/09/the-u-s-korea-alliance-why-it-might-fail-and-why-it-must-not/): The Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics invites Scott Snyder to discuss the U.S.-Korea alliance and the internal and external challenges it faces. The U.S.-Korea alliance has endured through seven decades of shifting regional and geopolitical security contexts. Yet it now faces challenges from within. Domestic political turmoil, including deepening political polarization and rising forms of exclusive
- [North Korea: Human rights, security and beyond](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/11/14/north-korea-human-rights-security-and-beyond/): Please join the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics for a panel discussion involving representatives of the Republic of Korea’s Institute for National Unification (KINU), and leading UK Korea specialists. The discussion will consider the human rights’ situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the wider issue of how international law might be used
- [Understanding South Korea’s Political Crisis: Martial Law, Impeachment and Populist Politics](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/02/04/understanding-south-koreas-political-crisis-martial-law-impeachment-and-populist-politics/): A Roundtable on Contemporary South Korean Politics Speakers: Jang Kyung-tae (Democratic Party of Korea), Kim Jaesub (People Power Party), Lee Jaeyoung (People Power Party). Chair: Dr John Nilsson-Wright Following President Yoon Suk-Yeol’s surprise announcement of martial law on December 3, 2024, South Korean politics has been plunged into a period of great political uncertainty and
- [The ROK-UK Strategic Partnership for the Future](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/03/31/the-rok-uk-strategic-partnership-for-the-future/): At a time of acute global and regional uncertainty, former Foreign Minister, Park Jin will reflect on the urgent need and the key opportunities for strengthening bilateral cooperation between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea (ROK). Dr Park has a long history of engagement with the United Kingdom, having taken a degree in
- [Alliances in Alignment: a special Cambridge / Korea Foundation roundtable](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/10/03/alliances-in-alignment-a-special-cambridge-korea-foundation-roundtable/): Join us for a special roundtable that discusses the past, present and future of trilateral cooperation between the ROK, US and Japan How has trilateral cooperation between the ROK, the US, and Japan been conceived and developed, and where does its future lie? This special roundtable brings together leading scholars and experts to explore the
- [Science Diplomacy: How Will It Upgrade the Korea-Britain Global Strategic Partnership](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/18/science-diplomacy-how-will-it-upgrade-the-korea-britain-global-strategic-partnership/): Former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, Dr Park Jin, will be giving a talk at Darwin on June 22nd from 4.00 to 5.30, exploring the importance of bridging the divide between the sciences and the social sciences and humanities. At a time when technological and scientific advances are transforming our lives, there is
- [Korean performers and Korea-related acts at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival and Fringe](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/23/korean-performers-and-korea-related-acts-at-the-2026-edinburgh-festival-and-fringe/): If you've got friends in the area who are happy to accommodate you for a few days, here's what you can enjoy in Edinburgh this August. Tickets for Haribo Kimchi at the main festival are hard to get, but it will be worth it: the performance in London two years ago was intimate, conversational and
- [K-Music 2026: ADG7, Chang Kiha, Lil Cherry & GOLDBUUDA](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/15/k-music-2026-adg7-chang-kiha-lil-cherry-goldbuuda/): This year, the festival kicks off at EartH Hackney with a sensational triple-bill lineup, bringing together shamanic folk-pop, legendary indie-rock groove, and avant-garde hip-hop all on one stage. To make this launch night even more unforgettable, the evening will also feature exclusive collaboration moments, blurring the lines between genres for a unique live experience you
- [K-music 2026: Wind Alone, Sand Alone — Make No Sound](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/15/k-music-2026-wind-alone-sand-alone-make-no-sound/): Six musicians from Korea and France explore sound as a collective phenomenon born of encounter and relationship: Wind Alone, Sand Alone - Make No Sound. ‍The breath, vocalisation, friction, and resonance of sound artist Rémi Klemensiewicz, haegeum player Yeji Kim, viola d'amore player Olivier Marin, geomungo player Eunyong Sim of JAMBINAI, medieval vocalist Christian Ploix, and jeongga (traditional Korean vocal
- [K-music 2026: Dongyang Gozupa in Oxford, London and Leeds](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/15/k-music-2026-dongyang-gozupa-in-oxford-london-and-leeds/): Dongyang Gozupa, the genre-defying Korean power trio, return with an electrifying fusion of post-rock intensity, electronic textures, and yanggeum-driven rhythms into a powerful, wordless sonic journey that expands across dynamic, shifting soundscapes. Dongyang Gozupa, who previously wowed UK audiences with their London debut in 2021, returns to the UK stage with an even more dynamic
- [K-music 2026: Jisu Jung & Baroque in Blue](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/15/k-music-2026-jisu-jung-baroque-in-blue/): A New Dialogue Between Baroque and Jazz: Korean pianist and composer Jisu Jung brings her acclaimed project Baroque in Blue to Ronnie Scott's as part of this year's K-Music Festival. Blending the elegance of Baroque music with the spontaneity and rhythmic energy of jazz, Jung and her ensemble create a compelling dialogue between two seemingly
- [Sumi Jo in Mad for Love – 40th Anniversary Celebration Concert](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/27/sumi-jo-in-mad-for-love-40th-anniversary-celebration-concert/): Renowned soprano Sumi Jo, accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau, is joined by guest baritone Edward Nelson for a 40th-anniversary celebration of song and opera at the Cadogan Hall on 12 March. Their recital spans Vivaldi, Donizetti, Delibes, Bellini, Duparc, Lehár, Korngold, Rossini, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and more, pairing virtuosic vocal displays with expressive poetry and
- [Jay Park: Serenades & Body Rolls tour at Wembley Arena](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/18/jay-park-serenades-body-rolls-tour-at-wembley-arena/): Jay Park is considered as one of the most influential artists in hip-hop and popular music. He has established AOMG, H1GHR MUSIC and MORE VISION, released a diverse range of music including featuring for other artists and appeared as a mentor in various competitive music programs both domestic and international. Jay Park proved himself to
- [Re-Seed Asia: The Future of East Asian Fashion & Cultural Exchange](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/05/re-seed-asia-the-future-of-east-asian-fashion-cultural-exchange/): Re-Seed Asia brings together fashion, education, and cultural exchange to connect emerging creatives across Asia. Re-Seed Asia: Fashion, Culture & Creative Diplomacy Summit is an exhibition-led international cultural exchange programme hosted by University of the Arts London at London College of Fashion. This exhibition brings together emerging student creatives from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the
- [The challenges of marketing and translating Korean literature explored at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/10/21/the-challenges-of-marketing-and-translating-korean-literature-explored-at-the-kcc/): Shouvik Datta reports from the Korean Literature Forum at the KCCUK on 15 October. It was an interesting and well-attended discussion at the London Korean Cultural Centre on October 15, well chaired by the BBC journalist Samira Ahmed. My own knowledge of Korean literature is confined to the modern classic “Three Generations”, by Yom Sang-seop,
- [Lee Charm's Korean holiday itinerary](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/08/15/lee-charm-holiday-itinerary/): KTO chief Lee Charm shows good taste vacationing in Sancheong. http://t.co/hP4mhX5. No doubt getting a top-up of 기. http://t.co/7QfIfCj #. It's nice to see a holiday itinerary that takes in all of the provinces. Maisan in Jinan-gun is definitely on my bucket list, but there are other things on the tour, and mentioned in the
- [KCCUK Norigae and Jogakbo Workshop](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/09/kccuk-norigae-and-jogakbo-workshop/): Join the KCCUK for a hands-on craft workshop exploring the beauty of Norigae and Jogakbo, two treasured elements of traditional Korean culture. Discover the history, symbolism, and artistry behind these unique crafts while creating your own meaningful keepsakes. Norigae Norigae is a traditional Korean ornament worn by women that added elegance and splendour to the
- [Korea Forum 2026: Beyond Soft Power — From K-Wave to K-Initiative ⁠](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/11/korea-forum-2026-beyond-soft-power-from-k-wave-to-k-initiative/): Korea captured the world’s imagination through culture. Can it now help shape what comes next? Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United Kingdom and the Korean Cultural Centre UK, ‘Korea Forum 2026’ brings together thought leaders from business, culture, academia, and diplomacy to explore how Korea’s cultural influence is evolving
- [Korea Forum: Across Futures](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/11/korea-forum-across-futures/): Korea Forum 2026, presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United Kingdom and the KCCUK, is a public diplomacy platform that fosters dialogue on Korea's evolving soft power across culture, technology, and industry. This year, the forum will take place in two editions: 'Korea Forum: Across Futures,' on 28 April, held
- [Le Sserafim PUREFLOW World Tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/09/le-sserafim-pureflow-world-tour-in-london/): LE SSERAFIM bring their PUREFLOW World Tour to London on 16 October 2026, marking the group’s first standalone UK concert and a major step in their expanding global footprint. Since debuting under Source Music/HYBE, the five‑member group have become one of K‑pop’s most closely watched acts, pairing precision choreography with a sleek, hybrid sound that
- [Kang Yuchan x From20 "Body Talk" tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/08/kang-yuchan-x-from20-body-talk-tour-in-london/): Singer and actor KANG YUCHAN debuted in 2017 as a member of A.C.E and has continued to build a diverse career on the global stage. Alongside his musical activities, he has also established a solid acting career, expressing his journey of growth as an artist who stays true to himself through his music from20 is
- [ITZY 3rd World Tour "Tunnel Vision" in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/08/itzy-3rd-world-tour-tunnel-vision-in-london/): Following the release of their acclaimed new EP Motto and the launch of their global ITZY 3RD WORLD TOUR earlier this year, international K-pop superstars ITZY have announced the European and UK leg of the tour, presented by Live Nation. ITZY 3rd World Tour in Europe/UK supports the group's acclaimed November mini-album TUNNEL VISION, which
- [Sunmi comes to the Troxy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2022/07/16/sunmi-comes-to-the-troxy/): SUNMI returns to Europe and North America this August and September with her recent releases, performed live on your doorstep! You will experience various emotions through her music. She is ready to put on a show-stopping performance for you miya-ne’s! Join us for this Everlasting Night. For more info, go to www.OfficialKEvents.com 17:00: VIP entry
- [KARD: Playground tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/06/30/kard-playground-tour-in-london/): Meet KARD on their European Playground this summer to see them perform live near you! Experience their intense passion and innovative music including their latest release "ICKY." Witness the remarkable talents of each member as they bring their unique musical vision to the stage and captivate you with groovy melodies in August and September. Don't
- [Bang Yongguk: III Europe Tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/09/01/bang-yongguk-iii-europe-tour-in-london/): Get ready for a dynamic performance as Bang Yongguk brings his ‘III Europe tour’! This is not just a concert—it’s a journey through Bang Yongguk’s career, featuring songs capturing his duality as an artist. From his k-pop roots to his hip hop and R’n’B anthems, each side of Bang Yongguk will come to life on
- [Lee Minhyuk: "Hook - Who : King" tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/11/29/lee-minhyuk-hook-who-king-tour-in-london/): Lee Minhyuk — better known as HUTA — is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and a core member of the boy group BTOB. He’s also an established solo artist known for his powerful performance style and athletic stage presence. HUTA is embarking on a five‑city European tour in February 2026. This marks his
- [ATEEZ play BST Hyde Park 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/18/ateez-play-bst-hyde-park-2026/): The acclaimed South Korean group return to London to make their Hyde Park headline debut for a UK Exclusive show. BST’s vast Hyde Park setting offers a rare chance to see ATEEZ scale their theatrical live production to festival proportions, with a set likely to draw from their recent Golden Hour: Part 1 era alongside
- [2015 Travel Diary day 10: Namhansanseong and the Gangnam Tombs](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/06/07/2015-travel-diary-day-10-namhansanseong-and-the-gangnam-tombs/): Myeongdong, Seoul, Sunday 7 June The Mountain Fortress I am scheduled to meet a friend at 9:30 at Sanseong Station on Line 8. From there we take the bus (number 9) via a circuitous route through a residential area and up the steep hill to the main car park of one of Korea’s latest UNESCO
- [2026 British Korean War Veterans Remembrance Day](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/06/2026-british-korean-war-veterans-remembrance-day/): More than 70 years ago, young men travelled thousands of miles from home to defend the freedom of a country they had never seen before. Today, because of their courage and sacrifice, generations of Koreans live in peace and freedom. On 27 June, the Korean Veterans Association UK gathers not only to remember their service,
- [K-Dance 2026: GRAVITY by Ryu and Friends](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/02/k-dance-2026-gravity-by-ryu-and-friends/): Swept up by an invisible force, an eleven-strong company shakes, scatters and spins in a spectacular extraterrestrial dance. GRAVITY is a work about relationships between all matter; the push and pull, the chaos, the harmony, the awe and the grace, of life in the universe. Experimental choreographer Jang-hyun Ryu stages a universe in motion where energy mutates, transforms
- [K-Dance 2026: Abyss / Ekah by 99 Art Company](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/02/k-dance-2026-abyss-ekah-by-99-art-company/): 99 Art Company returns to the UK following 2024’s audience favourite Burnt Offering which won the Grand Prize at the 2024 Seoul Arts Awards, with a double-bill exploring the power of art to connect and drive change. Abyss draws on the principles of traditional Korean dance and contemporary movement to explore 'han' — a deep,
- [K-Dance 2026: Voyage / Hakkō by Korea National Contemporary Dance Company](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/02/k-dance-2026-voyage-hakko-by-korea-national-contemporary-dance-company/): Festival favourite Korea National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC) returns with a contrasting double bill which showcases the talent and precision of the company’s dancers, including the latest work from choreographer Young-doo Jung since his 2025 Olivier Award nomination for Lear at the Barbican. In Jung’s Voyage, a solitary spacecraft moves towards a singular point. Drawing inspiration from the Voyager deep-space probes launched in 1977
- [Woo Jin Joo, Yewon Lee and Joonhong Min in Degrees of Contact](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/05/woo-jin-joo-yewon-lee-and-joonhong-min-in-degrees-of-contact/): The ArtEN Annual Exhibition is a cultural event presenting exceptional international artists working in the UK today. The 2026 iteration, Degrees of Contact, brings fifteen distinct practitioners into a shared space. This year, the focus is on contact, observing how these practices translate specific cultural origins and mythological frameworks, into a shared contemporary visual language,
- [KCC Exhibition: NEW GEN - The Emerging Voices](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/11/12/kcc-exhibition-new-gen-the-emerging-voices/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) is delighted to present the exhibition NEW GEN: The Emerging Voices, the latest edition of its annual open call programme supporting Korean artists based in the UK. This year’s exhibition introduces eight artists whose practices span painting, sculpture, moving image, and installation, exploring how identity, materiality, and technology shape contemporary
- [Korea University / SOAS Joint Colloquium on Traditional Korean Studies](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/04/korea-university-soas-joint-colloquium-on-traditional-korean-studies/): The Korea University and SOAS Joint Colloquium on Traditional Korean Studies is a full-day scholarly exchange bringing together researchers from Korea University's Institute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration and the SOAS Centre of Korean Studies. The programme features two keynote lectures and two research sessions covering a broad range of topics, including Korean reception
- [Korean Traditional Painting in Alter-age: Pure and Hybrid](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/03/korean-traditional-painting-in-alter-age-pure-and-hybrid/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK), in collaboration with Ilmin Museum of Art, is delighted to present Korean Traditional Painting in Alter-age: Pure and Hybrid, an exhibition centring on literati painting as a key strand of Korean traditional art, juxtaposing works from the collections of Ilmin Museum of Art and the Ilmin Cultural Foundation with contemporary Korean
- [May events 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/01/may-events-20/): May is shaping up to be a fantastic month. London Craft Week brings some lovely things to town, plus it's a stand-out month for performance: as well as the Festival of Korean Dance, which tours to Bournemouth, Salford, Newcastle and Glasgow, there's the opportunity to see the holders of intangible cultural property no 82-1 in
- [June events 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/06/01/june-events-21/): If K-pop and club music isn't your thing, June so far seems to be a reasonably quiet month, which after such a busy May is no bad thing. Exhibitions Architect Byoung Soo Cho has a solo exhibition at the Coronet Theatre until 6 June The KCCUK's current exhibition Icheon and Beyond — The Space Within
- [ScreaM Records, Seoul Community Radio and Korea Nights at SXSW London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/14/scream-records-and-seoul-community-radio-at-sxsw-london/): ScreaM Records: 2 June, 5:00 - 9:00pm, XOYO (Room 1) K-Pop | Electronic | House | UK Garage K-POP ScreaM is the world’s first global K-POP rave party. ScreaM Records began this concept by presenting SHOWME, the world’s first online DJ performance project that combines K-POP and dance music. This project gained immense popularity, with
- [Clara-Jumi Kang plays Britten at the Cadogan Hall](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/29/clara-jumi-kang-plays-britten-at-the-cadogan-hall/): Tchaikovsky never held back. He asked for his Fifth Symphony to be performed con desiderio e passione – ‘with desire and passion’ – and when guest conductor Ben Glassberg joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, we can promise exactly that. With its heartfelt melodies and blazing colours, we love playing Tchaikovsky’s Fifth as
- [SOAS–INALCO Joint Postgraduate Conference: Reframing Contemporary Korea -- Language, Culture, and Society](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/29/soas-inalco-joint-postgraduate-conference-reframing-contemporary-korea-language-culture-and-society/): The Centre for Korean Studies (CKS), SOAS University of London, in collaboration with INALCO, warmly invites students, scholars, and members of the public to attend the first SOAS–INALCO Joint Postgraduate Conference, Reframing Contemporary Korea: Language, Culture, and Society, to be held online on Friday, 5 June 2026. This one-day postgraduate conference aims to provide a
- [On hearing the first court nightingale: Reflections on music in Korea in the 1970s](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/04/15/on-hearing-the-first-court-nightingale-reflections-on-music-in-korea-in-the-1970s/): An interesting talk later this month at the KCC: On First Hearing the Court Nightingale Reflections on Music in Korea in the 1970s Emeritus Professor Keith Pratt (University of Durham) Date & Time: Wednesday, 28th April 2010 6.30pm Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, Korean Cultural Centre Email to info@kccuk.org.uk or call +44(0)20 7004 2600 to reserve your
- [Sung Joon: Pop Music in the Gardens](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/23/sung-joon-pop-music-in-the-gardens/): Get ready to enjoy Instagram and TikTok sensation Sung Joon at Pop Music in the Gardens, the ultimate in-person event where great tunes meet fresh air! Bring your friends, soak up the vibes, and enjoy a fantastic lineup of pop hits and original songs in a beautiful outdoor setting. It’s the perfect way to spend
- [Korean soloists at the 2026 BBC Proms](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/19/korea-soloists-at-the-2026-bbc-proms/): Three Korean soloists perform concertos at this year's Proms, including Yunchan Lim who opens the festival. 17 July (First Night): Yunchan Lim (piano) Dalia Stasevska and massed BBC forces launch the 2026 season with an American accent. The widescreen vision of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man zooms in to teeming city streets in Gershwin’s
- [KATSEYE WildWorld tour in UK](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/13/katseye-wildworld-tour-in-uk/): KATSEYE are a six‑member global girl group formed through the HYBE x Geffen Records joint project The Debut: Dream Academy. They debuted in 2024 and are positioned as a US‑K‑pop hybrid act, trained under a Korean idol system but built for a global pop market. Today, KATSEYE announced the WILDWORLD TOUR, a headline outing that
- [Byoung Soo Cho - exhibition at the Coronet Theatre](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/03/byoung-soo-cho-exhibition-at-the-coronet-theatre/): The Coronet Theatre is proud to present a major exhibition by Byoung Soo Cho, one of Korea’s most influential architects and a quietly radical figure in contemporary art and design. For three decades, Cho has cultivated an international reputation through his practice BCHO Partners, creating buildings that appear at once elemental and deeply human. His collaborations
- [NCHIVE live in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/22/nchive-live-in-london/): NCHIVE are coming to London as part of their 2026 European Tour. Experience an intimate live show with performances, fan interactions, and exclusive event benefits in a limited-capacity venue designed to bring fans closer to the group. Event includes: Live concert performance VIP & fan engagement opportunities Optional selfie add-ons London-exclusive merchandise & photocards This
- [How has East Asia responded to the fallout from the war against Iran?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/21/how-has-east-asia-responded-to-the-fallout-from-the-war-against-iran/): The joint US-Israeli air campaign against Iran has not only resulted in the effective closing of the Strait of Hormuz but also changed the world. With vibrant and trade-dependent economies, the major countries in East Asia – China, Japan and Korea – are deeply affected. They are confronted with much more than just disruptions in
- [Film Screening: Madame Freedom (자유부인)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/21/film-screening-madame-freedom-자유부인/): Adapted from the wildly popular novel serialised in the Seoul Newspaper in 1954, Madame Freedom is set in 1956, a period of upheaval and transformation in postwar Korea. The film tells the story of Madame Oh Sun-young, a woman who appears to have an enviable life: married to a successful professor, mother to a young
- [K-Content Spotlight: The Legend of Kitchen Soldier](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/21/k-content-spotlight-the-legend-of-kitchen-soldier/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK, in collaboration with CJ ENM, presents a special screening of the newly released K-drama The Legend of Kitchen Soldier. Blending themes of military life and food culture, the series has attracted attention for its uniquely Korean setting and universally engaging storytelling. Through this special event, audiences are invited to explore the
- [Korean musicians in the Wigmore 2026 Autumn season](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/21/korean-musicians-in-the-wigmore-2026-autumn-season/): Sun 27 Sep 2026, 11.30am: Hyeyoon Park (violin) With Juho Pohjonen (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’ Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Suite Op. 6: IV. Lullaby | II. March | V. Waltz Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Hyeyoon Park’s debut concerto
- [Proud Mary, at Playhouse East](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/15/proud-mary-at-playhouse-east/): ‘Proud Mary’ is a love letter to an immigrant’s ever-complex relationship with her own immigrant mother, recounting their journey from Korea to Canada. At her mum's funeral, Mary attempts to bridge the gap between Ummas (Korean mothers) and daughters across cultures, languages, eras, and egos. Charting the rites of passage for any child of an
- [Expanding the Conversation with Joonhong Min](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/15/expanding-the-conversation-with-joonhong-min/): JAIA ME, a monthly salon hosted by JAIA Architects, collaborates with 4482’s K-Art Now programme to present a unique artist talk featuring Korean contemporary artist Joonhong Min. Featured Artist: Joonhong Min Joonhong Min is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the city as both subject and lived environment. Working across sculpture, drawing, installation and performance, he investigates the
- [2026 Ra Jong-Yil Lecture: Life in North Korea seen from the heart of the regime](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/14/2026-ra-jong-yil-lecture-life-in-north-korea-seen-from-the-heart-of-the-regime/): What does it mean to live at the very center of one of the world’s most secretive and repressive regimes? In this talk, Tae Yong-ho, former North Korean Deputy Ambassador to the United Kingdom, provides a rare and profound insider’s perspective on the internal mechanics of the North Korean system. Moving beyond the common narrative of economic hardship, he explores
- [The Last Man - Korean Musical - at Southwark Playhouse](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/25/the-last-man-korean-musical-at-southwark-playhouse/): One survivor. One choice. A mysterious virus spreads across the globe. Cities fall silent. The undead roam. Armed with supplies to last a year, one survivor locks himself inside bunker B-103 to wait it out. But as the days stretch on, isolation begins to warp his sense of reality. The bunker becomes both sanctuary and
- [Leenalchi world tour comes to England](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/12/leenalchi-world-tour-comes-to-england/): LEENALCHI is the seven-piece alt-pop powerhouse from Seoul currently shattering the boundaries between the ancient and the avant-garde. By fusing pansori -- a traditional Korean genre of musical storytelling -- with a relentless, double-bass-driven rhythm section, the band has created a sound that is part 80s New Wave, part deep-funk disco, and entirely their own.
- [KC KOLLECTIVE in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/12/kc-kollective-in-london/): CULT OF YA presents KC KOLLECTIVE in London. KC is a Korean hip hop label founded by SIK-K, a versatile and illustrious name pioneering the Korean music scene. Since its inception KC has been awarded label of the year, and multiple albums and artists of the year in Korean Hip Hop Awards. Their mixtapes and
- [Event news: Jay Park plays the Troxy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/12/10/event-news-jay-park-plays-the-troxy/): Jay Park returns to London for another gig on 4 February 2018. Tickets go on sale on 12 December. I'd be tempted to go along to this, but why are so many of these events on a Sunday evening? Jay Park (with SIK-K, Hoody, DJ Wegun) Sunday, 4 February 2018 | Doors: 7:00 pm |
- [XG performs at Capital FM Summertime Ball](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/12/xg-performs-at-capital-fm-summertime-ball/): The Japanese-Korean girl group XG join the line‑up for the Capital FM Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium on 6 June 2026, bringing their high‑precision performance style and genre‑fluid sound to one of the UK’s biggest pop stages. Since debuting under XGALX, the seven‑member group have built an international following with their polished blend of R&B,
- [Traditional Korean Calligraphy Workshop](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/12/traditional-korean-calligraphy-workshop/): Join the KCCUK on 29 May for a craft workshop exploring Korea’s beautiful traditional Calligraphy. You’ll delve into the history of this elegant art form and offer a hands-on experience of this treasured cultural heritage. Korean Calligraphy, known as Seo-ye (서예), is the traditional art of writing using a brush and ink. It has a
- [Enhypen: Blood Saga tour at the o2](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/12/enhypen-blood-saga-tour-at-the-o2/): K‑pop powerhouse ENHYPEN bring their blockbuster WORLD TOUR BLOOD SAGA to The O2 on 9 March 2027, marking their biggest UK headline show to date. Since debuting under BELIFT LAB in 2020, the seven‑member group have carved out a distinctive space in the fourth‑generation landscape with their polished choreography, narrative‑driven concepts, and a sound that
- [aespa live tour – SYNK : Complæxity – in London and Manchester](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/08/aespa-live-tour-synk-complaexity-in-london-and-manchester/): K‑pop powerhouse aespa return to the UK in January 2027 with two arena‑scale shows, bringing their high‑concept audiovisual world and precision choreography to Manchester AO Arena and The O2 in London. Since their 2020 debut, the quartet — Karina, Winter, Giselle and Ningning — have carved out a distinctive space in the global pop landscape,
- [Youngsook Choi and Jaelee Kim in Scales of Breathing - Score for Interspecies Collaboration](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/21/youngsook-choi-and-jaelee-kim-in-scales-of-breathing-score-for-interspecies-collaboration/): - a participatory performance from artists Youngsook Choi and Sophie Seita, with Jaelee Kim and Rike Scheff Artists Youngsook Choi and Sophie Seita have been developing scores for movements, gestures, sound-making, and listening, in relation to the eco-intelligence of more-than-human species. As part of this long-term exploration, the participatory performance ‘Scales of Breathing’ stages experimental
- [Music for Coloratura Soprano, with Jiho Park (soprano) and Sooyeon Baik (piano)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/07/music-for-coloratura-soprano-with-jiho-park-soprano-and-sooyeon-baik-piano/): Jiho Park (soprano) and Sooyeon Baik (piano) perform music by Handel, Delibes, Donizetti and Schubert and art songs from their native Korea Clapham Chamber Concerts continues its 2025-6 season of concerts on Friday 15 May. This programme, which will surely appeal to opera lovers and song aficionados alike, will delve into the extensive repertoire for
- [Michael Portillo: Great Korean Railway Journeys](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/03/michael-portillo-great-korean-railway-journeys/): The ex-politician turned TV presenter fronts five half-hour travel programmes on South Korea: a more sedate experience than Stephen Mulhern's travels broadcast earlier this year. 1. DMZ to Seoul Michael begins his journey at the Demilitarised Zone, the heavily fortified border that has divided the Korean peninsula since the end of the Korean War. From
- [Accidental Tourist screens on ITV](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/12/07/accidental-tourist-screens-on-itv/): Daytime TV host Stephen Mulhern leaves his comfort zone as fellow TV personalities Ant and Dec send him to South Korea to face his fears by experiencing raw seafood, extreme acupuncture, a shamanistic gut and a nerve-wracking freedive.
- [K-food focus on Radio 4's Food Programme](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/07/k-food-focus-on-radio-4s-food-programme/): Hallyu - the Korean Wave - is taking over. With dramas and films like Squid Game and K-Pop Demon Hunters topping the Netflix charts, K-beauty products filling TikTok feeds and chemist shop shelves, and the global tour of the biggest K-Pop band in the world, BTS, about to begin, there’s no getting away from its
- [Boundary Condition: Haedong Lee & Yidan Kim + Gisou Golshani & Helin Karabi](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/07/boundary-condition-haedong-lee-yidan-kim-gisou-golshani-helin-karabi/): Features a hybrid of audiovisual live sets & immersive projections; oblique ceremonial forms, xenofeminism, sonic resistance & folk remnants This edition of Boundary Condition features 6 artists in a hybrid of audiovisual live sets & immersive projections; oblique ceremonial forms, xenofeminism, olfactory imagery, sonic resistance, counter hegemony, machinic desire, shamanic practices, uncertain futures, queer politics,
- [Film Screening: The Wedding Day (시집가는 날)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/07/film-screening-the-wedding-day-시집가는-날/): Lee Byeong-il’s The Wedding Day marked a breakthrough for Korean cinema. It was not only a domestic success, earning critical acclaim for its comedy and strong moral tone, but also won the award for Best Comedy at the Fourth Asian Film Festival, signalling the beginning of Korean cinema’s emergence on the international stage. Master Maeng
- [The Tragic Story of King Danjong](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/07/the-tragic-story-of-king-danjong/): As part of the K-History Unlock series, this two-part lecture explores one of the most tragic episodes in Korean history through the life and death of King Danjong of the Joseon Dynasty. While many audiences may be familiar with the atmosphere of royal court politics through the acclaimed Korean film The King's Warden, this lecture offers a deeper
- [Korean films at Queer East 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/06/korea-films-at-queer-east-2026/): Last year's Queer East festival closed with one of my favourite films of the year - Edhi Alice. This year it offers the opportunity to see two Korea-related documentaries and another of my favourite features from last year, 3670. There are also three Korean shorts screening. Altogether a tempting line-up, and that's before you consider
- [When life becomes war: a look at Park Chan-wook's darkly humorous No Other Choice](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/09/no-other-choice-2025-review/): No Other Choice explores job-market desperation, masculinity and inherited violence in a bleak, unsettling thriller that is also at times deeply funny
- [99 Art Company in Two Spirits (정령, Jeongryeong), at the British Museum](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/05/06/99-art-company-in-two-spirits-정령-jeongryeong-at-the-british-museum/): This lunchtime live performance by 99 Art Company is performed by two dancers whose practice bridges traditional and contemporary Korean dance. Connecting Korean tradition and contemporary movement, they channel unseen presences through the body, drawing on their own lived experiences. Through movement, they connect distant pasts with the present, conveying subtle vibrations and tremors felt
- [Xdinary Heroes - The New Xcene tour in Manchester and London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/18/xdinary-heroes-the-new-xcene-tour-in-manchester-and-london/): JYP’s self‑producing rock band Xdinary Heroes bring their high‑octane The New Xcene tour to the UK this spring, with dates at Manchester Academy on 31 May and London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on 2 June 2026. Since their 2021 debut, the six‑member group — Gunil, Jungsu, Gaon, O.de, Jun Han and Jooyeon — have carved
- [The Rose - Rosetopia tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/18/the-rose-rosetopia-tour-in-london/): South Korean indie‑pop band The Rose return to London this summer with their Rosetopia world tour, bringing their signature blend of anthemic rock, lyrical introspection and stadium‑scale warmth to the Eventim Apollo on 30 June 2026. Formed in 2017 and now firmly established as one of Korea’s most globally recognised self‑producing bands, The Rose —
- [WOODZ Archive 1 World tour at the Troxy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/18/woodz-archive-1-world-tour-at-the-troxy/): With over 1 billion streams worldwide, WOODZ has firmly established himself as one of the most compelling voices in modern Korean alternative rock. Anthems including ‘Drowning’, ‘AMNESIA’, ‘I Hate You’, ‘Love Me Harder’, and ‘Sun or Suck’ alone have amassed over 500 million streams, cementing his reputation as one of the genre’s most celebrated names.
- [El Capitxn: Who Killed El tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/18/el-capitxn-who-killed-el-tour-in-london/): El Capitxn is the stage/producer name of Jang Yi‑jeong (장이정) — a South Korean singer‑songwriter, producer, and DJ, formerly the main vocalist and maknae of the boy group HISTORY. Today he is one of the most in‑demand producers in K‑pop, with credits across BTS, TXT, IU, aespa, ZEROBASEONE, PLAVE, and many more. He is coming
- [One Pact: Outshine tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/18/one-pact-outshine-tour-in-london/): ONE PACT (원팩트) is a 5-member K-pop boy group under Armada Entertainment, composed of Jongwoo, Jay Chang, Seongmin, TAG, and Yedam. The members first captured fans’ attention through their standout performances and high rankings on the hit survival show Boys Planet, where their talent and charisma resonated widely. Their most recent release is the first
- [Danny Koo performances in Brighton, London and Aldeburgh](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/18/danny-koo-performances-in-brighton-london-and-aldeburgh/): Classical violinist and crossover artist Danny Koo returns to England with a wide range of genres and venues. Danny Koo Live at Sunset Sunday 10 May 2026, 8:30pm - 9pm Brighton i360 | £30 including a glass of bubbles | Book tickets A truly one of a kind performance from internationally acclaimed violinist Danny Koo,
- [[Brighton] Tomorrowisnowtodayisyesterday](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/17/brighton-tomorrowisnowtodayisyesterday/): Sung Im Her looks at the impact of (social) media on society as it focuses on oversharing, over-saturation and the bombardment of information. The work plays with the fun aspects of challenges, memes, skits and all manner of ‘entertaining content’ that is shared on these platforms, but counters this with the realities behind the facade.
- [Korean crafts at London Craft Week 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/17/korean-crafts-at-london-craft-week-2026/): Four Korea-related exhibitions are taking place as part of London Craft Week. You already know about the first two: 1. Icheon and Beyond — The Space Within Form ... already installed at the Korean Cultural Centre. 2. Cherry Blossom Project Opening at the Garden Museum on 28 April. And the other two: 3. Origin of Materials,
- [Korean makers at Ceramic Art London 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/17/korean-makers-at-ceramic-art-london-2026/): The acclaimed Ceramic Art London fair, now in its 22nd year, returns to Olympia West from Friday 8 - Sunday 10 May 2026, (with a private view by invitation only, on Thursday 7 May). Hugely respected in the contemporary ceramics world, and always oversubscribed, it is Europe’s leading showcase for makers to sell their work.
- [Honey in the Wound: In Conversation with Jiyoung Han & SJ Kim](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/15/honey-in-the-wound-in-conversation-with-jiyoung-han-sj-kim/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK presents an evening with Jiyoung Han, celebrating her debut novel Honey in the Wound. Jiyoung Han was born in Seoul and raised in the American Midwest, and now lives in San Francisco. A lyrical and suspenseful work, Honey in the Wound follows a Korean family across decades of displacement during
- [Art and Political Allegiance: Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land and the Elite Culture of Fifteenth-Century Joseon](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/15/art-and-political-allegiance-dream-journey-to-the-peach-blossom-land/): This paper analyses the political dimensions of Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land (Mongyudowondo, 夢遊桃源圖, 1447) through the lens of art and power. The fifteenth century was Joseon's Renaissance: under the reign of King Sejong, the court became a centre of extraordinary cultural flourishing. Yet the transfer of power following Sejong's death was convulsive.
- [Intelligence with Soul: Dr Seunghye Sun on AI, K-Culture, and the Art of Human Connection](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/07/intelligence-with-soul-dr-seunghye-sun-on-ai-k-culture-and-the-art-of-human-connection/): Jennifer Paun, who organised and hosted KCCUK Director Seunghye Sun's valedictory talk at the University Women's Club, gives her impressions of the evening. On the evening of Tuesday 24 March 2026, it was a great pleasure for me to welcome Dr Seunghye Sun to the University Women’s Club for her lecture, K-Everything with AI: Rethinking
- [K-Everything with AI: Rethinking Cultural Diplomacy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/28/k-everything-with-ai/): This talk explores the global phenomenon of Korean culture through the concept of K-Everything, moving beyond individual genres to consider Korean culture as an expansive emotional, aesthetic, and relational ecosystem. It asks how rapidly advancing artificial intelligence is reshaping the nature and practice of cultural diplomacy. Korea currently stands at the forefront of digital soft
- ["Unfolding the heart": LKL meets KCCUK Director Seunghye Sun](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/16/unfolding-the-heart-lkl-meets-kccuk-director-seunghye-sun/): Dr Seunghye Sun reflects on her KCCUK leadership, explaining how partnership, emotional soft power and technology are shaping Hallyu in the UK.
- [Biennale visit: Korea's contemporary vision of Utopia](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/09/24/biennale-visit-koreas-contemporary-vision-of-utopia/): At the heart of Korea's contribution to London's first design biennale is a digital rendering of Ahn Gyeong's famous realisation of a visionary dream described by his patron, Prince Anpyeong, a son of King Sejong the Great. On the left of the image, in place of the calligraphic colophon provided by Prince Anpyeong himself is
- [Event news: South Korea at London Design Biennale 2016](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/09/08/event-news-south-korea-at-london-design-biennale-2016/): The first London Design Biennale opened yesterday at Somerset House with over 30 countries and territories participating. Nations from six continents present newly commissioned works that explore the theme Utopia by Design. South Korea is present with a project which explores the famous 1447 AD painting by An Gyeong, Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom
- [Temple Food demonstration with Venerable Yeogeo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/14/temple-food-demonstration-with-venerable-yeogeo-2/): Join the KCCUK for a Korean Temple Food Demonstration with the Venerable Yeogeo at the Le Cordon Bleu London on 27 April 2026. The Ven. Yeogeo is a Buddhist nun and a renowned expert in temple food, currently residing at Geungnaksa Temple in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. She has been officially designated as a Temple Food
- [Jogakbo Workshop at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/14/jogakbo-workshop-at-the-kcc-2/): Join the KCC for a craft workshop exploring Jogakbo. You'll delve into the history of this patchwork craft and get a hands-on experience of these cultural treasures. Jogakbo (조각보) is a traditional Korean form of patchwork. It's an art of creating a larger cloth by sewing together small, leftover scraps of fabric, typically in a
- [Fine Craft by Soluna - at London Craft Week](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/04/28/fine-craft-by-soluna-at-london-craft-week/): A leading art company in South Korea, Soluna Art Group celebrates the tenth anniversary edition of London Craft Week with an exhibition of the finest Korean craft. The history of Korean craft goes back about 7,000 years with developments in ceramics, metal, wood, mother-of-pearl, horsehair and more. Each material on its own has an interesting
- [Innocent Thing (가시, 2014) review: innocence, obsession and consequence](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/02/01/innocent-thing-2014-review-hc/): An engaging drama exploring obsession, forbidden desire and revenge, and how Korean cinema frames innocence, female agency and the fragility of the family unit
- [JUNG Korean Food Festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/11/jung-korean-food-festival/): Explore Korea’s rich food culture Think you know Korean cuisine? In collaboration with Canopy Market, JUNG Festival will be London’s first food festival and invites you to dive deeper into the country’s dynamic food culture, going beyond the staple dishes of London’s Korean food scene. Canopy Market and The Crossing will host over 30 Korean
- [Dana Choi competes on Great British Menu](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/07/dana-choi-competes-on-great-british-menu/): Dana Choi, head chef at my favourite upscale Korean restaurant in the City, is competing in one of my favourite TV cookery shows. This morning I received the following mailshot from Jang Restaurant - based in the Royal Exchange opposite the Bank of England: We are proud as punch to announce that our very own
- [Royal Joseon Sogyokso and Popcho: The Philosophical Encumbrance of Sarim in the Kimyo Literati Purge (1519)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/09/royal-joseon-sogyokso-and-popcho/): The early modern history of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) in East Asia is often depicted as an era of political conflict between the king, the Hun’gu faction, and the Sarim faction. The four major Sahwa (literati purges) reflect its seriousness through which Neo-Confucian scholars were sacrificed by the punishments of execution, exile, or dismissal. The
- [Artist Talk with Chaeeun Kim](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/12/artist-talk-with-chaeeun-kim/): UK-based ceramic artist and designer Chaeeun Kim presents a journey of her works. 4482 [SASAPARI] are pleased to present the first artist talk of 2026, held in conjunction with the opening exhibition of Gachi (가치/같이): Surroundings and Companions. Join us for Tactile Ceramics: Moulding Identity, an artist talk with Chaeeun Kim, a UK-based ceramic artist
- [2026 Korea Day in Sheffield](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/10/2026-korea-day-in-sheffield/): Korea Day is a cultural event organised to introduce and celebrate Korean culture within the University of Sheffield community. The event offers participants a unique opportunity to experience various aspects of Korea, including traditional food, games, music, and modern pop culture. Through interactive booths and engaging activities, attendees can explore Korean traditions while also enjoying
- [Traditional Korean Medicine in Korean Culture #2: <em>Boyangsik</em> and <em>Boyak</em>](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/12/09/tkm-2-boyak/): Feeling below par? Get some energy food. Sena Lee explains why. Ask a Korean about Korean food and one of the things she’ll be sure to say is: “it’s very healthy”. Behind these words is a wealth of traditional knowledge about the health-giving properties of certain foods and combinations of ingredients. Two of the key
- [LBF 8 April events at Earls Court: your conflict-checker](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/04/08/lbf-8-april-events-at-earls-court-your-conflict-checker/): Take your pick. Here are the choices you have on the first day of the fair at Earls Court. And of course you have to choose between Yi Mun-yol at the British Library and Yoon Tae-ho at the KCC in the evening too. Click on the graphic for a more legible version, and click on
- [LBF 9 April events at Earls Court: your conflict-checker](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/04/09/lbf-9-april-events-at-earls-court-your-conflict-checker/): Take your pick. Here are the choices you have on the second day of the fair at Earls Court. Thankfully, there are no diary conflicts in the evening. Click on the graphic for a more legible version, and click on the various hyperlinks in this post for more details of the different events. You can
- [The Good Friday transatlantic K-blog meetup](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/03/29/the-good-friday-transatlantic-k-blog-meetup/): 9 o'clock in the morning on the Good Friday bank holiday at a Hammersmith coffee shop might not seem the likeliest place for a K-blog meetup. But Roy Ghim, from the Tavern of the Taekguk Warriors, a US-based Korean football site, had just arrived at Heathrow and was on his way into town. And as
- [K-Pop Now! by Mark James Russell - coming soon from Tuttle Publishing](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/15/k-pop-now-by-mark-james-russell-coming-soon-from-tuttle-publishing/): At LKL, we loved Mark James Russell's first book on the Korean entertainment industry, Pop Goes Korea. So we're looking forward to his follow-up, focusing more narrowly on K-pop, which is due to be launched in April from Tuttle Publishing. It's already available for preorder on Amazon.co.uk. Below is the official press release, or you
- [MMCA Seoul's opening show mired in controversy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/28/mmca-seouls-opening-show-mired-in-controversy/): It's a shame that the opening of the Seoul branch of the National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art had to be bogged down in controversy. What should have been an interesting show, Zeitgeist Korea, one of the museum's five concurrent exhibitions, is tainted with nepotism, as 32 out of the 39 artists featured are
- [Published this month: Ko Un's Maninbo, from Bloodaxe](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/02/20/published-this-month-ko-uns-maninbo-from-bloodaxe/): Bloodaxe Books, who last year brought us Kim Hyesoon's I'm OK, I'm Pig!, and who brought us Ko Un's moving First Person Sorrowful in 2012 continue their support for Korean poetry in translation by bringing us a selection from Ko Un's magnum opus, Ten Thousand Lives. Once again Brother Anthony and Lee Sang-Wha are the
- [Keane’s 3rd Album: the Korean connection](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/04/11/keanes-3rd-album-the-korean-connection/): A bit of trivia which I picked up when visiting HADA Contemporary’s current mini retrospective of Gwon Osang’s work. Gwon’s Deodorant Type series consists of 3-D sculptures made up of 2-D photographs of his models pasted on to a basic human form and then finished with high-gloss resin. It is the series of work for
- [Exhibition visit: Korean artists at APT8](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/12/28/exhibition-visit-korean-artists-at-apt8/): The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) has been hosting the Asia Pacific Triennial since 1993. The exhibition features artists from all over the region, and Korea has been represented from the start. The triennial is spread over two buildings (the QAG itself and the nearby Gallery of Modern Art which opened in 2006) which collectively are
- [Hyunjin Kim on the work of siren eun young jung](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/06/11/hyunjin-kim-on-the-work-of-siren-eun-young-jung/): Afterall, a contemporary art journal published by University of the Arts London, has a feature on siren eun young jung in its latest issue. To celebrate the occasion, a special launch event later this month will focus on her work. As we didn't make it to Venice last year this is definitely one we'll be
- [April events 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/04/01/april-events-19/): There's an almost overwhelming number of live pop and hip-hop concerts this month. And I'm not sure when these started, but there are at least three touring K-pop tribute shows doing the rounds of provincial theatres, with another show currently auditioning for a similar tour later this year. Also, to welcome Spring there's an exhibition
- [The touring K-Pop tribute acts](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/31/the-touring-k-pop-tribute-acts/): Reflecting the broadening appeal of all aspects of K-pop, not least the appeal of Golden and other hits from K-pop Demon Hunters, there's a proliferation of K-pop tribute act stage shows touring the country, bringing the K-pop's energy in family-friendly packages to a provincial theatre near you. From Grimsby to Torquay, from Aylesbury to Aberystwyth,
- [Cherry Blossom Project, at the Garden Museum](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/31/cherry-blossom-project-at-the-garden-museum/): To coincide with London Craft Week and East Asian cherry blossom festivals celebrating the arrival of spring, an installation of 4,800 hand stitched mandus (Korean dumplings) created from hand-dyed organza silk will fill the Garden Museum’s baptistery. Cherry blossom festivals in East Asian countries bring people together to celebrate the arrival of spring, gathering beneath
- [Branch Out: Cherry Blossom Workshop](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/02/branch-out-cherry-blossom-workshop/): This workshop is part of the Garden Museum's Branch Out programme, a series of free events and activities exploring gardening, art, floristry, plant science, history, design, and more! Would you like to take part in an exciting opportunity to make cherry blossoms for an installation at the museum, in April 2026, which celebrates the arrival
- [Korean cuisine workshops at Capital City College](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/29/korean-cuisine-workshops-at-capital-city-college/): It's time for the usual spring cookery classes at Capital City College (formerly Westminster Kingsway). The hands-on half-day workshops will be hosted in CCC's world-renowned training kitchens in Victoria - the same kitchens where former students TV chefs Jamie Oliver and Ainsley Harriott learned their trade. The workshops are a great opportunity for novice or
- [Ela Lee in conversation with Nicola Dinan](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/29/ela-lee-in-conversation-with-nicola-dinan/): Join the team at Waterstones Islington with Ela Lee, in conversation with Nicola Dinan, to discuss Minbak, a sweeping story of three generations of women who cross continents and decades to find truth, forgiveness and compassion, and an engrossing, heartfelt story of love, loss and the challenges of being true to yourself. Incheon, 1985. A
- [Little Angels and big frustrations](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/10/02/little-angels-and-big-frustrations/): 26 Sept 2010: Updated information about how to book for Saturday's Little Angels performance: http://bit.ly/cc6n4w # 29 Sept 2010: Still waiting for my Little Angels tickets. I wonder if they will arrive? Has anyone got theirs? Mysterious impersonal booking system grrrr # 30 Sept 2010: The most annoying thing about the Little Angels ticketing system
- [Pop art or car crash? Kimchi Burger is the latest London foodie fad](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/12/19/pop-art-or-car-crash-kimchi-burger-is-the-latest-london-foodie-fad/): So soon after Nigella Lawson adopted gochujang as a must-have condiment, now the London foodie scene is embracing the kimchi burger. Hawksmoor, a swish new steak joint in Seven Dials, Covent Garden, has the broadsheet restaurant reviewers lining up to visit. First came the Indie, next the Grauniad. Finally the Times this week, blogger style,
- [Korean Fighting Kites](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/02/22/korean-fighting-kites-part-1/): Dominick Jenkins explains his passion for Korean kites. Suddenly, he was there. Peter Nam. His icon, a Black, White, Panda. It dances, manically, on the screen. Thirty years earlier. Late 1970s England. The Cotswolds. A full gale. The wind bends great beech and oak trees. Rain imminent. I am alone in a car parking lot.
- [DaeHun Kwon receives the Jack Goldhill Award for Sculpture](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/06/07/daehun-kwon-receives-the-jack-goldhill-award-for-sculpture/): Congratulations to London-based Korean artist DaeHun Kwon, who has just received the Jack Goldhill Award for Sculpture, which comes with a £10,000 prize. The prize is awarded to an outstanding work of sculpture from all those selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, which opens today. The award was presented in a small ceremony on
- [Film Screening: The Money (돈)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/12/film-screening-the-money-돈/): The KCCUK is pleased to present the programme “50/50: Celebrating 50 Years of Korean Film Preservation,” co-organised with the Korean Film Archive, marking its 50th anniversary in 2024. This special series showcases four restored films from the 1950s. Each work has been digitally restored, and all of the selected titles hold an important place in
- [Film Screening: Piagol (피아골)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/29/film-screening-piagol-피아골/): A band of ‘red’ partisans run up a mountain gorge under fire. We the spectators enter with them into Piagol – Pia Valley – at full speed, deep into the Jiri mountains. Their numbers will soon be reduced to a handful: captain Agari (‘big mouth’), his second-in-command Cheol-su, a few male adults, two women and
- [2026 Korea day in Glasgow](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/24/2026-korea-day-in-glasgow/): Get Ready for Korea Day in Glasgow! Experience the elegance and energy of Korea right here in Glasgow! We’ve curated a unique lineup that blends centuries of tradition with modern global trends. Whether you’re a lover of classical music and fine arts or a K-pop fan, come join us for an afternoon of "cool cultural
- [Does the Cuckoo Cry at Night (뻐꾸기도 밤에 우는가, 1980) review: innocence, desire and a changing Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/06/does-the-cuckoo-cry-at-night-1980-review-hc/): Set in rural Korea, Does the Cuckoo Cry at Night follows a young woman whose idyllic married life is threatened by lust, greed and encroaching modernity
- [Hangul Celluloid content is now available on LKL](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/23/hangul-celluloid-content-is-now-available-on-lkl/): Three months ago Hangul Celluloid's Paul Quinn made the shock announcement that he was going to close down his site, taking it offline today, 23 March. He also extended an invitation: So, for those of you who still feel there's stuff worth grabbing from there, grab it now... 'coz when it's gone, it's gone... And
- [2010 Travel Diary #28: Daewonsa – the 108 Bows](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/07/27/daewonsa-the-108-bows/): Thursday 6 May. The time has arrived for the 108 bows. Strangely, we are told to meet in the car park. But that’s where a large side chapel has recently been built, mainly to minister to visitors on the temple stay programme. The chapel at the moment has none of the internal decoration of the
- [Planet of Snail (달팽이의 별, 2011) review: love, interdependence and life beyond disability](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/07/24/planet-of-snail-2011-review-hc/): A deeply moving documentary about a deaf-blind man and his wife, exploring love, resilience and everyday life shaped by disability and deep companionship.
- [Harmony (하모니, 2010) review: a discordant blend of humour and pathos](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/04/02/harmony-2010-review-hc/): Korean prison drama about motherhood, abuse and a jailhouse choir. Emotional intent clashes with clichéd humour, though music and performances remain notable.
- [Book review: Martin Limón -- The Joy Brigade](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/07/30/book-review-martin-limon-the-joy-brigade/): Martin Limón’s eighth novel in the Ernie Bascom and George Sueño series covers new ground in many respects. It is the first novel in which we see Sueño on his own, not accompanied by his buddy Bascom. And it is the first time that Limon has ventured to locate the plot in North Korea. This
- [Addicted (중독, 2002) review: love, identity and the aftermath of loss](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/04/05/addicted-2002-review-hc/): A classic Korean romantic mystery about love, loss and identity, where a tragic accident blurs the line between grief, belief and devotion.
- [Book Review: Martin Limón -- Mr Kill](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/11/23/book-review-martin-limon-mr-kill/): Damn. He’s never done this before. This is Martin Limón’s 7th novel in his exciting, action-packed series featuring George Sueño and Ernie Bascom, investigators in the military police attached to the US 8th Army in 1970s Seoul Although the novels have been written over the course of some 20 years (the first novel, Jade Lady
- [Sergeants Sueño & Bascom return with Mr Kill](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/11/13/sergeants-sueno-bascom-retur/): Sergeants Sueño & Bascom return in December with Mr. Kill - the 7th in Martin Limón's excellent detective series set in 70s Seoul. So far, on Kindle only. http://t.co/WvNAx8eT It's reviewed by LKL here.
- [Martin Limón: The Door to Bitterness](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2007/03/08/door-to-bitterness/): Martin Limón's fourth book in the series featuring George Sueño and Ernie Bascom continues some familiar themes. Our drink-sodden heroes, officers in the CID of the US 8th Army in Seoul in the 1970s, as usual demonstrate their physical strength in tackling villains and their iron constitutions as their bodies are pummelled by alcohol and
- [Honey in the Wound: Jiyoung Han in conversation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/20/honey-in-the-wound-jiyoung-han-in-conversation/): Join Waterstones Islington with Jiyoung Han to celebrate the publication of Honey in the Wound, a spellbinding intergenerational epic that spans ninety years of Asian history with visceral power and breathtaking magical realism to explore how colonialism forces one family to transform, and ultimately survive. A sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother's
- [And the River Drags Her Down: In Conversation with Jihyun Yun & Melinda Salisbury](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/20/and-the-river-drags-her-down-in-conversation/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK presents an evening with Jihyun Yun, exploring her debut novel And the River Drags Her Down. Jihyun Yun is a Korean American writer and the author of the poetry collection Some Are Always Hungry. Her debut novel has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Blending Gothic horror, mystery,
- [Colin Stetson + dal:um at The Clapham Grand](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/20/colin-stetson-dalum-at-the-clapham-grand/): Baba Yaga’s Hut Presents: Colin Stetson + dal:um at The Clapham Grand Colin Stetson is a renowned saxophonist and composer celebrated for his innovative approach to the instrument and his ability to push the boundaries of contemporary music. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Stetson grew up surrounded by a rich musical landscape, studying the saxophone
- [Young Gun in the Time (영건 탐정사무소, 2012) review: love, loss, laughter, and lo-fi time travel](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/05/25/young-gun-in-the-time-2012-review-hc/): Paul Quinn looks at Young Gun in the Time, exploring its mix of sci-fi, comedy, love, loss, and low-budget charm within the tradition of New Korean Cinema.
- [Moving On (남매의 여름밤, 2019) review: family, abandonment, and the quiet weight of letting go](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/11/24/moving-on-2019-review-hc/): Yoon Dan-bi's debut is intimate portrayal of family life, abandonment, and emotional barriers, seen through the eyes of a teenager confronting loss and change.
- [Untold Scandal (스캔들 - 조선 남녀 상열지사, 2003) review: pleasure, power, and desire in the Joseon dynasty](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/01/08/untold-scandal-2003-review-hc/): A lavish and deeply sensual reworking of Les Liaisons Dangereuses set in 18th century Korea, exploring desire, power, hypocrisy, and emotional fallout.
- [Yeosu (려수, 2011) review: shared burdens, broken expectations and the search for self](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/01/25/yeosu-2011-review-hc/): A thoughtful review of Yeosu, exploring generational pressure, gender roles, and quiet resilience, set against the film’s breathtaking coastal Korean landscape.
- [SOAS seminar: Bestselling and beloved - Korean literary treasures](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/02/25/soas-seminar-bestselling-and-beloved-korean-literary-treasures/): The SOAS Centre of Korean Studies is delighted and honoured to welcome Dr Seunghye Sun and Jaemin Cha, the two minds behind the "Bestselling and Beloved: Korean Literary Treasures" exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) UK. They will speak about this special exhibition that delves into the heart of Korean literature, showcasing both its
- [Between Popular and Canonical Texts: Curating Korean Literature in Cross-Cultural Contexts](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/12/19/between-popular-and-canonical-texts/): KCCUK are delighted to announce a distinguished event on 16th January, featuring Dr. Grace Koh from SOAS University of London. This special evening offers an exceptional opportunity to explore the beauty of Korean literature and its profound significance in the UK, through an engaging dialogue with Dr. Grace Koh. In this seminar, Grace Koh will
- [Bestselling and Beloved: Korean Literary Treasures](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/11/15/bestselling-and-beloved-korean-literary-treasures/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK is pleased to present ‘Bestselling and Beloved,’ a special exhibition that delves into the heart of Korean literature, showcasing both its enduring classics and its dynamic contemporary scene, with a spotlight on Nobel Laureate Han Kang. Exploring beloved Korean literature and contemporary classics, the exhibition illuminates the broader contours of
- [Bridge of National Defense collapses into Nakdong River](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/06/27/aside-bridge-of-national-defense-collapses-into-nakdong-river/): ‘Bridge of National Defense’ Collapses into Nakdong River - reportedly due the Four Rivers project. The Marmot has a timely feature on some of these historic bridges: http://bit.ly/kHg19s. Photo above from Joongang Ilbo #
- [The outside toilet in Park Wan-suh's childhood memories - part 2](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/05/23/the-outhouse-in-park-wan-suhs-childhood-memories-part-2/): The second of two extracts from the early pages of Park Wan-suh's Who ate up all the shinga? dealing with the memories of her childhood existence in the countryside near Kaesong in the 1930s and early 1940s, posted to coincide with the Korean garden at the Chelsea Flower Show this coming week, which features an
- [The presidential election: a fascinating race (part 2)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/11/13/the-presidential-election-a-fascinating-race-part-2/): The fascinating race continues! The latest news from the South Korean presidential election campaign is the potential alliance between the liberal Democratic United Party candidate, Moon Jae-in, and independent candidate Ahn Cheol-soo. This joining of forces would pose a serious threat to conservative candidate Park Geun-hye, who has led in the polls for some time.
- [On tasting the first cup of 녹차 in Lent](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/22/the-first-cup-of-green-tea-in-lent/): Lent started today. And like most years, it’s time to prove that I can manage without those daily treats on which I suspect I’m becoming rather too dependent. So, no alcohol: I’ll give my liver a break for a few weeks. And no caffeinated coffee or black tea, which I usually rely on to kick
- [Six years old today](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/01/six-years-old-today/): LKL is officially 6 years old today. I wasn’t quite sure what LKL would be when it started, but I certainly didn’t expect it to be taking up as much of my time as it does now - probably around 2-3 hours a day on average. I intended it to be partly a personal diary
- [LKFF 2013 - Choices, Choices](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/03/lkff-2013-choices-choices/): The schedule for this year's London Korean Film Festival seems to be bigger than ever. So many varied themes to satisfy all cinematic tastes; several directors and actors brought to London for interviews and Q&A sessions with the audience; galas, animations, shorts, comedies and much more. With such a feast laid out in front of
- [LKFF 2013: the schedule in detail](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/03/lkff-2013-the-schedule-in-detail/): Here's the full schedule of the London Korean Film Festival 2013 for you to optimise your viewing pleasure in the coming fortnight. Full details on the festival's official website, www.koreanfilm.co.uk/. Time Title Theme Runtime Venue Screenings in London and Kingston Od = Odeon; Cur = Curzon WE = West End; CG = Covent Garden; PS
- [The LKFF 2013 Programme is announced](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/10/17/the-lkff-2013-programme-is-announced/): The countdown is on to the 2013 London Korean Film Festival. There's plenty for everyone, and I'm sure once the detailed timetable is announced it will be difficult to choose your priorities. For me, the film to see is E J-yong's Behind the Camera. I've never yet been disappointed by a film of his, and
- [For the easy solution to watching K-drama in the UK, here's your answer](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/01/29/for-the-easy-solution-to-watching-k-drama-in-the-uk-heres-your-answer/): All you folks who have been wondering how to watch Korean TV dramas in the UK without installing some unsightly satellite dish which makes it look as if your house is inhabited either by a spy or a sporting nutcase, here's your answer: DramaFever is about to launch here, cannily stealing a march on EastAsiaTV,
- [Mansudae Artists to visit London from DPRK in November](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/09/08/mansudae-artists-to-visit-london-from-dprk-in-november/): Some readers may remember the ground-breaking exhibition of work by artists from Pyongyang's Mansudae Art Studios opposite the Institute of Directors in Pall Mall way back in 2007. As part of that exhibition, three North Korean artists came to London to greet visitors to the gallery. Here's some of LKL's coverage of the exhibition. David
- [Statements on the Comfort Women issue](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/12/28/statements-on-the-comfort-women-issue/): Statements published jointly today by the Japanese and South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs aim to bring closure to the issue of wartime sexual slavery. The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan also published a statement on the inter-governmental announcements, which says that the issue is by no means
- [Hyundai to support Tate Modern commissions and acquisitions](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/01/22/hyundai-to-support-tate-modern-commissions-and-acquisitions/): When you think of Korean arts sponsorship in the UK perhaps you think of Samsung (you can normally bet that a Korean video art show has some Samsung assistance) and Asiana (who support a lot of the KCC's activities, particularly when it comes to travel). But now, don't forget Hyundai. They already have a 10-year
- [Adultery law - why was it ever a criminal offence in the first place?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/03/14/adultery-law-why-was-it-ever-a-criminal-offence-in-the-first-place/): The recent news item that the adultery was to be decriminalised in South Korea, 62 years after it was written into the criminal code, got me wondering as to why, when a country is rebuilding itself after a devastating war, would it be considered a priority to add adultery to the list of criminal offences.
- [KCNA on the death of Kim Jong-il](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/12/23/kcna-on-the-death-of-kim-jong-il/): The death of Kim Jong-il has provided many Korea-watchers the opportunity to write retrospective assessments of Kim's life, and speculations about the future. But it is a commonplace that not much can be known for certain about North Korea. The official government mouthpiece is the Korean Central News Agency. It has reported the ice on
- [2011 Joint New Year Editorial: Socialist cultural giant aims for sporting supremacy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/01/09/socialist-cultural-giant-aims-for-sporting-supremacy/): Sport and TV comedy feature in this year's DPRK Joint New Year Editorial. Hidden among the usual rhetoric about revolutionary upsurges is a sign that maybe the football team said to have been sent to the mines after their 7-0 defeat by Portugal are back in favour: A hot wind of sports should be raised
- [In-Sook Chappell's short film is being crowdfunded - please support it](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/07/27/kotchebi-crowdfunding/): Back in April this year, we posted an advertisement seeking an actor for an upcoming short film about a young North Korean girl living in Britain. That role, Mi Young, has now been filled - and she could almost have been born to take the role. Writer and director In-sook Chappell commented: "After meeting Mi
- [New Paju footbridge honours Glorious Glosters](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/10/25/new-paju-footbridge-honours-glorious-glosters/): I am grateful to the Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK for alerting me to the recent opening of a new bridge - the "Gloucester Heroes Bridge" - commemorating the role of British forces (and it was not just the Glosters, though they are the regiment who feature most prominently in the accounts)
- [The World’s First Referendum – and its aftermath](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/08/08/the-worlds-first-referendum-and-its-aftermath/): Korea is a country of hidden wonders. These wonders, which have remained hidden in some cases for centuries, are continually being unearthed. Many have something to teach us about the world we live in today. The Sillok - royal annals that documented every day of the Joseon dynasty for the five centuries it governed Korea
- [K-indie on BBC World Service](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/20/k-indie-on-bbc-world-service/): Bernie Cho of DFSB Kollective (@DFSB_Kollective) presented a 50-minute programme for BBC World Service Radio this weekend highlighting some of the freshest indie sounds from Korea. Bernie interviews all the musicians and we get a few videos as well on the BBC website. The playlist is as follows: Goonam: Jangdan, from their 2011 album Woojung
- [Korean War not quite forgotten in Canary Wharf art trail](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/03/korean-war-not-quite-forgotten-in-canary-wharf-art-trail/): As we approach Remembrance Sunday, the walkways and open spaces of Canary Wharf have been adorned with works by artist Mark Humphrey in what is described as the UK’s first Remembrance Art Trail, in association with the Royal British Legion and constructed with the help of the Corps of Royal Engineers, consists of seven art
- [KCCUK craft workshop: dancheong-patterned latern making](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/17/kccuk-craft-workshop-dancheong-patterned-latern-making/): Join the KCCUK for a craft workshop exploring Dancheong. You'll delve into the history of this traditional craft and receive a hands-on experience of these cultural treasures. Dancheong refers to traditional colouring on wooden buildings and artifacts in Korea for decoration and style that can be traced back to the period of the Three Kingdoms
- [Programme for the 2014 London Korean Film Festival announced](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/09/24/programme-for-the-2014-london-korean-film-festival-announced/): Here's the official press release announcing the outline of this year's London Korean Film Festival, together with some of the key screenings that have been confirmed so far. The detailed schedule will be available in October. It's a great line-up, and there's plenty to look forward to. Booking and more detail will be available on
- [LKFF2014 - the reviews](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/11/15/lkff2014-the-reviews/): This year there have been more reviewers than ever covering the Korean Film Fest. Here are links to some of the reviews, to which I'll add as and when I spot new ones. Films are listed in the order in which they screened. Title Director Reviews EK = Eastern Kicks | HC = Hangul Celluloid
- [Street food and cooking sauce start-up gets Dragon funding](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/08/19/street-food-and-cooking-sauce-start-up-gets-dragon-funding/): Congratulations to Ben Ansah and Sue Youn, the couple behind street food and Korean sauce company Yogiyo! who secured £50,000 of funding from one of the investors in TV show Dragons' Den in the episode screened on Sunday 16 August. You can watch their TV pitch on the BBC website here (43'10" into episode 6
- [Park Jieun: Journeys (pt 2), at Pontone Gallery](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/14/park-jieun-journeys-pt-2-at-pontone-gallery/): At first sight, Park Jieun’s paintings are dynamic exercises in gestural, graphic brush work. Her technique references traditional Korean and Chinese practice, but as the viewing distance narrows and reduces the viewer becomes aware of images contained within the boundaries of the dark, sweeping marks. Urban landscapes are meticulously delineated and gradually reveal themselves to
- [President Park's 2014 New Year Message](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/01/04/president-parks-new-year-message/): I didn't spot a Presidential address this time last year - maybe it was because of the interregnum. But here's this year's. 274 words, compared with Kim Jong-un's 4,361. Fellow Koreans, New Year 2014, the Year of the Blue Horse, has begun. I wish you all a year full of hope and the energy of
- [Kim Jong Un's 2014 New Year Address](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/01/04/kim-jong-uns-new-year-address-2014/): The traditional new year address, which seems to have replaced the formerly traditional Joint New Year Editorial. I'm wondering what construction project resulted in the fatalities mentioned in the third main paragraph. Pyongyang, January 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defence Commission
- [The Sewol story in links](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/05/15/the-sewol-story-in-links/): A random collection of links relating to the sinking of the Sewol on 16 April, updated as necessary. Arirang News compares the capsising of the Sewol with that of its sister ship the Ariake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNaUigToOZo Confucian guilt spreads in Korea - Death of innocents sparks condemnations of wicked adult world: an early use of the
- [Koreans in America: the Slate map of the most popular language in your State](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/05/17/koreans-in-america-the-slate-map-of-the-most-popular-language-in-your-state/): AAPI Voices say that the Slate got it wrong, but at least the Slate article on the most popular language in your State got the Korean states right. So why is it that, after Spanish and English, Korean is the most-spoken language in Virginia and Georgia? One suggestion from an LKL reader is that Virginia
- [The mystery of Lee Jae-hyo's artwork titles unveiled](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/05/25/the-mystery-of-lee-jae-hyos-artwork-titles-unveiled/): Lee Hae-hyo's works have been regularly featured in London - at Albemarle Gallery, at the current HADA Contemporary exhibition, and in the Korean Eye collection. Regular gallery-goers will have noted that all his works have a puzzling name which looks like a non-sensical mathematical equation. Thanks to Sun at HADA Contemporary, the secret of his
- [HSBC boss cooks doenjang jjigae](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/03/17/hsbc-boss-cooks-doenjang-jjiage/): HSBC Korea boss Matthew Deakin makes a mean doenjang jjigae, says the JoongAng Daily http://bit.ly/boNfCn # “I play golf most weekends, and before tee off, I usually prefer having a Korean breakfast - rice with soup. It is very filling,” he said. “And among the various types of soup here, doenjang jjigae is my favorite.
- [Live Long and Prosper - Food Advice from Old Choseon](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/07/04/live-long-and-prosper-food-advice-from-old-choseon/): Traditional fermented dishes such as doenjang and Kimchi form the basis of the Korean diet. It is a known fact that the inhabitants of cultures and regions which have fermented milk products as part of their daily diet (e.g. the Caucasus) tend to live longer. In the case of soybean-based dishes such as doenjang, the
- [Thank you](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/05/17/thank-you/): Tonight at the Korean Cultural Centre, I'm told that it was a record attendance for a Global Korea Lecture. So, thanks to the people who came along to my talk. I think I said most of the things I wanted to, but missed a couple of things. More importantly, thanks to the Ministry of Culture,
- [Korean authors Shin Kyung-sook and Krys Lee visit Edinburgh Book Fest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/08/25/korean-authors-shin-visit-edinburgh/): We've all heard of the Edinburgh International Festival and its fringe; and of the Edinburgh Film Festival. Each year there's sure to be Korean interest at these events. But this year another festival held at the same time, the Edinburgh Book Festival, together with the World Writers Conference, hosted Korea's two most famous younger generation
- [New publication: Hanji Unfurled](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/10/28/new-publication-hanji-unfurled/): If you were inspired to find out more about hanji by Im Kwon-taek's Scooping the Moonlight and Kim Hong-joon's related making-of documentary, quite by chance Legacy Press published a book on it last week. It's gone straight onto my Amazon wishlist Top Scholar and Artist Writes First American Book on Korean Papermaking (October 23, 2012,
- [GAHO x KAVE: Europe Tour 2026 - Cityscapes — New Horizons](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/12/gaho-x-kave-europe-tour-2026-cityscapes-new-horizons/): GAHO is an urban poet for whom making music is as natural as breathing. His songs are a diary – a record of moments, memories, and emotions, shaped by what feels right in the moment and unconstrained by theme, genre, trend, or sound. Dedicated to his craft, GAHO approaches songwriting with intention, patience, and precision,
- [DEPT: Dream Age tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/12/dept-dream-age-tour-in-london/): South Korean producer‑singer DEPT brings his atmospheric, late‑night soundscapes to The Grace this April as part of his Dream Age Tour. Known for his lush, emotive blend of indie pop, R&B, and lo‑fi electronica — and for collaborations that have quietly shaped the Korean indie scene — DEPT has built a global following drawn to
- [1VERSE plays the Garage](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/12/1verse-plays-the-garage/): The wait is over – 1VERSE is bringing their first official European tour to the UK! Experience an action-packed concert with powerful vocals, sharp choreography, and the electrifying stage presence in London. From debut hits to new performances, this show is built for 5TARZ who have been waiting to see 1VERSE live. Get ready for
- [Yves European tour at the Manchester Academy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/12/yves-european-tour-at-the-manchester-academy/): Get ready, Manchester! The air is electric with anticipation as the inimitable Yves is set to grace the hallowed halls of the Manchester Academy on Thursday, April 16th, 2026. For those fortunate enough to have snagged a ticket, or still in the frantic hunt, this is your ultimate companion to an unforgettable night of music,
- [Kim Jong Un's 2013 New Year Address](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/01/01/kim-jong-uns-new-year-address/): The following is the full text of Kim Jong Un's New Year Address. As in previous years, we have provided links to the Joint Declarations where these are mentioned in the speech. Dear comrades, Officers and men of the heroic People's Army and all the beloved fellow countrymen, Dear compatriots, Having seen out the year
- [London Korean Film Festival Announces 2011 Programme](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/09/17/preview-of-the-london-korean-film-festival-2011/): Last night we were treated to a special preview screening of the opening film of this year's London Korean Film Festival: Kim Han-min's high-energy historical action film Arrow the Ultimate Weapon. It will get the festival off to a rip-roaring start, as The Man from Nowhere did last year. So the publicity campaign for the
- [The final schedule for the 2011 London Korean Film Festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/11/02/the-final-lkff-schedule/): Here are the screening details for the 2011 London Korean Film Festival, including the screenings in Cambridge, Sheffield and Newcastle. For the events at the KCCUK, book by emailing info@kccuk.org.uk. London screenings and events Thurs 3 Nov 4:30pm SHINee - LKFF launch event - Odeon WE 7:30pm Opening gala War of the Arrows + Director
- [Bibimbap Soho: making Korean food accessible to non-specialists](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/10/15/bibimbap-soho-making-korean-food-accessible-to-non-specialists/): How many of you are fans of Korean food but feel intimidated by the menus in Korean restaurants? I know I am. I know I’ll probably like just about everything on the menu but I can’t decide what to go for. The things go on for page after page, you’re not sure what dish goes
- [BTS Arirang Tour in cinemas](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/12/bts-arirang-tour-in-cinemas/): For those of you who can't wait for the BTS Arirang tour at Spurs in July - or couldn't get tickets - the performances in Goyang (April 11) and Tokyo (April 18) can be watched live in selected UK cinemas. Because of the time difference, the live screenings are in the morning UK time, but
- [UCL K-Pop Society presents Gayo Daejeon](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/12/ucl-k-pop-society-presents-gayo-daejeon/): UCL K-Pop Society are delighted to announce that the infamous Gayo Daejeon is returning in 2026 with even more drive and passion than before. This high-energy, all-inclusive event features both sizzling dance moves and powerhouse vocals across a range of performances. The show includes two nights of show-stopping performances reminiscent of the charisma, power, and
- [Korean Culture Report – the podcast you’ve been waiting for](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/04/27/korean-culture-report-–-the-podcast-you’ve-been-waiting-for/): Here's something that deserves your attention. The latest podcast to arrive in the K-blogosphere is focused without being too brief, and informative and discursive without outstaying its welcome: The Korean Culture Report is run by the Korean Modern Literature in Translation blogmeister Charles Montgomery, with partners in crime Paul “Ajosshi” Matthews – often to be
- [Chloe Mun wins 2015 Busoni Competition](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/09/05/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
- [The Korean Film Archive Youtube Channel](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/03/28/the-korean-film-archive-youtube-channel/): Continuing some suggestions of what to do when you're stuck at home... Many of you will already be aware that the Korean Film Archive has a wonderful YouTube Channel with loads of classic Korean movies, with English subtitles, available for free. Thing is, I've never found an index of the channel. So, over the years
- [Liberation Day gets international premiere at IDFA](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/24/liberation-day-gets-international-premiere-at-idfa/): Morten Traavik, the man who brought us a North Korean accordion quintet covering a Norwegian synthpop track, now gives us a documentary about a Slovenian art-rock band performing versions of songs from The Sound of Music in North Korea. Read a review of the "documentary musical" Liberation Day in the Guardian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9dfqI9tnlQ More info on
- [The folding plug makes it on to the high street](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/29/the-folding-plug-makes-it-on-to-the-high-street/): Seen in Maplins Canary Wharf branch yestserday: The electrical and gadget retailer is stocking the folding plug designed by Choi Min-kyu. Fantastic news that the product has made it onto the high street. We first noticed the idea back in 2009, and saw the next iteration in 2013. Looking at the elegant USB chargers I
- [Jongmin Park wins Song prize in Cardiff Singer of the World](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/06/22/jongmin-park-wins-cardiff-song-prize/): Congratulations to Jongmin Park for winning the Song Prize in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015. The competition ran from 14 to 21 June. Park wins prize money of £7,500. The main prize (and £15,000) was won by Nadine Koutcher from Belarus. Of the twenty competitors, three were from South Korea. Two of
- [UK Korean Artists Association in Call for new members](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/03/17/uk-korean-artists-association-in-call-for-new-members/): Recently we saw the exhibition by 60 young Korean artists working in London: primarily students and recent graduates. In our focus on the exciting new talent coming out of the colleges, many of whom return to Korea once their visas run out, sometimes we overlook the Koreans who have made their home here. The Korean
- [Korean Jazz to Korean Ceramics via the Daily Telegraph](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/09/14/korean-jazz-to-korean-ceramics-via-the-daily-telegraph/): How does one get from a Korean jazz singer resident in France to a Korean artist resident in the UK via Britain’s best-selling broadsheet daily newspaper? There are many celebrity twitterers, but there is only one remotely famous person that I happen to “follow”: pianist Stephen Hough (@houghhough). I came across his Daily Telegraph blog
- [No longer the underdog? The FT talks up Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/03/01/no-longer-the-underdog/): While Kim Yu-na’s victory - now celebrated across every media - still hung in the balance, an unusual article about Korea appeared in the Financial Times. Written by the Asia editor David Pilling, it was distinguishable from most articles about Korea in that a) it did not primarily concern the situation in the North and
- [Why LKL said nothing about Kim Yu-na. Until now.](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/02/26/why-lkl-said-nothing-about-kim-yu-na-until-now/): “Right now the biggest thing in Korea is the Olympic skater Kim Yu-na. It’s a mania for us Koreans,” was a message left via the LKL contact form by a UK-based correspondent, shortly before the free skating element of the women’s figure skating event in the wee small hours this morning. I think I knew
- [Yuna is still Queen](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/23/yuna-is-still-queen/): Regardless of the controversy, Kim Yuna bowed out with dignity: “The judges give points and I can’t do anything about that,” she is reported as saying. “I did all I wanted to do, like I wanted to do it. ... I’m just glad it’s over.” A few relevant links: The Change.org petition: Open Transparent Scores
- [The King's Warden (왕과 사는 남자) - UK theatrical release](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/28/the-kings-warden-uk-release/): 1457 Joseon, a story untold by history. Fate entwines a fallen king with the man who becomes his last keeper... In a remote mountain village of 15th-century Joseon, a humble headman, Heung-do (Yoo Hai-jin), hears a rumour that any village hosting an exiled nobleman will be blessed with abundance and fortune. Hoping to bring prosperity
- [Come celebrate the launch of the next 5 Dalkey K-Lit titles](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/10/30/come-celebrate-the-launch-of-the-next-5-dalkey-k-lit-titles/): After last year's release of ten titles, Dalkey Archive Press has a follow-up release of five new translations. If they all measure up to No One Writes Back from their first set, which was runaway winner of LKL's Book of the Year 2013, there is treasure in store. So come and help celebrate, and encourage
- [Two Dalkey titles in the running for international literary award](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/12/06/two-dalkey-titles-in-the-running-for-international-literary-award/): There's tough competition, and a longlist of 140 other books including one by JK Rowling, but two Dalkey Archive titles are in the running for the 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. According to the award's website: Nominations are made by libraries in capital and major cities throughout the world. Participating libraries can nominate up
- [10 things to read before the London Book Fair](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/04/03/10-things-to-read-before-the-london-book-fair/): The London Book Fair is nearly upon us, and as you well know: the more you put into something, the more you get out. So here is your preparatory reading (and listening) list: The April edition of Words without Borders: a Korea special, including works by Shin Kyung-sook, Kim Young-ha and Han Kang (all present
- [Visit digital artist Yiyun Kang at work in her V+A studio](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/26/visit-digital-artist-yiyun-kang-at-work-in-her-va-studio/): An opportunity to see an artist at work: Yiyun Kang, Samsung Korean Digital Art Resident at the V&A. Go behind the scenes and visit Yiyun in her studio to find more about her creative practice, ranging from projection mapping to immersive video installations, animation and digital prints. Meet at the V&A Museum Grand Entrance Meeting
- [V&A invites applicants for digital residency](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/05/19/va-invites-applicants-for-digital-residency/): An exciting time for the V&A as they prepare to host their first Korean artist in residence this October for a period of 6 months: V&A Samsung Korean Digital Art Residency 1 October 2015 – 31 March 2016 Bursary: £10,000 for six months (subject to tax and national insurance) Plus one standard return flight to
- [Classics revisited - an opportunity to get to know the films of Chung Chang-wha](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/11/09/classics-revisited-chung-chang-wha/): One of the things we like about the London Korean Film Festival the range of different perspectives it offers us on the vibrant Korean film scene, from emerging directors to actor retrospectives via documentaries and more. One of the strands we appreciate most is the opportunity it gives us to see classic movies from the
- [Inside the Corinthia - home to the LKFF stars](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/11/13/inside-the-corinthia-home-to-the-lkff-stars/): As you settle into your seat before a screening at the London Korean Film Festival there’s a familiar set of brief films you watch before the main feature starts: first the official trailer, and then three short promotional videos for the sponsors. Of these, the one that probably sticks in the mind for all the
- [Seoul and London forge friendly-city ties](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/12/19/seoul-and-london-forge-friendly-city-ties/): A press release just published by the Seoul Metropolitan Government: Seoul and London forge friendly-city ties SEOUL, 18 December 2015: Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has recently forged closer inter-city ties with London, the city known as a global center of diverse sectors, including art, economy, finance, fashion, medical services, tourism, and transportation. Seoul Mayor Park
- [Kim Jong Un's 2017 New Year Address](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/01/02/kim-jong-uns-2017-new-year-address/): The following is the text of Kim Jong Un's 2017 New Year Address, sourced from Rodong Sinmun: Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, made his address on the New Year, Juche 106 (2017). The
- [A look back at the Korean sporting year of 2010](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/01/03/a-sporting-look-back-at-2010/): Historical is a term often misused in this day and age. Yet I am about to use it in a context that I am going to try and justify. The year 2010 was a historical one for Korean sports, and I don't use that term lightly. There have been many many highlights in the world
- [President Lee's 2011 New Year policy address to the nation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/01/09/president-lees-2011-new-year-address/): The text of President Lee's New Year address to the RoK, from Korea.net. Toward an Advanced, Leading Country During the Next Decade 1. Significance of 2010 and 2011 Good morning, fellow Koreans, The New Year of the Rabbit, 2011, has dawned. The rabbit is a symbol of wisdom and abundance, and I hope it will
- [President Lee Myung-bak's 2010 New Year message to the nation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/01/04/president-lee-myung-baks-new-year-message-to-the-nation/): Somewhat less wordy than the Joint New Year Editorial issued north of the border, and there's also a subtitled video to go with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlcGdtVukoo My fellow Koreans, 2010, a New Year full of hope, has just dawned. Did you have good dreams last night? Even in the face of crisis last year, we created
- [Choe Il presents his credentials as DPRK ambassador](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/02/12/choe-il-presents-his-credentials-as-dprk-ambassador/): Embed from Getty Images From the Court Circular page of the Buckingham Palace website: 9 February 2017: His Excellency Mr. Choe Il was received in audience by The Queen today and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to
- [Scars (흉터, 2011) review: trauma, identity, and the quiet struggle for selfhood](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/01/14/scars-2011-review-hc/): Paul Quinn reviews Scars, exploring trauma, identity, symbolism, and visual storytelling as one woman confronts past wounds and searches for self-understanding.
- [2017 KCC film nights kick off with Princess Aurora](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/02/12/2017-kcc-film-nights-kick-off-with-princess-aurora/): The 2017 film screenings at the KCC start with a season of horror movies and thrillers curated by Colette Balmain. Princess Aurora (오로라 공주) Dir: Bang Eun-jin, 2005, 106 mins 16 February 2017, 7pm @ KCCUK Book via the KCCUK website The directorial debut of Bang Eun-jin, Princess Aurora is a female take on the
- [LKL at 10 years: a decade in statistics](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/03/04/lkl-at-10-years-a-decade-in-statistics/): In the early years of this website, I was rather obsessed with readership statistics. It was gratifying to see the readership grow, and it was informative to see what it was they were visiting the site for. After a while, I found that nothing much was changing. And I realised that if I were to
- [Yang Ik-june's Breathless gets R2 DVD release](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/03/16/yang-ik-junes-breathless-gets-r2-dvd-release/): "ONE OF THE YEAR'S BOLDEST AND MOST THRILLING DEBUT FEATURES." – EYE WEEKLY.COM Following its critically acclaimed UK theatrical release in January, Yang Ik-june’s award winning Breathless comes to DVD on 22nd March 2010 as a two-disc Special Collector’s Edition featuring a host of exclusive extras including interviews with the director and cast members, specially
- [A survey of post-millennials - and South Korea shows its expected malaise](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/02/13/a-survey-of-post-millennials-and-south-korea-shows-its-expected-malaise/): Another of those surveys, and guess where South Korea ends up in the rankings? As you might expect from the land of Hell Joseon, the statistics do not look great: second from bottom in terms of overall happiness. Around 1,000 15-21-year-olds from each of 20 countries were surveyed between September and October 2016 as part
- [Korean performers needed for Hull City of Culture Gwangju project](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/04/01/korean-performers-needed-for-hull-city-of-culture-gwangju-project/): dreamthinkspeak, pioneers of site responsive performance, are creating a new production entitled ONE DAY MAYBE as part of the HULL CITY of CULTURE programme of events. The production is scheduled for September this year. ONE DAY, MAYBE is inspired by the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising in South Korea. The project casts an eye on the
- [Update: upcoming Frontline Club discussion no longer about PGH's impeachment](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/04/04/event-news-pgh-talk-at-the-frontline-club/): Update: this event has now been changed to be a documentary screening and discussion about the South Korean TV show Now on my way to meet you. The below text is retained for archival purposes but is no longer relevant. Asia in Realignment: The Impeachment of Park Geun-hye Frontline Club | 13 Norfolk Place |
- [Event news: Channel 4 documentary + discussion -- North Korea’s Reality TV Stars](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/04/17/event-news-discussion-north-koreas-reality-tv-stars/): This Wednesday's talk at the Frontline Club, originally billed as focusing on the impeachment of Park Geun-hye, will now be an opportunity to preview and discuss the Channel 4 Unreported World documentary on the subject of the South Korean TV panel show starring North Korean migrants - "Now on My Way to Meet You" (이제
- [London and Seoul sign Friendship City agreement](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/04/04/london-and-seoul-sign-friendship-city-agreement/): When Seoul Mayor Park Wonsoon was in town yesterday he signed a "friendship city" agreement with London Mayor Sadiq Khan at City Hall. According to Yonhap, the agreement is "aimed at strengthening cooperation in nine sectors including economic democratization, improved response to climate change and digital renovation." Earlier in the day Mayor Park was at
- [K-Dance 2025: Jungle by Korea National Contemporary Dance Company](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/02/25/k-dance-2025-jungle-by-korea-national-contemporary-dance-company/): Amid the chaos we create order. Jungle is our life. A seventeen-strong company gathers onstage for an extraordinary spectacle of vitality. Based on ‘Process Init’, an unconventional movement research method developed by Korea National Contemporary Dance Company’s artistic director Sung-young Kim, Jungle is full of wildly instinctive movements which expand and unfurl, rich with the energy of survival. The dancers embody
- [Korean films at BFI Flare 2025](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/02/21/korean-films-at-bfi-flare-2025/): This year at BFI Flare we have three films by Korean directors and one by a Korean American. The latter - The Wedding Banquet by director Andrew Ahn - has been chosen to open the festival and includes Oscar-winner Youn Yuh-jung among the cast. Londoners were introduced to Andrew Ahn's work at Queer East last
- [K-Dance Seminar - Choreographic Humour: Korean-British Connections and Divergences](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/02/25/k-dance-seminar-choreographic-humour-korean-british-connections-and-divergences/): How does humour function in contemporary choreography? What comic affinities might there be between Korean and British choreographers, and how do their approaches differ? This seminar brings together artists featured in A Festival of Korean Dancein recent years with UK-based artists affiliated with The Place, for a discussion around dance's potential to transform the conventions
- [K-Dance 2025: Ham:beth by Modern Table](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/02/25/k-dance-2025-hambeth-by-modern-table/): Boy-band meets Shakespearean drama in this energetic all-male show by Modern Table. Seven dancers in slick suits battle against the pressure to conform. Claiming their right to desire, their quests push them into becoming lone heroes. Loosely inspired by depictions of madness in Hamlet and Macbeth, Ham:beth combines traditional Korean songs with a live rock
- [4482 Artist Talk + Performance Art with Donna Kim](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/04/08/4482-artist-talk-performance-art-with-donna-kim/): Welcome to 4482 (SASAPARI) Art Talk series! The theme of 'K-Art Now' this year is 'Performance Art & Installation Art'. Please join us for an enchanting artist talk and live performance with Donna Kim, a movement artist who delves into the essence of her being through the language of dance. Her artistry is a passionate journey of exploration and
- [Holy Night: Demon Hunters - UK theatrical release](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/04/11/holy-night-demon-hunters-uk-theatrical-release/): Seoul descends into chaos as a devil-worshipping criminal network emerges. In a desperate plea for salvation, the police are forced to enlist ‘Holy Night’, a trio of demon hunters armed with supernatural powers. Can ‘Holy Night’ conquer the devil’s reign and restore order to the city? Screening at: London: ODEON Haymarket / Kingston / Greenwich
- [Han Collection x Icheon Ceramic for London Craft Week 2025](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/04/25/han-collection-x-icheon-ceramic-for-london-craft-week-2025/): Han Collection is proudly partnering with Icheon Ceramic to bring Korean works of art of exceptional quality to the UK. Icheon is a small city to the south-east of Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Since 2010, it has been designated as a UNESCO City for Arts and Folk Art. It is home to over
- [KCC screening: A Resistance](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/02/21/kcc-screening-a-resistance/): Though set almost entirely within the confines of the notorious Seodaemun Prison, this mostly monochrome feature from writer/director Joe Min-ho (A Million, 2009) uses the incarceration of real-life freedom fighter Yu Gwan-sun (Ko A-sung) to crystallise the ordeals of Korea’s occupation by the Japanese. Arrested, along with 47,000 others, for participating in a non-violent national
- [BKS visit to Korean collections at Bodleian Library and Pitt Rivers Museum](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/01/27/bks-visit-to-korean-collections-at-bodleian-library-and-pitt-rivers-museum/): Members of the British Korean Society will be visiting Oxford on 7 February for an exclusive look at the Korean collections - documents, books, artefacts - of the Bodleian Library and the Pitt Rivers Museum. Members will be guided behind the scenes by experts and curators of both institutions. The visits will last approximately from
- [I.M. (Monsta X) Off The Beat World Tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/05/10/i-m-monsta-x-off-the-beat-world-tour-in-london/): I.M Changkyun (아이엠) of K-pop music group Monsta X recently released 'Off the Beat' with Sony Music Korea, an upbeat six-track extended play album. He will be touring this new EP in Europe this summer. The charismatic rapper will be performing in London, Paris, Cologne and Berlin. Tickets for his London appearance, at the Shepherds
- [Book talk: The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/04/29/book-talk-the-penguin-book-of-korean-short-stories/): The KCCUK is pleased to announce a talk about the Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories with the editor Bruce Fulton, moderated by Grace Koh. This eclectic, moving and enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and colonial era to the devastating Korean
- [Balming Tiger play Heaven](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/04/28/balming-tiger-play-heaven/): A diverse music collective taking their name from the famous Asian ointment “Tiger Balm”. Balming Tiger describes themselves as a “multinational alternative K-pop band” with a desire to create an impact globally. The main creative vision of Balming Tiger is to reflect and represent the younger generation of today’s society. Aiming to further popularise Asian
- [Korean films at Queer East 2024](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/03/29/korean-films-at-queer-east-2024/): After the Korea focus in last year's festival it was perhaps a little bit to be expected that this year there would be less in the way of Korean content. So we have one South Korean feature film from 1967 (directed by Choi Eun-hee) and a handful of shorts; plus a 2016 feature by Korean
- [Seong-Jin Cho plays Beethoven 4](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/03/20/seong-jin-cho-plays-beethoven-4/): Seong-Jin Cho plays Beethoven's poetic Fourth Piano Concerto. You can’t keep inspiration down. Michael Tippett heard the chugging of a steamboat on a Swiss lake, and his Second Symphony burst into vibrant, bustling life. Wagner wrestled with faith and philosophy, and created music that seems to hover, glowing, in mid-air. And Ludwig van Beethoven sat
- [Sang Young Park, Anton Hur and Simon Lam on Love in the Big City](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/07/14/san-young-park-anton-hur-and-simon-lam-on-love-in-the-big-city/): KCCUK is pleased to announce an in-person talk about the novel Love in the Big City with the author San Young Park and the translator Anton Hur. A fresh and unique debut novel by the bestselling young star of Korean queer fiction, Love in the Big City is an energetic, joyful, and moving novel that
- [The Korean War: 70 Years On](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/07/14/the-korean-war-70-years-on/): Dr Grace Huxford reflects on the events and legacy of the Korean War 70 years since the conflict ended. On 27 July 1953, an armistice agreement was signed, bringing an end to the Korean War (1950-53). However, tensions on the Korean peninsula remained high and the legacies of the conflict continue to this day. In
- [Cancelled *** KPOP.LUX at the o2 *** Cancelled](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/05/27/kpop-lux-at-the-o2/): K-Pop continues its global domination this September in the form of KPOP LUX x SBS Super Concert in London, offering UK fans the chance to see ten of the hottest K-Pop acts currently on the scene. The concert will also serve as a celebration of 140 years of diplomatic ties between South Korea and the
- [March House Concert: String Quartet](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/03/10/march-house-concert-string-quartet/): The KCC will be hosting the talented quartet composed of violinists Gooil Kang and Rachel Hayoung Woo, violist Dahee Kwon and cellist Haeun Kim. They will perform Mendelssohn and Dvorak at St James's Piccadilly Don’t miss out on the chance of having a lovely time at the beautiful church building, enjoying classical music performed by
- [Seoul - London Global Investor Relations Conference](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/03/09/seoul-london-global-investor-relations-conference/): Hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) and Foreign Investment Promotion Agency ‘Invest Seoul’, you are invited to Seoul - London Global Investor Relations Conference that gives global finance leaders insight into new finance business and investment opportunities in Seoul, South Korea. We hope that you will participate in this event to meet with Oh
- [Book launch: The Korean Book of Happiness](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/03/03/book-launch-the-korean-book-of-happiness/): From the very first moment she set foot in South Korea, Barbara Zitwer, literary agent to some of the most celebrated, prize-winning Korean authors, fell head-over-heels in love, discovering there a renewed sense of happiness and energy. In this fascinating book, Zitwer shares all that she has learnt about this vibrant country, forged by the
- [Novus String Quartet play Britten, Janáček and Shostakovich at the Wigmore Hall](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/02/23/novus-string-quartet-play-britten-janacek-and-shostakovich/): Programme Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): 3 Divertimenti for string quartet Leoš Janáček (1854-1928): String Quartet No. 1 'Kreutzer Sonata' INTERVAL Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975): String Quartet No. 9 in E flat Op. 117 Written in 1923, Janáček’s piece was inspired not only by Tolstoy’s novella but also the composer’s passionate love for the much younger (and married)
- [Broker: UK theatrical release](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/02/22/broker-uk-theatrical-release/): On a rainy night in Busan, So-young (Lee ‘IU’ Ji-eun) leaves her baby Woo-sung outside a ‘baby box’, a safe place set up in Korean churches for new mothers to leave unwanted infants. Instead, he’s picked up by Sang-hyun (Parasite’s Song Kang-ho) who runs an unofficial adoption brokerage and plans to find him a new
- [Joo Yeon Sir / Irina Andrievsky lunchtime recital at LSE](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2023/02/18/joo-yeon-sir-irina-andrievsky-lunchtime-recital-at-lse/): Described by The Strad as "exuberant... seductive... with bravura and oodles of personality", prize-winning violinist and composer Joo Yeon Sir has appeared as a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia, and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras, at venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, and Liverpool Symphony Hall. Born in Korea, Joo Yeon moved to London at
- [Failed Summer Vacation: Heuijung Hur in conversation with Barry Pierce](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/05/18/failed-summer-vacation-heuijung-hur-in-conversation-with-barry-pierce/): To mark the UK release of Failed Summer Vacation, the Korean Cultural Centre UK invites you to an evening of literary conversation with acclaimed author Heuijung Hur, in dialogue with editor and literary critic Barry Pierce. Failed Summer Vacation is Hur’s award-winning debut collection of short stories, first published in Korea and now introduced to
- [EDITH × Yoon Dong-ju: Poetry Reimagined through Electronic Sound](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/05/22/edith-x-yoon-dong-ju-poetry-reimagined-through-electronic-sound/): Edith is a musician who reinterprets the poetry of Yoon Dong-ju through electronic and rock music. Her work bridges classical literature and contemporary sound, transforming Yoon Dong-ju’s writing into an immersive auditory experience. Her notable single, “Gongsang” (Imagination), inspired by the poet’s poem of the same name, reimagines the Tower of Babel as a symbol
- [Shinwook Kim and Yiyoung Song in Archipelagic Memory, at Mokspace](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/07/18/shinwook-kim-and-yiyoung-song-in-archipelagic-memory-at-mokspace/): Mokspace is thrilled to announce the opening of a new exhibition - Archipalagic Memory - a group exhibition of five powerful international photographers: Kurt Tong, Moe Suzuki, Shinwook Kim, Yiyoung Song, and Robert Zhao Renhui. All exhibiting artists, in their work, explore memory as fragmented, embodied, and resonant — an archipelago adrift on shared seas
- [K-Culture Forum: Beyond the Headlines](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/09/29/k-culture-forum-beyond-the-headlines/): The biggest Korean culture forum of the year – a dynamic evening of presentations, panel talks, and networking that goes beyond the surface of headlines. From the latest Korean cultural trends to the 'K-Content' and 'K-Cuisine' keyword exploration, this is your chance to connect with leading voices, explore fresh perspectives, and be part of the
- [London Hallyu Festival: the Symposium's culture panel takes a look at UK Hallyu trends](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/10/16/london-hallyu-festival-the-symposiums-culture-panel-takes-a-look-at-uk-hallyu-trends/): Seeing that I invested a bit of time in pulling together some discussion material for the culture panel at the Korea Symposium on 29 September I thought I'd share some of the slides together with the gist of what I was trying to say. I was trying to trace, as objectively as possible, what one
- [KCC New Talents - Hwanhee Kim (piano)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/10/07/kcc-new-talents-hwanhee-kim-piano/): Successfully selected from the KCCUK's New Talents Open Call, the Korean Cultural Centre UK is proud to present pianist Hwanhee Kim this Autumn. This performance will focus on Kuk-jin Kim (1930-2020) whose work represents a groundbreaking and deeply personal synthesis of Gugak (Traditional Korean Music) with Western classical forms. Programme J.S. Bach (arr. F. Busoni)
- [Haenyeo Voices: Merging Tradition and Science to Monitor Reef Changes](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/12/31/haenyeo-voices-merging-tradition-and-science-to-monitor-reef-changes/): The Haenyeo Voices project explores the effects of environmental change on Jeju Island's reefs by combining Haenyeo divers’ Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) with scientific monitoring, using 3D modelling, to assess transformations and foster interdisciplinary collaboration. Professor Niki Alsford and Dr Sojin Lim will draw upon more than four years of ethnographic work with Haenyeo communities
- [Christine Sun Kim in 1880 THAT, at the Wellcome Collection](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/12/christine-sun-kim-in-1880-that-at-the-wellcome-collection/): '1880 THAT' is an exhibition which explores sign language and the right to communicate. It brings together new and recent work by the artists Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader. The exhibition explores the idea of language as a home - an essential place of belonging - and what it means to live with the
- [Platforms, AI, and Creative Work: Evidence from the Korean Webtoon Industry](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/19/platforms-ai-and-creative-work-evidence-from-the-korean-webtoon-industry/): Professor Changkeun Lee from KDI School of Public Policy and Management is visiting UCL to continue their conversation on the impact of AI on various Korean industries. This time, the focus is on the Webtoon industry. His presentation introduces the Korean webtoon industry as a platform-based digital comics market and examines how platform power and
- [The presentation of Korean Contemporary Art in London – a punter’s perspective](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/10/03/imyu-punter-talk/): Having fumbled my incoherent, jet-lagged way through a half prepared presentation at I-MYU a couple of days ago, here, Thucydidean style, is what I would have said if I had been better prepared. Since LKL went online three and a half years ago, we’ve tracked over 90 exhibitions of Korean art and artefacts, most of
- [The KCCUK - A look back at the first five years](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/02/01/the-kccuk-a-look-back-at-the-first-five-years/): A text written in preparation for a panel session at the KCCUK on 30 January 2013, the fifth anniversary of the opening of the KCCUK back in 2008. Korean Culture in London – or indeed in the UK more widely – did not start with the opening of the Korean Cultural Centre in 2008. But
- [UK/Korea Creative Futures is launched](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/02/20/ukkorea-creative-futures-is-launched/): Here is the official announcement from the British Council of the collaboration with Korea over the next two years: British Council announces UK/KOREA Creative Futures 2017 London, 20 February 2017. The British Council today officially launched UK/KOREA Creative Futures 2017, a year-long celebration of the long-standing relationship between the UK and Korea which will see
- [News of the visual arts programme as part of Korea/UK season 2017/18](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/05/27/visual-arts-programme-of-korea-uk-2017-18/): Back in February, the British Council announced the various cultural events taking place in Korea as part of the UK/Korea season of cultural exchange. The first of the reciprocal events, the launch of the Korea/UK season, took place in the V&A last week with the launch of the Contemporary Korean Ceramics exhibition, with the upcoming
- [Minja Gu in Gasworks residency](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/05/27/minja-gu-in-gasworks-residency/): Since 2012, Gasworks has dedicated a strand of its residency programme to hosting a yearly residency for a Korean artist, offering them the opportunity to be linked with the dynamic UK art scene and its influential professionals. For the Korea/UK season, Gasworks expanded its existing residency programme by working with Arts Council Korea, which had
- [Minja Gu open studio and artist talk](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/06/09/minja-gu-open-studio-and-artist-talk/): International residency artist Minja Gu has made some handmade papers mixed with different brands of curry powder and spices - part of the work in progress that she has been developing while on residency at Gasworks. Meet Minja and find out more about her work at the Gasworks Open Studios event on Saturday 24 June
- [Jewyo Rhii & Jihyun Jung in conversation with Je Yun Moon](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/25/jewyo-rhii-jihyun-jung-in-conversation/): In advance of the exhibition Dawn Breaks, Jewyo Rhii and Jihyun Jung will be in conversation with curator Je Yun Moon (Korean Cultural Centre UK) at the ArtReview Bar. This talk is organised in collaboration with Amanda Wilkinson Gallery which is presenting Jewyo Rhii's solo exhibition The Day 3, Walls and Barbed from 18 November
- [Jewyo Rhii and Jihyun Jung: Dawn Breaks](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/26/jewyo-rhii-and-jihyun-jung-dawn-breaks/): News of the next exhibition in the Korea/UK Season 2017-2018: Jewyo Rhii and Jihyun Jung: Dawn Breaks Friday 8 December 2017 – Saturday 27 January 2018 Preview: Thursday 7 December 2017, 6.30–8.30pm, with a series of performances introducing the project The Showroom | 63 Penfold Street | London NW8 8PQ | www.theshowroom.org Wednesday – Saturday,
- [An introduction to the July / August season of films at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/07/15/an-introduction-to-the-july-august-season-of-films-at-the-kcc/): Kim Hong-joon's My Korean Cinema, which screened as part of the documentary strand of the 2016 London Korean Film Festival, provides the inspiration and structure for the July / August season of films at the KCC, curated by students from the MA Film Programming and Curating course at Birkbeck. They provide the background below: Patchworks
- [Jeju teachers in Kingston exchange](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/10/04/jeju-teachers-in-kingston-exchange/): I do like receiving these occasional press releases from Kingston Council as I wouldn't normally get to hear about things like this: Kingston schools welcome teachers from Korea in cultural exchange programme Seven teachers from Jeju in South Korea, Kingston’s partner town, are working in local schools and staying with local families as part of
- [Sad news from the South coast](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/10/14/sad-news/): Kim Hyewon, a 22 year-old student who was studying English here fell to her death after jumping in the air to pose for a photo at the edge of the Seven Sisters. According to the Telegraph: A statement by witness Young Choi, 24, said: "I went to the Seven Sisters for tourism. Another Korean girl,
- [A few links relating to Trump's visit](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/14/a-few-links-relating-to-trumps-visit/): A few links relating to President Trump’s visit to Seoul before they are too out of date: His hosts used an official dinner to score two foreign policy points over the Japanese: One of the guests was former comfort woman Lee Yong-soo and the Japanese were said not to have appreciated it when Trump embraced
- [New and upcoming non-fiction titles for 2018](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/27/new-and-upcoming-non-fiction-titles-for-2018/): Too many books, not enough time to read them, or space to store them. Encouragingly, in a skim of the upcoming publication lists I had no problems finding plenty of books on a wide range of interesting topics. No longer it seems is the reading public (or the publishers' perception thereof) solely interested in that
- [Kim Jong Un's 2018 New Year Address](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/02/kim-jong-uns-2018-new-year-address/): The following is the text of Kim Jong Un’s 2018 New Year Address, sourced from Rodong Sinmun: Respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un made the New Year Address for 2018. The full text of the New Year Address reads: Dear fellow countrymen and brave service personnel of the People's Army, Dear compatriots, Today, recollecting with
- [President Moon's 2018 New Year Message](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/02/president-moons-2018-new-year-message/): Here is the text of President Moon Jae-in's 2018 New Year Message, sourced from the Blue House website. Fellow Koreans, The New Year of 2018 has arrived. I hope each and every one of you and your family will enjoy better days filled with joy and laughter throughout the New Year. We all have prevailed
- [60% of actresses have been offered benefits for sex](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/04/27/60-of-actresses-have-been-offered-benefits-for-sex/): A report jointly conducted by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Korean Women's Development Institute interviewed 111 actresses and 240 actress-hopefuls between September and December of last year, says the Korea Times. The findings? More than 60 percent of the interviewees received at least one proposal to have sexual intercourse from influential figures
- [Clazziquai's Horan to model corsets](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/05/27/horan-to-model-corsets/): "Horan's mysterious moods and modern looks match well with our brand, Lefee" says a suit from M Corset, a female underwear manufacturer in Sinsa-dong. Clazziquai's vocalist is to model for them. http://bit.ly/aLHAa0 # According to the same Korea Times article, she is now appearing as an intelligence agent in a TV drama entitled Call of Duty.
- [Korean food technologists produce Space Bibimbap](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/02/23/korean-food-technologists-produce-space-bibimbap/): Not so long ago Korean boffins invented space kimchi. Now they’ve moved on to space bulgogi, adapted to suit the weightless environment of outer space. Next, space poktanju? Now that would be something. Source: Chosun Ilbo #
- [Who's who in the Korean blogosphere](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/05/02/whos-who-in-the-korean-blogosphere/): LKL is now providing articles for The East, the monthly English-language East Asian business & culture newspaper published in London. LKL’s remit for The East is, for the moment, pretty much undefined, which means I can write whatever I like. And Editor Lee can reject it if he doesn’t like it. It’s an interesting discipline
- [Boston Globe photos of a Chinese tour group to Mt Kumgang](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/09/22/31521/): Yet more photos of North Korea - these are of the Chinese tour group to Mt Kumgang. From the Boston Globe.
- [A new year gift from the Korean Film Archive](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/06/a-new-year-gift-from-the-korean-film-archive/): Those nice people at the Korean Film Archive have given us a new year gift, in the form of twenty-one English subtitled classic movies newly uploaded to their YouTube channel. At least two of these have been available on subtitled DVD before (Come, Come, Come Upward and Gingko Bed) but I'm assuming these are new,
- [BTS featured in BBC K-pop documentary](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/21/bts-featured-in-bbc-k-pop-documentary/): Adele Roberts, who hosts BBC Radio 1's Early Breakfast Show, thrilled UK K-pop followers and BTS Army members on 2 October 2017 when she played BTS for the first time on the BBC as part of a Best New Pop feature. That track, DNA, along with Mic Drop, have featured several times on the BBC
- [The Silence of Time: Francesca Cho in Seoul](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/01/04/the-silence-of-time-francesca-cho-in-seoul/): London-based Korean artist Francesca Cho is currently in Seoul on a working sabbatical. She has a solo show entitled "The Silence of Time" in the Pyunghwa Gallery at the Catholic Centre, by Myungdong Cathedral, 13-26 January 2010. "The Silence of time" 초대의 글 자연과 인간의 조화로움을 어두움과 빛의 이미지를 통해 보여 주는 작가 조 프렌체스카의
- [Bada Song: Body and Shelter, at The Agency Gallery](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/09/17/bada-song-at-the-agency-gallery/): Bada Song has a solo exhibition at The Agency gallery in Deptford, 21 September - 20 October. Congratulations are also due to Song, who has just won second prize in the prestigious Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 - the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. Bada Song: Body and Shelter
- [Bada Song: Ta-iL, at the Agency Gallery](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/02/bada-song-ta-il-at-the-agency-gallery/): News of an exhibition by Bada Song at the Agency Gallery this month: Bada Song: Ta-iL the Agency Gallery, 66 Evelyn Street London SE8 5DD, www.theagencygallery.co.uk 25th Jan 2014 – 1st March 2014 Preview 24th January, 6-9pm Wed-Sat 10.30am - 6pm Last Fridays of the Month 10.30am - 8pm The Agency is pleased to present
- [Han Kim plays the Mozart Clarinet Concerto](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/23/han-kim-plays-the-mozart-clarinet-concerto/): Clarinet prodigy Han Kim will be playing the Clarinet Concerto in an all-Mozart programme performed by the Ariel Consort of London conducted by Douglas Lee on 1 March. The concert, which will be held at 7:30pm in St Matthew's Church, Durham Road, West Wimbledon, London SW20 0DE [Map] is in aid of Marie Curie Cancer
- [LBF event 4 Mar: Books on Screen -- The Road to Sampo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-event-4-mar-books-on-screen-the-road-to-sampo/): The first of the KCC's Korean Literature on Screen events. The Hwang Sok-yong short story on which it is based is pretty hard to find in translation. It's part of a collection published by Heinemann Asia in the 1980s, logged on Brother Anthony's site here, and available on Amazon for the princely sum of £112.14.
- [LBF event 11 Mar: Books on Screen — Portrait of the Days of Youth](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-event-11-mar-books-on-screen-portrait-of-the-days-of-youth/): The second of the KCC's Korean Literature on Screen events. The Yi Mun-yol story on which it is based is not yet available in translation. As usual, pre-registration is required via the KCC website. Portrait of the Days of Youth 젊은날의 초상, Kwak Ji-kyoon, 1990 11 March 7pm, KCCUK Running time 148 minutes A university
- [Krys Lee wins literature award](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/03/12/krys-lee-wins-literature-award/): Congratulations to Krys Lee who has won a literature award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is one of two winners of a Rome Fellowship in Literature, which involves a one-year residency (2014–2015) at the American Academy in Rome. Source
- [LBF events 8 April in the Korean pavilion](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-events-8-april-in-the-korean-pavilion/): Here are the events for the 8 April in the Korean pavilion: 14:00 - 16:00: Korean Tea Time: Digital Publishing + Find Your ePublishing Partner! Business Lounge, Korea Pavilion (EC2 V455) A unique chance to meet Korea's most creative digital publishers and to sample some delicious Korean teas. 16:30 - 17:00: Case Study: A Smart
- [LBF events 9 April in the Korean pavilion](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-events-9-april-in-the-korean-pavilion/): Here are the events in the Korean pavilion on 9 April. Check for conflicts with other Book Fair events here. 10:00 - 11:00: From Immigrant Housemaid to Harvard PhD: Korean non-fiction author Ms. Jin Robertson Event Hall Korea Pavilion (EC2 U405) Chair: Daniel Crewe, Profile books Korean non-fiction author, Dr. Jin Kyu (Suh) Robertson, will
- [Write-ups of the London Book Fair](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/04/19/write-ups-of-the-london-book-fair/): Here are some links to articles about the London Book Fair, to which I'll add as I find more. Ten Korean writers on a country sawn in half, Claire Armitstead, Guardian, 7 April 2014 South Korean lit as proxy for every Korea, past, present, and future, kokkiri comments on the above Guardian article, Subject Object
- [Connie Talbot donates to Sewol disaster](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/04/23/connie-talbot-donates-to-sewol-disaster/): Connie Talbot, the runner up in Britain's Got Talent 2007 (she lost out to Jeju goodwill ambassador Paul Potts), is currently in Korea for some concerts - aged 13. The Chosun Ilbo reports that she will be donating the profits from this Sunday's concert in Seoul to the ferry disaster. She thus joins the ranks
- [RIP Sena Lee](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/04/29/rip-sena-lee/): Many LKL readers will remember Dr Sena Lee, the Traditional Korean Medicine doctor, and LKL’s medical correspondent. She was in London for three years taking a PhD in western medicine to add to her Korean qualifications. Her articles for LKL can be found here. During her time in London she was a great ambassador for
- [Farewell, Queen Yuna](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/05/05/farewell-queen-yuna/): The Chosun Ilbo has a nice collection of pics of Kim Yuna's performance during her retirement ice show in Seoul on 4 May, 2014. I wonder what is next for the star.
- [Paul French discusses North Korea: State of Paranoia](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/05/18/paul-french-discusses-north-korea-state-of-paranoia/): A talk at the Fulham branch of the wonderful Daunt Books. I'm assuming this is a second edition of his Paranoid Peninsula. Paul French in conversation with Harriet Evans on North Korea: State of Paranoia Thursday 29th May, 7pm at Daunt Books Fulham Road North Korea continues to make headlines, arousing curiosity and fear in
- [Korean Screen Culture Conference 2014: draft programme](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/06/01/korean-screen-culture-conference-2014-draft-programme/): With thanks to Dr Chi-Yun Shin, here is the provisional programme for the Korean Screen Culture Conference at Sheffield Hallam University on 13-14 June 2014. This follows the two successful conferences at SOAS in 2012 and 2013. Go up there early and catch Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 (June 7-12). The Conference is at SHU's City Campus
- [KCC to fund British Museum curator](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/06/30/kcc-to-fund-british-museum-curator/): Interesting that it's the KCC doing this. Normally I would expect a chaebol or an NGO like the Korea Foundation to fund this sort of post. Anyway, below is the official press release from the British Museum website. This is an additional curatorial post, working under the existing senior curator Sasche Priewe, who will continue
- [The Bristol Old Vic graduates come to London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/07/27/the-bristol-old-vic-graduates-come-to-london/): If you're free this Thursday lunchtime, come along to the Tristan Bates Theatre in near Cambridge Circus to support the MA graduates from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School performing in their London showcase. Among their ranks is South Korean actor Mina Kweon. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for
- [Bae Chang-ho's The Trip at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/04/19/bae-chang-hos-the-trip-at-the-kcc/): A special screening of a film set in that favourite of honeymoon destinations, Jeju Island. The Trip 7pm, Thursday 21st April Director: Bae Chang-ho Cast: Park Joo-hee, Oh Yeong-sook, Kim Yu-mi, Park Sang-gyoo Genre: Drama Certificate: 15 (South Korea) Running Time: 147 mins Venue: The Korean Cultural Centre UK Ground Floor, Grand Buildings 1-3 Strand,
- [The Trip (여행, 2009) review: three lives at a crossroads on Jeju Island](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/04/28/trip-2009-review-hc/): A heartwarming and beautiful-looking film set on Jeju Island, telling three interlinked stories of love, family, sacrifice and life-changing crossroads.
- [Miss the Train (미성년, 2014) review: spirit, loss and the beauty of the journey](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/06/27/miss-the-train-2014-review-hc/): Blending spirituality, faith and romance, Miss the Train explores destiny, tradition and love through a quiet, dream-like journey shaped by loss and belief.
- [BBC covers North Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/01/03/bbc-cover-north-korean-cinema/): There's a good article on North Korean cinema posted yesterday by Helier Cheung on to the BBC website: Ten things: North Korea's film industry. The article draws on the work of Johannes Schönherr and on Lynn Lee and James Leong's documentary The Great North Korean Picture Show which screened in Bermondsey a couple of months ago.
- [Sunae Kim in Elements of Craft, at Mint](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/09/17/sunae-kim-in-elements-of-craft-at-mint/): As part of London Design Festival, Mint in South Kensington is holding a group show entitled Elements of Craft. Ceramic artist Sunae Kim will be part of the exhibition. Mint | 2 North Terrace | Alexander Square | London | SW3 2BA | www.mintshop.co.uk Rsvp is required for the private view on 18 September. The
- [Mother Green Tree Frog and Her Children, at Gresham College](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/10/28/mother-green-tree-frog/): Gresham College hosts a free lunchtime talk, which they file under "Very Unusual": Mother Green Tree Frog and Her Children Thursday, 13 November 2014 - 1:00pm Barnard's Inn Hall | Holborn | London EC1N 2HH | www.gresham.ac.uk Speaker: James Grayson Overview Through an examination of selected Korean folktales, the lecture will illustrate how traditional society
- [Event news: APPGNK on Sanctioning North Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/01/17/event-news-appgnk-on-sanctioning-north-korea/): Notice of a public event organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea: APPG Event: Sanctioning North Korea A talk with Andrea Berger (RUSI) and Maya Lester (Brick Court Chambers) 5pm, Monday 18th January Committee Room 11, Houses of Parliament The All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea invites you to attend an event titled,
- [Event news: November talks hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/10/26/november-appg-events/): Please find below details of three APPG North Korea events for November. Unless otherwise stated, events are free, open to members of the public and are accessed via the Cromwell Green visitor entrance to the Houses of Parliament. North Korea’s Hidden Revolution November 2nd at 17:00 in Committee Room 20, the Houses of Parliament Jieun
- [Event news: the 1st Global North Korea Freedom Week](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/10/event-news-the-1st-global-north-korea-freedom-week/): News of next week's Global North Korea Freedom Week, said to be the first, arrived in my inbox recently. Don't ask me to interpret how the timetable below works. Perhaps a more accurate version can be found on the www.ifreenk.com website, but my mcaffee web filter won't let me go there. 1st Global North Korea
- [North Korea Freedom Week - programme of events](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/12/06/north-korea-freedom-week-programme-of-events/): Attached is a full programme of events for North Korea Freedom Week. Here is an introduction to the week, from Kim Joo-il: North Korea Freedom Week in Europe 2014 8-14 December On 18 November, the UN General Assembly Third Committee passed a resolution condemning North Korea for its systematic and widespread human rights violations. The
- [2014 Korean Literature Nights](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/02/2014-korean-literature-nights/): Here are the Korean Literature discussion nights that the KCC has lined up for 2014: Wed 26 Feb Please Look After Mother by Shin Kyung-sook Please Look After Mother is the story of So-nyo, a wife and mother, who has lived a life of sacrifice and compromise. In the past she suffered a stroke, leaving
- [Event news: Fatal Intuition is the final movie in the K-horror series](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/03/16/event-news-fatal-intuition-is-the-final-movie-in-the-k-horror-series/): Colette Balmain's season of horror movies and thrillers comes to an end on 23 March with Yun Jun-Hyeong's Fatal Intuition. Colette will be giving an introduction. Fatal Intuition (그 놈이다) Director: Yun Jun-Hyeong, 2015 (109 mins) 23 March 2017, 7pm @KCCUK, Book here Synopsis Jang-woo (Joo Won) lives with his teenager sister, Eun-ji (Ryoo Hye-Young),
- [Recent highlights on LKL](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/11/30/recent-highlights-on-lkl/): I hope you don’t mind a bit of trumpet-blowing to thank some new contributors to London Korean Links. Some of them may be one-off, others more long-lasting; all are welcome. Elizabeth Grace covered Stephen Epstein’s recent talk in Cambridge, while Darren Southcott visits Jeju Stone Park and Colette Balmain compares Bong Joon-ho’s murder mysteries. Other
- [2017 travel diary 5: Wolbong's hermitage and Buddha's Birthday at Bongamsa](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/05/03/2017-travel-diary-5-wolbongs-hermitage-and-buddhas-birthday-at-bongamsa/): Mungyeong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Wednesday 3rd May 2017, 4am. An early start this morning is required to beat the crowds. Slightly groggy, Master Oh, Kyung-sook and I drag ourselves into the car at 4:30am and drive for half-hour or so to Bongamsa. We get the last space in the temple’s car park. Even at that time in the
- [Yoon-hee Kim at the Cadogan Hall](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/19/former-child-prodigy-now-21-y/): Former child prodigy, now 21-year old violin virtuoso Yoon-hee Kim plays the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto at the Cadogan Hall, 28 Feb. Buy tickets by following this link: http://t.co/6orBbU1M Programme Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Glinka was one of the most celebrated Russian composers of his
- [Hangul Celluloid joins the KOFICE 'Korea Joa Project'](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/09/25/hangul-celluloid-joins-the-kofice-korea-joa-project/): Along with 14 other bloggers Hangul Celluloid joins the Korea Joa Project, covering BIFF, K-drama, K-Pop, and Korean culture through reports and videos.
- [Korea Joa Project - the welcome dinner](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/01/korea-joa-project-the-welcome-dinner/): A Korea Joa Project travelogue covering arrival in Seoul, the orientation and welcome dinner, and KOFICE’s vision for promoting Korean culture online.
- [Korea Joa Project - Busan International Film Festival opening ceremony](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/04/korea-joa-project-busan-international-film-festival-opening-ceremony/): A first-hand travelogue from the 2015 Busan International Film Festival Opening Ceremony, featuring red carpet access and star sightings.
- [Korea Joa Project - 'The Silenced' BIFF 2015 screening and Q&A](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/05/korea-joa-project-the-silenced-biff-2015-screening-and-qa/): A Busan travelogue from the Korea Joa Project featuring milmyeon, Megabox Haeundae screenings, and a Q&A for The Silenced with its director and cast.
- [Korea Joa Project - Haedong Yonggungsa and Gwangalli Beach](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/06/korea-joa-project-haedong-yonggungsa-and-gwangalli-beach/): A Busan travelogue from the Korea Joa Project, visiting Haedong Yonggung seaside temple and ending with a Gwangalli Beach night ferry and city light views.
- [Korea Joa Project - Gyeongbokgung, Korean Food & Culture Academy and Namsan Tower](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/07/korea-joa-project-gyeongbokgung-korean-food-culture-academy-and-namsan-tower/): A Seoul travelogue from the Korea Joa Project featuring Gyeongbokgung Palace, a Korean cooking class, and panoramic views from Namsan (N Seoul) Tower.
- [Korea Joa Project - Korean Folk Village and a visit to the Naver building](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/08/korea-joa-project-korean-folk-village-and-a-visit-to-the-naver-building/): The Korea Joa travelers explore the Korean Folk Village film locations and Naver’s cutting-edge building with V APP, blending cinema, tech, and culture.
- [Korea Joa Project - a visit to the Korean Film Archive](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/09/korea-joa-project-a-visit-to-the-korean-film-archive/): Hangul Celluloid visits KOFA's museum, library and vault showcasing Korean cinema history, restoration, props, and interactive exhibits for film lovers.
- [Korea Joa Project - farewells and an interview with KOFICE](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/12/korea-joa-project-farewells-and-an-interview-with-kofice/): Farewell reflections from the Korea Joa Project, featuring KOFICE insights on its success in promoting Korean culture and plans for future editions.
- [Book launch: Vestiges of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/28/samguk-yusa-book-launch/): In this book launch event, Remco Breuker, Boudewijn Walraven and Grace Koh will introduce and discuss their recent publication, Vestiges of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea: A Translation of the Samguk yusa. Vestiges of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea (Samguk yusa) is the first annotated English translation of one of the most important premodern
- [Festival of Korean Dance 2026 – programme details announced](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/02/festival-of-korean-dance-2026-programme-details-announced/): Here’s the official press release for the 2026 Festival of Korean dance. This year, festival returns to the Tramway in Glasgow, as well as touring to Bournemouth, Salford and Newcastle. A Festival of Korean Dance tours five venues in its ninth year 2025 Olivier Award nominee Young-doo Jung presents a new work inspired by the
- [2026 Festival of Korean Dance on tour](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/02/2026-festival-of-korean-dance-on-tour/): As in previous years, the Festival of Korean Dance is going on tour, taking in venues in Bournemouth, Salford, Manchester and Glasgow. The tour schedule is set out below. Date Programme Venue / ticket link Wed 13 May, 7:30pm GRAVITY by Ryu and Friends Tramway, Glasgow Fri 15 May, 7:30pm Burnt Offering by 99 Art
- [Choigate, censorship and the arts](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/05/choigate-censorship-and-the-arts/): At any other time the presence of a demonstrator outside the KCC - and outside the opening screening of the London Korean Film Festival - protesting about artistic censorship that is said to have taken place during the current KCC director’s stint at the National Gugak Centre would have been prominent news. But choreographer Jung
- [K-music 2024: National Changgeuk Company -- Lear](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2024/06/14/national-changgeuk-company-lear/): Discover this visionary restaging of one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies into a spellbinding traditional opera from some of South Korea's leading creatives, performers and musicians. This major new production, critically acclaimed at its premiere in 2022, retells a familiar story in the form of Changgeuk. This culturally significant and artistically rich theatrical form in Korea, blends
- [Lear Screening + Q&A with Director Jung Young-doo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/03/21/lear-screening-qa-with-director-jung-young-doo/): To celebrate Director Jung Young-Doo's Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, a special screening of the National Changgeuk Company's Lear will be held. Changgeuk, a traditional form of Korean musical theatre, blends music, dance, and drama to create a captivating experience. Following its successful world premiere at the Barbican Centre in 2024, this screening of the full-length
- [March events 2026](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/01/march-events-20/): This month, LKL enters its 21st year online - we launched 20 years ago on 1 March 2006. And it's shaping up to be a good month, including three book launch events, three K-pop concerts, four major classical music concerts, a play and the UK theatrical release of a film that is currently topping the
- [Book launch: How Korean Corn Dogs Changed My Life](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/03/08/book-launch-how-korean-corn-dogs-changed-my-life/): Stanfords London is excited to welcome Alice Amelia to discuss her debut book 'How Korean Corn Dogs Changed My Life', in conversation with the Trouble Club's Zea Stuttaford. An addictive, tell-all memoir which is also a love letter to Korea: the story of a young British K-drama fan who moved to Seoul and unexpectedly became
- [Special Screening: No Other Choice](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/27/special-screening-no-other-choice/): In collaboration with MUBI, the KCCUK are delighted to present a special screening of No Other Choice by master filmmaker Park Chan-wook, celebrating its release on the MUBI platform. No Other Choice follows what happens when paper expert Yoo Man-soo (Lee Byung-hun) loses his job after 25 years of service and finds himself at risk
- [K-pop dance academy with Jay Kim](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/27/k-pop-dance-academy-with-jay-kim/): A three-day K-POP dance workshop featuring music from the K-Pop Demon Hunters OST, with original choreography exclusively created by JAY KIM. The Korean Cultural Centre UK presents K-POP DANCE ACADEMY with JAY KIM, a three-day evening workshop inspired by the K-Pop Demon Hunters original soundtrack. Taking place from 10 to 12 March (7–9pm), each session
- [Book Review: Gong Ji-young -- Our Happy Time](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/24/book-review-gong-ji-young-our-happy-time/): Our Happy Time is not the obvious title for a novel in which a three-times attempted suicide goes reluctantly to visit a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row. But strangely, as the relationship between the well-off former pop star and the prisoner from a poor and broken family gradually builds, the connection between them
- [Event news: K-music 2017 -- Hyelim Kim + Alice Zawadzki, 2 Oct](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/07/21/event-news-k-music-2017-hyelim-kim-alice-zawadzki-2-oct/): A major theme running through this year's K-music festival is that of collaboration between Korean and Western musicians. Hyelim Kim has been collaborating across genres for many years, most recently at Club Inegales. Her collaboration with vocalist / violinist Alice Zawadzki in the intimate Vortex venue should be special. They gave us a preview of
- [Sarah Chang's weekend in Philly](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/12/05/lkl-weekly-tweets-2010-12-05/): Violinist Sarah Chang tells us how to spend the perfect weekend in Philadelphia - via the Weekend FT's How to Spend it mag. #. Brunch, shoe shopping, baseball, movies, the art museum, cocktails and high tea.
- [Reality and fiction intertwine in E J-yong’s deliciously amusing fake documentary Actresses](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/27/review-e-j-yong-actresses/): "Which one did you think is the most beautiful?" It was one obvious conversation opener at the bar after the screening of E J-yong’s Actresses, in which six of Korea’s top actresses aged from their early 20s to their 60s, gather for a Vogue photoshoot in a film which its director calls “part reality show,
- [White night (백야행: 하얀 어둠 속을 걷다, 2009) review: beauty, darkness and moral ambiguity entwined](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/01/06/white-night-2009-review-hc/): A visually stunning Korean thriller that blends crime, tragedy and moral ambiguity, driven by powerful performances and masterful direction.
- [Missing (실종, 2009) review: predictable but unsettling](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/26/missing-2009-review-hc/): Though largely predictable and unevenly paced, Missing still manages to be unsettling and even moving at times, with a strong performance from MOON Sung-keun
- [Brief film review: Hope / Wish (Lee Joon-ik, 2013)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/12/12/brief-film-review-hope-wish/): One of the more anticipated films of the 2013 London Korean Film Festival was Lee Joon-ik’s Hope, a harrowing family drama examining the long-term effects caused by the traumatic sexual assault on a young girl by a construction worker near her school. It’s a powerful film which one won’t watch for pleasure, or indeed watch
- [2Z Live In London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/24/2z-live-in-london/): South Korean rock band 2Z are bringing their explosive live show to London for one night only at The Garage. As part of their European tour, the band will headline this official UK stop with a full live set, alongside exclusive VIP and VVIP experiences including photo opportunities and signed posters. https://open.spotify.com/album/6TQK5xRLKsBga1CnktX7Zo Further event information,
- [Revivre (화장, 2014) review: between duty and desire](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/01/16/revivre-2014-review-hc/): Im Kwon-taek’s heartbreakingly poignant Revivre, explores duty, desire and guilt as a man caring for his dying wife confronts fantasy, ageing and modern longing
- [Festival Film Review: Lee Kwang-guk focus](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/11/23/festival-film-review-lee-kwang-guk-focus/): If I had seen no other films at the 2015 London Korean Film Festival, the evenings of films by Lee Kwang-guk would have made the whole festival worthwhile. The first evening featured his second film, the short Hard to Say (2013), along with his debut feature Romance Joe (2012), while the second evening followed up
- [Caught on the plane: Twenty and Memories of the Sword (with Alice in Earnestland)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/12/13/caught-on-the-plane-twenty-and-memories-of-the-sword/): I always look forward to long-haul flights as an opportunity to catch up on all the movies I should have been watching over the past year. And having just returned from an ultra-long-haul holiday, I can heartily recommend Singapore Airlines in-flight entertainment. My only complaint is that there was too much to watch: if the
- [Watching Korea with the British Museum](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/12/18/watching-korea-with-the-british-museum/): Peter Corbishley reviews the recent Korean Film double bill On Saturday 6th November 2008, Margaret O’Brien of The British Museum and Jeon Hye-Jung of the Korean Cultural Centre put on a somewhat sparsely attended family programme of Korean films. Margaret O’Brien, who has been Head of Lifelong Learning at the Museum since 2000, presented the
- [White Badge: Korea and the Vietnamese War](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/07/13/white-badge-korea-and-the-vietnamese-war/): In a year that we remember the 60th anniversary of the first post-WW2 US military involvement in Asia, it was a great idea to invite Director Jeong Ji-yeong (정지영) to the UK. Jeong is known for a number of well-received films, including Nambugun, a film which gives a nuanced view of the Korean War from
- [LLGFF Festival Film Review: Leesong Hee-il's White Night trilogy - seek it out if you can](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/03/30/leesong-hee-ils-white-night-trilogy/): It was not so long ago that writing an article on queer cinema in Korea was a real struggle, for want of source material. Adam Hartzell does an excellent job in his 2002 Film Journal article Queer Pal for the Straight Gal, referencing films such as Wanee and Junah, Bungee Jump, Memento Mori and others.
- [1970s: the missing decade in Korean film?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/04/02/1970s-the-missing-decade-in-korean-film/): Newcomers to Korean film can sometimes get the impression that Korean cinema started with Shiri. Indeed, one contributor to the recent Korean Film Blogathon claimed "Korea’s cinema was virtually non-existing until the new millennium". Not a sentiment with which I strongly agree. While the last decade has certainly seen more than its fair share of
- [Films from the 70s: Lee Jin-mo's The Shower screens at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/03/23/the-shower-to-screen-at-the-kcc/): The 67th Korean Film Night at the KCC this Thursday continues the series of films from the 1970s: The Shower (1979) 7pm, Thursday 24th March Director: Ko Young-nam Cast: Lee Young-soo, Jo Yun-suk Genre: Drama Certificate: 12 (South Korea) Running Time: 99 mins Venue: The Korean Cultural Centre UK Ground Floor, Grand Buildings 1-3 Strand,
- [Festival film review: This Charming Girl](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/11/23/festival-film-review-this-charming-girl/): Lee Yoon-ki (이윤기) This Charming Girl (여자, 정혜, 2004, 99 mins). Review by Robert Cottingham. You know how people talk about reality TV, even though there is nothing ‘real’ about it? Well, if you wanted to see actual reality, the sheer day-to-day mundane-ness of the average person’s life, then this film is the closest you
- [This Charming Girl (여자, 정혜, 2004) review: isolation, memory and the need for connection](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/09/12/this-charming-girl-2004-review-hc/): This Charming Girl is a quiet Korean drama about isolation, memory and human connection, uncovering the hidden inner life of an ordinary woman.
- [A Reason to Live (오늘, 2011) review: faith, forgiveness and the limits of healing](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/08/17/reason-to-live-2011-review-hc/): A Reason to Live questions faith and forgiveness after violent loss, exploring grief, justice and moral pressure, but struggles with clichés and predictability
- ["A Reason to Live" and "Pain": Two lame films to avoid](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/04/13/a-reason-to-live-and-pain/): What better time to catch up on films you might not otherwise see than a long-haul flight from Seoul to London? Of the ten Korean films available on Asiana flight OZ 521 last week: I’d already seen and enjoyed two (War of the Arrows and Leafie) Two were feelgood sporting movies - not my usual
- [Poetry (시, 2010) review: memory, moral awakening and the search for beauty](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/02/18/poetry-lee-chang-dong-2010-review-hc/): In an unforgettable, gentle yet gripping story as uplifting as it is poignant, an elderly woman finds beauty and meaning through poetry amid quiet tragedy.
- [Exhibition visit: Korean Eye 2012 - the biggest Korean art show in London yet](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/10/12/exhibition-visit-korean-eye-2012-the-biggest-korean-art-show-in-london-yet/): With the high profile exhibition of Chinese art having just opened at the Hayward Gallery, let's not forget that there was an equally significant exhibition of contemporary Korean art at the privately funded Saatchi Gallery earlier this summer. Like many exhibitions, Korean Eye 2012 was one which needed to be visited several times. It was
- [Moss (이끼, 2010) review: power, corruption and secrets in a closed community](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/24/moss-2010-review-hc/): Kang Woo-suk's dark thriller exploring corruption, power and revenge within a secretive rural village featuring a standout performance by Jeong Jae-yeong
- [Hahaha – the first Hong Sang-soo film I’ve enjoyed without trying](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/04/09/hahaha-the-first-hong-sang-soo-film-ive-enjoyed-without-trying/): OK, it was the second time I had seen it. The first time, I had slept through it. But that was because I had been entering into the spirit rather too much by indulging in a drinking session of Hongian proportions beforehand. The second time round, there was the anticipation of seeing the lead actress
- [An Afternoon and Evening with Hong Sang-soo at the National Film Theatre.](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/10/11/an-afternoon-and-evening-with-hong-sang-soo-at-the-national-film-theatre/): Colette Balmain, editor of the upcoming Directory of World Cinema: Korea, encounters Hong Sang-soo at the screening of Hahaha on Friday 3rd September 2010, which opened the month-long retrospective of his work at the South Bank. Before the screening of HaHaHa, which was followed by a Q&A with Tony Rayns, at the NFT, I had
- [Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (곤지암, 2018) review: a chilling found footage horror](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/08/05/gonjiam-haunted-asylum-2018-review-hc/): A Korean found-footage horror using live-streamed investigation, mounting hysteria and a real abandoned asylum to generate sustained, chilling fear.
- [Mini review round-up: the 2018 LKFF Teaser screenings](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/10/21/mini-review-round-up-the-2018-lkff-teaser-screenings/): Sometimes I just don't have the time to marshal any thoughts about a movie after seeing it. Daily life takes over any before I know it I've watched another movie and the memory of the previous one is dimming fast. But as I've been on holiday for a few days away from the daily grind,
- [A mixed review for Lee Man-hee, the classic film director for LKFF 2011](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/11/20/a-mixed-review-for-lee-man-hee/): Most years, the London Korean Film Festival aims to include some classic films, usually from the 1960s, within its schedule. This is a valuable feature for UK cinemagoers, some of whom may be of the impression that Korean film started with Shiri. This year Lee Man-hee was featured, with two films: A Day Off and
- [Review roundup: Korean films at the 2019 BFI London filmfest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/27/review-roundup-korean-films-at-the-2019-bfi-london-filmfest/): I was particularly looking forward to the Korean screenings in the London Film Festival this year. Both LEAFF and LKFF in prior years have been championing the talent among Korea’s female directors and the trend has now spread to the BFI programme: of this year’s BFI festival, four out of the five Korean movies were
- [Assassination (암살, 2015) review: a sumptuous period action epic](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/04/assassination-2015-review-hc/): A star-studded Colonial Period action epic about resistance fighters and betrayal, Assassination delivers lavish spectacle & gripping action despite its length
- [Festival Film Reviews: the four Korean films at the BFI London Film Fest 2015](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/17/reviews-the-4-korean-films-at-lff-15/): It was a very pleasing selection of Korean films at the BFI London Film Festival this year. And for the first time that I can remember, I managed to get to all of them. Here are the verdicts. The Assassination 암살, Dir Choi Dong-hoon, 2015. Stern(9,g) With a fantastic ensemble cast, including Jeon Ji-hyun as
- [Alice in Earnestland (성실한나라의 앨리스, 2015) review: a fractured mind and a failing system](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/03/03/alice-in-earnestland-2015-review-hc/): Quirky horror comedy about desperation and societal pressure, blending graphic violence, dark humour and genre homages through a woman’s fractured psyche
- [The Wicked (마녀, 2014) review: dark humour, shifting perceptions and creeping dread](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/06/05/wicked-2014-review-hc/): A darkly comic Korean horror exploring power, perception and cruelty, driven by an unforgettable central performance and an atmosphere of creeping unease.
- [The World of Silence (조용한 세상, 2006) review:  trauma, trust, and a flawed but compelling thriller](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/04/05/world-of-silence-2006-review-hc/): A thoughtful review of The World of Silence, a Korean serial killer thriller exploring abuse, authority, and innocence through strong performances and social themes.
- [Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (가려진 시간, 2016) review -- childhood, time and impossible love](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/12/07/vanishing-time-a-boy-who-returned-2016-review-hc/): A visually beautiful film exploring childhood, belief, time, and love across impossible boundaries, blending fantasy, mystery and coming-of-age drama
- [A Woman Judge (여판사, 1962) review: gender, power, and a pioneering voice in Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/05/woman-judge-1962-review-hc/): A thoughtful review of Hong Eun-won's A Woman Judge, exploring gender roles, ambition, and social tension in one of Korea’s earliest female-directed films.
- [The Vanished (사라진밤, 2018) review: eerie morgue mystery and gripping psychological duel](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/06/07/vanished-2018-review-hc/): With strong performances and carefully planted misdirection, this remake delivers a smart, satisfying thriller that keeps viewers guessing to the very end.
- [The Vegetarian (채식주의자, 2010) review: a dark, haunting exploration of desire, mental illness and art](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/10/vegetarian-2010-film-review-hc/): Chae Min-seo stars in a haunting drama exploring mental illness, desire, family pressure, and the ethics of art, in this adaptaion of Han Kang's novel
- [Welcome to Dongmakgol (웰컴 투 동막골, 2005) review: humanity found beyond the battlefield](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/07/welcome-to-dongmakgol-2005-review-hc/): A detailed review of Welcome to Dongmakgol, exploring its blend of war drama, humour and heart, and how it uses an idyllic village to champion shared humanity.
- [A Werewolf Boy (늑대소년, 2012) review: tender emotion, predictable path](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/12/07/werewolf-boy-2012-review-hc/): A thoughtful review of A Werewolf Boy, exploring its melodramatic roots, strong performances, visual beauty and why its familiar themes stop it short of greatness.
- [Time (시간, 2006) review: identity, insecurity and the limits of reinvention](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/09/09/time-2006-review-hc/): Kim Ki-duk’s Time explores insecurity and identity, showing how plastic surgery and reinvention fail to heal deeper emotional and psychological wounds.
- [The Taste of Money (돈의 맛, 2012) review: power, sex and emotional emptiness](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/01/09/taste-of-money-2012-review-hc/): Im Sang-soo’s drama about wealth, power and sex expands on his previous movie - The Housemaid remake - but struggles to create emotional engagement.
- [Svaha: The Sixth Finger (사바하, 2019) review: faith, evil and ambiguity in Korean religious horror](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/05/10/svaha-the-sixth-finger-2019-review-hc/): A review of Svaha examining religion, cults, and moral ambiguity in a Korean horror-thriller blending Buddhist mythology with atmospheric supernatural imagery.
- [Summer Time (썸머타임, 2001) review: desire and democracy in 1980s Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/05/10/summer-time-2001-review-hc/): Summer Time blends erotic tension and the Gwangju uprising, exploring desire, family, and societal oppression in 1980s South Korea.
- [Speed (스피드, 2015) review: rebellious youth, broken dreams and first love](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/01/11/speed-2015-review-hc/): Lee Sang-woo’s Speed explores rebellious youth, societal corruption and lost innocence, anchored by a moving love story amid illness and exploitation.
- [Seopyeonje (서편제, 1993) review: pansori, sacrifice and modernity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/11/seopyeonje-1993-review-hc/): A father’s ruthless devotion to pansori and the sacrifices he demands; a family’s suffering while Korea struggles to preserve tradition amid modernisation.
- [Sakwa (사과, 2008) review: love, deception and the weight of regret](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/01/15/sakwa-2008-review-hc/): Paul Quinn reviews Sakwa, exploring love, self-deception and regret, as personal lies and social pressures unravel relationships in contemporary Korea.
- [Psychokinesis (염력, 2018) review: superpowers, family and the shadow of Yongsan](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/08/17/psychokinesis-2018-review-hc/): Psychokinesis mixes superhero comedy, family drama and anti-corporate themes, but its light tone clashes with material inspired by the Yongsan tragedy.
- [Pluto (명왕성, 2012) review: fear, power and violence in Korea’s elite classrooms](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/12/03/pluto-2012-review-hc/): A high school thriller reminiscent of "Bleak Night", examining fear, elitism and violence, as academic pressure and rivalry spiral into murder and revenge.
- [Peppermint Candy (박하사탕, 2000) review: a heartbreaking reverse-chronology epic](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/01/19/peppermint-candy-2000-review-hc/): Lee Chang-dong's compelling reverse-chronology masterpiece links one man's tragic downfall to twenty years of traumatic Korean history.
- [Paju (파주, 2009) review: a haunting, non-linear tale of guilt, mystery and urban decay](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/12/19/paju-2009-review-hc/): A melancholy and darkly beautiful, film, Park Chan-ok’s Paju explores themes of grief, political activism, and the blurred lines of altruism.
- [Operation Chromite (인천상륙작전, 2016) review: high-stakes espionage marred by caricatures and casting](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/12/20/operation-chromite-2016-review-hc/): While featuring a tense spy narrative and expertly directed action sequences, the film is weighed down by weak CGI, melodrama, and Liam Neeson’s performance.
- [Open City (무방비 도시, 2008) review: striking visuals, but predictable crime plot and thin characterisation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/08/20/open-city-2008-review-hc/): Though visually accomplished, Open City is sadly hampered by a predictable, unimaginative plot and a set of characters that are little more than caricatures
- [Neighbors (이웃사람, 2012) review: guilt, communal apathy and genre confusion in a serial killer drama](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/02/21/neighbors-2012-review-hc/): A serial killer story blends themes of guilt and communal apathy with strong ensemble performances let down by a cluttered and genre-confused narrative.
- [My Heart (정, 情, 2000) review: a life led by empathy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/06/22/my-heart-2000-review-hc/): A drama spanning the whole of the 20th century tracing one woman’s life of love, loss and resilience, her course though life guided always by empathy
- [My Dear Girl, Jin-young (사랑해! 진영아, 2013) review: late blooming, shifting desires](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/07/22/my-dear-girl-jin-young-2013-review-hc/): Lee Sungeun's debut feature pushes the boundaries of the rom-com, blending whimsy with themes of self-perception, career-focused women and same-sex attraction
- [Mother is a Whore (엄마는 창녀다, 2009) review: a bleak reversal of family and moral appearances](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/05/24/mother-is-a-whore-2009-review-hc/): Lee Sang-woo's debut is a stark portrayal of family, exploitation, and hypocrisy beneath socially acceptable appearances in Korean society.
- [Miss Baek (미쓰백, 2018) review: saving a child, saving a life](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/27/miss-baek-2018-review-hc/): Based on a true story, Miss Baek is a harrowing drama about child abuse, hidden cruelty and redemption, where saving an innocent life becomes an act of survival
- [Minari (미나리, 2020) review: resilience, sacrifice and the American dream](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2021/03/27/minari-2020-review-hc/): A Korean American family drama set in 1980s Arkansas, Minari explores ambition, sacrifice and resilience through intimate domestic conflict and hope.
- [Memoir of a Murderer (살인자의 기억법, 2017) review: unreliable memory, moral ambiguity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/28/memoir-of-a-murderer-2017-review-hc/): Can a serial killer be a hero? Memoir of a Murderer deals with dementia, unreliable memory, moral ambiguity, and the tense battle between two monsters.
- [Melo (멜로, 2012) review: love, paranoia, and the dark side of devotion](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/08/28/melo-2012-review-hc/): A dark tale of love, sex and trust (or the lack thereof), detailing the twisted path down which personal need placed above all else can lead
- [Man of Vendetta (파괴된 사나이, 2010) review: respectable thriller, shame about the title](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/09/29/man-of-vendetta-2010-review-hc/): A faithless ex-pastor races to save his kidnapped daughter. The thriller balances grim suspense, moral dilemmas, and melodrama despite familiar genre trappings
- [Let's Dance (자, 이제 댄스타임, 2013) review: examining South Korea's abortion debate](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/01/29/lets-dance-2013-review-hc/): A documentary exploring abortion through women’s testimonies, Let’s Dance confronts stigma, patriarchy and trauma amid South Korea’s legal and social debate.
- [90 Minutes (90분, 2012) review: the price of entitlement](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/04/30/90-minutes-2012-review-hc/): A revenge thriller about power, sexual abuse and retribution, as a media executive is trapped in a 90-minute psychological game led by a formidable woman
- [King of Pigs (돼지의 왕, 2011) review: the cost of becoming a monster](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/01/08/king-of-pigs-2011-review-hc/): A dark animated allegory on school bullying, social hierarchy & trauma, King of Pigs examines violence, memory & the cost of fighting monsters by becoming one
- [Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (82년생 김지영, 2019) review: Cho Nam-joo's important novel brought to the big screen](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/01/30/kim-ji-young-born-1982-2019-review-hc/): A socially grounded drama exploring sexism, motherhood and mental health, Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 confronts patriarchy and the limits of modern progress
- [Kill Me (킬 미, 2009) review: a hitman, a deathwish, and an unlikely romantic comedy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/08/30/kill-me-2009-review-hc/): A romantic comedy that flips the hitman genre, mixing dark humour, romance and drama through eccentric characters and strong performances
- [July 32nd (7월 32일, 2010) review: a life stolen and the day that never comes](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/31/july-32nd-2010-review-hc/): A bleak but poignantly satisfying drama focusing on a daughter’s quest for revenge against the father she believes abandoned her to a life of pain
- [Jiseul (지슬 - 끝나지 않은 세월 2, 2013) review: a stark cinematic tribute to the Jeju 4:3 victims](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/10/31/jiseul-2013-review-hc/): Jiseul is as bleak as it is striking, as intricate as it is poignant; a deft cinematic piece truly worthy of the accolades it has received throughout the world
- [In Between Days (방황의 날들, 2006) review: frozen landscapes, tangled emotions](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/10/01/in-between-days-2006-review-hc/): Set in Northern Canada, the film explores immigration, adolescence and emotional isolation through a quiet, mood-driven portrait of unspoken love and belonging
- [Illang: The Wolf Brigade (인랑, 2018) review: stunning spectacle, cardboard empathy in sci-fi actioner](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/11/01/illang-the-wolf-brigade-2018-review-hc/): A spectacular sci-fi actioner that balances political betrayal with stunningly realized combat, hampered by lacklustre emotional empathy from the lead actor
- [The Humanist (휴머니스트, 2001) review: botched ransom plot meets gross-out comedy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/12/02/humanist-2001-review-hc/): A dark comedy-thriller with grotesque (sometimes gross) humour, amoral characters and a botched ransom plot; a mixed bag, with strong music but uneven pacing
- [Herstory (허스토리, 2018) review: the courtroom fight for historical justice](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/02/herstory-2018-review-hc/): True-life drama about comfort women seeking justice in Japanese courts. A powerful focus on testimony, resilience, female solidarity & historical accountability
- [Helpless (화차, 2012) review: love, lies and disappearance](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/10/02/helpless-2012-review-hc/): An accomplished mystery thriller where a man searches for his missing fiancée and uncovers a web of lies. A tense study of trust, identity and moral ambiguity.
- [The Harmonium In My Memory (내 마음의 풍금, 1999) review: first love, music and long summers](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/12/02/harmonium-in-my-memory-1999-review-hc/): Classic romance set in 1960s rural Korea featuring first love, longing and youth. A gentle love triangle enriched by music, rural life and coming-of-age emotion
- [Steel Rain (강철비, 2017) review: action, politics, and trust across the Korean divide](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/05/10/steel-rain-2017-review-hc/): Steel Rain delivers thrilling action and political intrigue as North and South Korean agents join forces, building trust amid assassination plots and nuclear threats.
- [The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale (기묘한가족, 2019) review - a warmly quirky zombie parody](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/20/odd-family-zombie-on-sale-2019-review-hc/): An intentionally silly but genuinely funny Korean zombie comedy featuring a dysfunctional family, clever parodies, and cabbage-eating ghouls.
- [Misbehaviour (여교사, 2017) review: a war of privilege and envy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/17/misbehaviour-2017-review-hc/): A dark drama where jealousy & desire fuel a twisted power struggle, Misbehaviour explores sexual obsession, revenge & punishment within a fraught love triangle
- [The Phone (더폰, 2015) review: a tense but derivative time-slip thriller](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/07/19/phone-kim-bong-joo-2015-review-hc/): A time-slip thriller about a man trying to save his wife via phone calls from the past, undermined by familiar tropes and shaky time logic.
- [The Witch: Part 1 – The Subversion (마녀, 2018) review: slow-burn tension and explosive payoff](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/10/06/witch-1-subversion-2018-review-hc/): A character-led Korean sci-fi thriller that builds patiently before erupting into breathtaking action, powered by strong performances and bold trilogy ambitions
- [House of the Disappeared (시간위의 집, 2017) review: a haunted house, a mother’s love, and time’s dark secrets](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/08/02/house-of-the-disappeared-2017-review-hc/): A horror mystery of a convicted mother, a cursed house and repeating disappearances. Familiar scares, but inventive structure and a haunting maternal theme.
- [Yongsoon (용순, 2017) review: adolescent anger, grief, and the cost of defiance](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/20/yongsoon-2017-review-hc/): A penetrating review of Shin Joon’s Yongsoon, a raw coming-of-age drama about grief, abandonment and adolescent self-sabotage, led by Lee Soo-kyung.
- [Natali (나탈리, 2010) review: a failed experiment in 3D eroticism](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/03/21/natali-2010-review-hc/): Ju Kyung-joong's 3D erotic experiment has hollow social commentary, static storytelling, and relies on sex scenes rather than character or narrative depth.
- [Missing You (널 기다리며, 2016) review: reimagining the female revenge thriller](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/09/26/missing-you-2016-review-hc/): A revenge thriller following a woman scarred by a serial killer’s crimes, Missing You blends horror and obsession as morality and vengeance collide years later
- [Han Gong-ju (한공주, 2013) review: a heartbreaking critique of societal apathy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/04/02/han-gong-ju-2013-review-hc/): Lee Su-jin's powerful drama of a sexual abuse survivor moves beyond school-life tropes to critique societal victim-blaming and the isolation of the blameless.
- [Secret Love (비밀애, 2010) review: fate, twins, and a contrived melodrama](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/13/secret-love-2010-review-hc/): A melodrama about fate, identical twins and obsession, undermined by contrived plotting, thin characters and uncomfortable treatment of adult content.
- [Windstruck (내 여자친구를 소개합니다, 2004) review: echoes of My Sassy Girl without the same spark](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/06/windstruck-2004-review-hc/): A romantic drama chasing past success, Windstruck pairs Jeon Ji-hyun’s strong performance with predictable melodrama and familiar echoes of My Sassy Girl.
- [Go, Stop, Murder (고스톱 살인, 2013) review: murder through a mystical card game](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/07/05/go-stop-murder-2013-review-hc/): A thriller in which a mystical card game decides death, Go, Stop, Murder explores guilt, fate and redemption through inventive twists on classic crime cinema.
- [Forgotten (기억의밤, 2017) review: psychological thriller marred by clunky exposition](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/09/06/forgotten-2017-review-hc/): A film of two halves: respectable psychological thriller-cum-horror followed by clunky exposition, story contrivances and character arc predictability
- [The Face Reader (관상, 2013) review: fate, power and intrigue in Joseon Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/04/06/face-reader-2013-review-hc/): Set in Joseon Korea, The Face Reader blends humour, intrigue and melodrama as a master face reader is pulled into royal power struggles and questions of fate.
- [Double Agent (이중간첩, 2003) review: loyalty, ideology and the cost of devotion](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/07/05/double-agent-2003-review-hc/): Though flawed, Double Agent resolutely shows that it doesn't need CGI pyrotechnics or secret agent gadgets to be an engaging spy thriller throughout
- [Default (국가부도의날, 2018) review: humanising the IMF crisis](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/05/06/default-2018-review-hc/): Set during the IMF financial crisis, Default turns economic collapse into a human drama, exploring power, gender bias and the real cost of political decisions.
- [Door Lock (도어락, 2018) review: female vulnerability and resilience in urban Seoul](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/06/door-lock-2018-review-hc/): With Door Lock, director Lee Kwon presents a tense and creepy fictional horror focusing on the vulnerability of women in Korea at the hands of the opposite sex
- [The DMZ (데스트랩, 2018) review: how to create a gripping action thriller without moving...](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/08/06/dmz-aka-deathtrap-2018-review-hc/): Oh In-chun’s The DMZ is a gripping thriller where a detective trapped on a landmine engages in a high-stakes cat&mouse game. Features a stellar lead performance
- [Dirty Romance (더티 로맨스, 2015) review: a multi-layered narrative of poverty, disability and desire](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/03/06/dirty-romance-2015-review-hc/): An indie drama about poverty, disability & desire, Dirty Romance explores life on society’s margins through moral compromise, dark humour & fleeting tenderness.
- [Dear Dictator (친애하는 지도자동지께, 2014) review: subverting the spy genre to expose South Korea’s invisible poverty](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/07/07/dear-dictator-2014-review-hc/): A North Korean spy’s camera documents the lives of marginalised South Korean youths trapped in extreme poverty, blending espionage with documentary realism
- [Daytime Drinking (낮술, 2008) review: a road movie of self-inflicted misadventure](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/07/daytime-drinking-2008-review-hc/): A charming low-budget Korean road movie shot in Gangwon Province that combines alcohol-fuelled misadventure with romantic misjudgement and gentle humour
- [A Company Man (회사원, 2012) review: of hierarchies and hitmen](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/02/20/company-man-2012-review-hc/): A thriller that contrasts contract killing with mundane corporate culture, balancing social commentary with slick action but with a predictable storyline.
- [The Closet (클로젯, 2020) review: shamanic horror meets human reality](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/09/07/closet-2020-review-hc/): Kim Kwang-min's chiller introduces a tech-savvy exorcist to combat a supernatural terror that ultimately reveals a dark human reality behind the paranormal
- [Castaway on the Moon (김씨 표류기, 2009) review: isolation, hope and black bean noodles](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/05/07/castaway-on-the-moon-2009-review-hc/): Castaway on the Moon explores urban isolation and human connection, resulting in one of the warmest and gently humorous narratives of recent memory
- [The Call (콜, 2020) review: a searing horror twist on Korean cinema’s time-connection tropes](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2021/01/08/call-2020-review-hc/): A commendable horror-thriller where a phone link across decades reshapes lives, blending classic time-connection tropes with dark, escalating terror.
- [Broken (방황하는 칼날, 2014) review: vengeance and a search for closure](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/02/08/broken-2014-review-hc/): A revenge thriller that explores grief, justice, and moral ambiguity, where a father’s search for closure blurs the line between empathy and violence.
- [Breathless (똥파리, 2009) review: fractured families, inherited violence](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/02/08/breathless-2009-review-hc/): Yang Ik-june's debut explores inherited violence, fractured families and fragile human connection, where brief moments of love interrupt a cycle of brutality.
- [A Boy's Sister (누나, 2013) review: rain, faith, and surrogate healing](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/04/08/boys-sister-2013-review-hc/): A powerful drama confronting grief, domestic violence, and faith, as a woman seeks redemption by saving a troubled boy from self-destruction.
- [Blue Swallow (청연, 2005) review: a sympathetic treatment of a contested story](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/08/blue-swallow-2005-review-hc/): Blue Swallow tells the story of Park Kyung-won, the pioneering Korean female aviator, presenting her as someone to be greatly admired, rather than vilified
- [Bluebeard (해빙, 2017) review: probing the serial killer genre](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/08/09/bluebeard-2017-review-hc/): In her second feature, Bluebeard, director Lee Soo-yeon infuses elements of both horror and psychological thriller within a fast-paced serial killer tale
- [Bleak Night (파수꾼, 2011) review: fractured friendships, shared guilt](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/04/09/bleak-night-2011-review-hc/): Bleak Night explores adolescent masculinity, bullying, guilt, and shared responsibility through fractured friendships in the aftermath of a student’s suicide.
- [Beautiful Vampire (뷰티풀 뱀파이어, 2018) review: visually dreamy urban fantasy needing more weight](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/01/09/beautiful-vampire-2018-review-hc/): A quirky Korean fantasy about an immortal woman in modern Seoul, blending visual charm and gentle humour with themes of isolation, let down by thin storytelling
- [Awaiting (민우씨 오는 날, 2014) review: love, memory and national division](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/04/09/awaiting-2014-review-hc/): Kang Je-gyu's "Awaiting" is a superlative short film exploring memory loss, enduring love, a 60-year separation, and the personal pain of the Korean divide
- [An Atrocity (잔학기, 2013) review: blue pills and female revenge](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/07/09/atrocity-2013-review-hc/): An impactful female-directed short film about female vengeance, abuse, and power, challenging patriarchal violence through stark, uncompromising revenge.
- [Architecture 101 (건축학개론, 2012) review: a nostalgic blueprint of first love and subjective memory](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/09/09/architecture-101-2012-review-hc/): Lee Yong-ju's 2nd feature is a classic romance about first love, memory & regret, blending past & present as old feelings resurface and challenge future plans
- [Antique Bakery (서양 골동 양과자점 앤티크, 2008) review: a pleasing millefeuille of genres](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/09/09/antique-bakery-2008-review-hc/): Min Kyu-dong's cake-shop drama mixes comedy, thriller, and romance to explore sexuality, prejudice, hidden trauma, and unconditional acceptance.
- [Amor (그리울 련, 2015) review: a heartfelt revival of the terminal illness drama](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/10/09/amor-2015-review-hc/): Amor brings an element of originality to the classic terminal illness genre in its thought-provoking narrative and heart-wrenching characterisations
- [Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (신과함께, 2017) review: a spectacular odyssey of post-mortem trials](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/09/along-with-the-gods-the-two-worlds-2017-review-hc/): A star-studded box-office-topping fantasy blockbuster exploring death, guilt, forgiveness, and reincarnation through seven visually striking afterlife trials.
- [After My Death (죄많은 소녀, 2017) review: Kim Ui-seok's masterful, bleak indie debut](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/09/after-my-death-2017-review-hc/): Kim Ui-seok’s debut feature is a stark tale of two young women who have given up on both life and themselves and is grippingly insightful throughout
- [Bori (나는보리, 2018) review: the girl who yearns to be deaf](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/11/20/bori-2018-review-hc/): Bori gently inverts the typical cinematic disability narrative, following a hearing girl in a deaf family as she searches for belonging, empathy, and connection
- [Leafie - A Hen into the Wild (마당을 나온 암탉, 2011) review: a hen with a heart](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/08/29/leafie-a-hen-into-the-wild-2011-review-hc/): Disney once asked viewers to believe that an elephant can fly. With Leafie, you'll believe that a hen has a heart, and a beautiful one at that.
- [The Road (길, 2006) review: past wounds and quiet healing](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/01/16/road-2006-review-hc/): Bae Chang-ho’s beautiful road movie follows a blacksmith and a girl confronting past pain, resistance to change, as they seek healing through a shared journey.
- [Searching for the Elephant (펜트하우스 코끼리, 2009) review: overburdened by excess](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/06/13/searching-for-the-elephant-2009-review-hc/): Jeong Seung-goo's adult thriller about addiction and excess is undermined by overcrowded themes and heavy stylisation despite a strong core story.
- [Spider Forest (거미숲, 2004) review: memory, guilt and the labyrinth of the mind](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/10/spider-forest-2004-review-hc/): An impressive psychological thriller blending horror and mystery, exploring memory, guilt, betrayal, and blurred reality through a fractured narrative.
- [Teenage Hooker Became A Killing Machine review: art film pretentions, agonisingly overstretched content](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/09/teenage-hooker-2000-review-hc/): With laboured pacing, unfocused themes and weak performances, Teenage Hooker promises exploitation but delivers a thin revenge story stretched to breaking point
- [Thirst (박쥐, 2009) review: vampirism, desire and the collapse of moral certainty](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/04/09/thirst-2009-review-hc/): Thirst is Park Chan-wook’s dark, sensual vampire film, exploring faith, desire and morality through a twisted love story between priest and predator.
- [Desire to Kill aka Enemy at the Dead End (죽이고 싶은, 2010) review: quirky revenge in a hospital ward](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/06/07/desire-to-kill-2010-review-hc/): Desire to Kill references some fairly serious social themes within a quirky and genuinely funny black comedy cum psychological revenge thriller.
- [Birthday (생일, 2019) review: a moving tribute to the personal grief of the Sewol ferry disaster](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/01/09/birthday-2019-review-hc/): Lee Jong-un's debut feature explores grief, guilt and healing after the Sewol ferry disaster through an intimate melodrama about family, loss, and remembrance
- [The Journals of Musan (무산일기, 2011) review: a fitting tribute to a gentle outsider](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/28/journals-of-musan-2011-review-hc/): Following a North Korean defector scraping by in South Korea, The Journals of Musan is a dark but fitting tribute to a gentle man who was never given a chance
- [The Front Line (고지전, 2011) review: know what you're fighting for](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/06/front-line-2011-hc/): A Korean War drama examining ideology, survival and shared humanity, The Front Line pairs brutal frontline combat with reflections on a divided nation.
- [Mulberry (뽕, 1986) review: erotic commerce and female agency in Lee Doo-yong's classic](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/09/23/mulberry-1986-review-hc/): Paul Quinn explores Mulberry's mix of eroticism, humour and social critique, its challenge to traditional morality, and its lasting influence on Korean cinema.
- [The Negotiation (협상, 2018) review: a static game of cat and mouse](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/21/negotiation-2018-review-hc/): Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin hostage standoff thriller struggles with narrative clutter and demonstrates that video conferences do not make for good cinema
- [Persona (페르소나, 2019) review: a versatile showcase of IU and four contemporary directors](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/19/persona-2019-review-hc/): Four engaging short films made for Netflix by top Korean directors ranging from horror to melodrama, showcasing the acting talents of the versatile singer IU
- [Another Child (미성년, 2019) review: when children become the adults](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/01/09/another-child-2019-hc/): Kim Yoon-seok's directorial debut tells of adultery, parental failure, and two teenage girls whose emotional maturity outshines the adults around them
- [Sesang (세상, 2019) review: distance, change and unspoken separation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/05/12/sesang-2019-review-hc/): Sesang follows a long-distance couple navigating change, ambition, and emotional drift, using intimate long takes and subtle political undertones.
- [71 Into the Fire (포화 속으로, 2010) review: courage, sacrifice and the cost of war](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/03/28/71-into-the-fire-2010-review-hc/): Based on a true story, 71 Into the Fire boasts epic battle scenes and strong emotional impact, portraying teenager courage and sacrifice during the Korean War.
- [Yunchan Lim plays Schubert and Scriabin](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/21/yunchan-lim-plays-schubert-and-scriabin/): Yunchan Lim’s meteoric rise began in 2022 when he became the youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and has been confirmed since with a succession of revelatory concert performances and recordings. He explores the world of Romantic sonatas this lunchtime, following Schubert’s D major "Gasteiner" Sonata from 1825 with three turn-of-the-century
- [Spotlight on Seong-Jin Cho at LSO St Luke's](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/21/spotlight-on-seong-jin-cho-at-lso-st-lukes-2/): The second BBC lunchtime recital as part of Seong-Jin Cho's season with the LSO: Frédéric Chopin Waltz in E minor Op posth Waltz No 4 in F major Op 34 No 3 Waltz No 6 in D-flat major Op 64 No 1, ‘Minute’ Waltz No 9 in A-flat major Op 69 No 1 Waltz No
- [Spotlight on Seong-Jin Cho at LSO St Luke's](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/21/spotlight-on-seong-jin-cho-at-lso-st-lukes/): Two concerts featuring Seong-Jin Cho at LSO St Luke's: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Friday 13 February 2026, 1pm Donghoon Shin: My Shadow Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor Andrej Power violin Julián Gil Rodríguez violin Eivind Ringstad viola David Cohen cello Chris Richards clarinet Seong-Jin Cho piano The Concert Shadows, echoes and deep
- [Jeon Go-woon interview: fragility, freedom and refusing norms](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/11/07/jeon-go-woon-group-interview-2018-hc/): Jeon Go-woon discusses Microhabitat, personal choice over stability, youth and music, male vulnerability, and the challenges of independent filmmaking.
- [Lee Byung-hun interview: “if you were a king, what would you do?”](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/11/16/lee-byung-hun-interview-2012-hc/): Lee Byung-hun discusses Masquerade, political storytelling, acting in Hollywood, cultural differences and the balance between star power and emerging talent in Korean cinema.
- [Minbak book launch with Ela Lee](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/21/minbak-book-launch-with-ela-lee/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK presents an evening celebrating the publication of Minbak by Ela Lee. Ela Lee was born in 1995 and is a British-Korean-Turkish writer. She studied Law at the University of Oxford and went on to practise as a City lawyer. In 2021, she began work on her debut novel, Jaded, which
- [Drawing Hope: Children's art for peace](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/21/drawing-hope-childrens-art-for-peace/): Drawing Hope: Children's art for peace is a global peace initiative that delivers messages of hope through children's artwork for intergenerational dialogue. This exhibition is in collaboration with Okedongmu Children in Korea (어린이 어깨동무), an organisation dedicated to transforming conflict into a peaceful future on the Korean peninsula. The exhibition has recently been shown at
- [I Saw The Devil (악마를 보았다, 2010) review: a visceral descent into the emptiness of revenge](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/30/i-saw-the-devil-2010-review-hc/): Pitting a sadistic serial killer against a vengeful secret agent, I Saw the Devil explores moral collapse, extreme violence and the emptiness of revenge
- [Kim Ji-woon interview: the utter emptiness of revenge](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/10/kim-ji-woon-interview-2010-hc/): Kim Jee-woon discusses I Saw the Devil, censorship and controversy, revenge as theme, working with Choi Min-sik and Lee Byung-hun, and his work in Hollywood.
- [A Good Lawyer's Wife (바람난 가족, 2003) review: a family having affairs](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/07/03/good-lawyers-wife-2003-review-hc/): A sexually explicit family drama with a deeply intelligent critique of family and the scars that familial bonds can create. An utterly astonishing film.
- [The Housemaid (하녀, 2010) review: Im Sang-soo’s lavish and ruthless reimagining](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/10/08/housemaid-2010-im-sang-soo-review-hc/): Im Sang-soo’s lavish, provocative reworking of Kim Ki-young’s 1960 classic explores class inequality, sexual power, revenge & privilege within a wealthy family
- [Im Sang-soo interview: power, patriarchy and provocation in <em>The Housemaid</em>](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/19/im-sang-soo-interview-2010-hc/): Im Sang-soo talks about The Housemaid, its relationship to Kim Ki-young’s classic, and his recurring themes of sex, power, patriarchy and class
- [John H Lee interview: balancing emotion and intellect](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/03/20/john-h-lee-interview-2011-hc/): John H. Lee discusses "71 – Into the Fire", filming war scenes on a limited budget, global reception, Korean War memory, and his film "A Moment to Remember"
- [Kim Kkobbi interview: Flowerain - finding the characters within herself](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/06/10/kim-kkobbi-interview-2011-hc/): An in-depth interview with Kim Kkobbi discussing Breathless, her acting philosophy, Korean cinema, violence, theatre vs film, and future projects.
- [Kim Han-min interview: history, resistance and the Korean spirit](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/09/20/kim-han-min-interview-2011-hc/): Director Kim Han-min discusses Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon, Korean history, genre balance, sound design, and the themes connecting his films.
- [Metamorphoses (변신 이야기, 2011) review: a menacing, humorous, shape-shifting cautionary tale](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/26/metamorphosis-2011-review-hc/): An unassuming meet-cute mutates into a violent, darkly funny cautionary tale as desire and deception spiral, proving nothing—and no one—is what it first seems.
- [A Moment (모멘트, 2010) review: a haunting exploration of karma, perception and retribution](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/09/25/moment-oh-in-chun-short-2010-review-hc/): Oh In-chun's short Korean–Chinese thriller that explores perception, karma, revenge, and how a single moment of action or inaction can change lives.
- [Mourning Grave (소녀괴담, 2014) review: classic Korean horror with heart, humour and romance](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/06/29/mourning-grave-2014-review-hc/): Director Oh In-chun crafts a creepy yet unexpectedly tender tale of ghosts, bullying and lost youth, with strong performances and genuinely effective scares.
- [Oh In-chun interview: "truth is not always visible"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/10/29/oh-in-chun-interview-2011-hc/): Director Oh In-chun talks Metamorphoses, genre-blending cinema, influences from De Palma to John Woo, festival success, and his future horror-action projects.
- [Remember O Goddess (나를 잊지 말아요, 2011) review: lost in the city](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/01/16/remember-o-goddess-2011-review-hc/): Yoon-jung Lee's perfect short tells of amnesia, urban anonymity and human connection, blending humour and social commentary within a modern city setting.
- [Remember You (나를 잊지 말아요, 2016) review: forgotten love, lingering pain](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/06/16/remember-you-2016-review-hc/): A genuinely poignant melodrama about amnesia, romance and hidden pasts, where love, memory and heartbreak unfold through subtle clues and emotional reveals.
- [Yoon Jung Lee interview: making films outside the system](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/04/20/lee-yoon-jung-interview-2012-hc/): Yoon Jung Lee talks Remember O Goddess, memory, modern city life, Kickstarter funding, Korean independent cinema, and being a female director.
- [Lim Woo-seong interview: adapting Han Kang’s inner worlds for the screen](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/05/25/lim-woo-seong-interview-2012-hc/): Lim Woo-seong discusses adapting Han Kang’s Vegetarian and Scars, focusing on trauma, patriarchal violence, sexuality, religion, and visualising inner conflict.
- [Yi Seung-jun interview: different ways of feeling the world](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/07/28/yi-seung-jun-interview-2012-hc/): Yi Seung-jun discusses Planet of Snail, portraying deaf-blind life, love and loneliness, alternative communication, and documenting unseen minorities.
- [Han Yeo-reum interview: Samaria, The Bow, and working with Kim Ki-duk](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/09/25/han-yeo-reum-interview-2012-hc/): Actress Han Yeo-reum discusses Samaria and The Bow, female sexuality, non-verbal performance, TV versus film acting, and choosing roles by story and character.
- [Will you be there? (당신거기있어줄래요, 2016) review: love, regret and the weight of time](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/01/06/will-you-be-there-2016-review-hc/): A moving Korean time-travel romance exploring love, regret and sacrifice, where changing the past means questioning what—and who—must be lost.
- [Sea Fog (해무, 2014) review: desperation and the fog of self-interest](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/14/sea-fog-2014-review-hc/): A dark thriller of IMF-era desperation, human smuggling and moral collapse, using claustrophobic visuals to explore self-interest, tragedy and prejudice.
- [Kim Yoon-suk interview: from The Chaser to The Thieves](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/11/06/kim-yoon-suk-interview-2012-hc/): Actor Kim Yoon-suk on choosing film over TV, working on The Chaser and The Thieves, social issues in thrillers, and Korean cinema’s global appeal.
- [Choo Chang-min and Ryoo Seung-ryong interview: Masquerade - history with a modern voice](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/11/17/choo-chang-min-and-ryoo-seung-ryong-interview/): Director Choo Chang-min and actor Ryoo Seung-ryong discuss Masquerade, from period storytelling and casting balance to creative freedom and performance challenges.
- [Kim In-geun interview: creative life abroad -- art, film, and living in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/12/16/kim-in-geun-interview-2012-hc/): Artist and filmmaker Kim In-geun discusses One Fine Day, creative life in London, Hong Sang-soo’s influence, and blending art, film and sound.
- [Min Byung-woo interview: cinema on a smartphone](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/07/25/min-byung-woo-interview-2013-hc/): Director Min Byung-woo discusses Cats and Dogs, iPhone feature filmmaking, indie cinema challenges, animation elements and hopes for smartphone films in Korea.
- [Jules Suo interview: "some real heartfelt questions"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/10/29/suo-jules-interview-2013-hc/): Director Jules Suo discusses Dosi, immigrant stories in New York, Kickstarter funding, casting Lee Eun-woo, and bridging Korean and Western cinema.
- [Son Hyun-joo interview: from The Chaser to Hide and Seek](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/12/son-hyun-joo-interview-2013-hc/): Actor Son Hyun-joo discusses TV and film acting, drama production pressures, and his roles in Hide and Seek and Secretly, Greatly.
- [Huh Jung interview - Hide and Seek: making the familiar frightening](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/12/huh-jung-interview-2013-hc/): Huh Jung explains how Hide & Seek uses realistic Korean settings, horror conventions, and social fears around home and property to create an unsettling debut.
- [Kim Jee-woon interview: “perhaps I’m a workaholic”](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/13/kim-jee-woon-interview-2013-hc/): Kim Jee-woon discusses short films, genre experimentation, romantic comedy, and the differences between Korean cinema and Hollywood filmmaking systems.
- [Kim Sung-su interview: "Flu" - when disaster feels real](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/14/kim-sung-su-interview-2013-hc/): Kim Sung-su discusses Flu, realistic disaster filmmaking, epidemic fears, national responses to crisis, and balancing entertainment with social themes.
- [Killer Toon (더 웹툰: 예고살인, 2013) review: webtoon horror meets familiar ghostly vengeance](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/03/30/killer-toon-2013-review-hc/): A good-looking horror blending webtoon art with classic genre scares, Killer Toon has a strong opening let down by uneven pacing and familiar horror tropes.
- [Kang Woo-suk interview: showing the reality of Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/16/kang-woo-suk-interview-2013-hc/): Kang Woo-suk discusses Korean cinema, social realism, the Public Enemy series, adapting webtoons, and balancing action and drama in Fists of Legend.
- [Lee Joon-ik interview: <em>Hope</em>, humanity and the weight of filmmaking](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/28/lee-joon-ik-interview-hope/): Lee Joon-ik discusses Hope/소원, its focus on child abuse, legal reform, victim support, and his approach to directing Lee Re in an emotionally demanding role.
- [Norigae (노리개, 2013) review: power, abuse and a damning indictment of justice](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/08/30/norigae-2013-review-hc/): A disturbing but necessary Korean courtroom drama exposing sexual abuse, power and legal injustice in the entertainment industry.
- [Choi Seung-ho interview: Norigae - where justice fails](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/27/choi-seung-ho-interview-norigae/): Choi Seung-ho explains how Norigae confronts sexual exploitation, power abuse, and judicial leniency, drawing from real events to depict systemic injustice.
- [Seo Young-ju interview: Moebius and the power of silent performance](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/06/04/seo-young-ju-interview-2014-hc/): Seo Young-ju discusses his move from child actor to film roles, Juvenile Offender, working on Kim Ki-duk’s Moebius, and his ambitions beyond Korean cinema.
- [Kim Seong-hun interview - from relationship comedy to A Hard Day: "after ten years, the mountain changes"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/10/14/kim-seong-hun-interview-2014-hc/): Kim Seong-hun discusses A Hard Day, genre evolution, cinematic influences, corruption as storytelling device, and misconceptions about Korean film violence.
- [July Jung interview: loneliness, damage and connection in "A Girl at My Door"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/11/15/july-jung-interview-2014-hc/): July Jung on A Girl at My Door, female filmmaking in Korea, loneliness, sexuality, social marginalisation and turning a small local story into a universal one
- [Lee Jang-ho interview: censorship, sexuality and resistance in Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/11/lee-jang-ho-interview-2016-hc/): Director Lee Jang-ho on censorship, Declaration of Idiot, sexuality as resistance, Shin Sang-ok’s abduction, and the limits of social critique in Korean cinema today.
- [E J-yong group interview: "driven by the desire to try something new"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/26/e-j-yong-group-interview-2012-hc/): Director E J-yong discusses An Affair, Untold Scandal, genre experimentation, forbidden love, and his refusal to be tied to a single filmmaking style.
- [Park Kwang-su group interview: "it would be impossible for me to make just light-hearted films"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/31/park-kwang-su-group-interview-2012-hc/): Director Park Kwang-su reflects on politics and entertainment, Meet Mr. Daddy, Korean cinema’s evolution, and his changing creative priorities.
- [Song Il-gon - interview: from serious cinema to stories everyone can feel](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/04/30/song-il-gon-group-interview-2012-hc/): Director Song Il-gon discusses philosophy, funding, audience connection, and his evolving filmmaking style, from Flower Island to Always and beyond.
- [Jeon Kye-soo group interview: from cult beginnings to box office success](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/06/02/jeon-kye-soo-group-interview-2012-hc/): Director Jeon Kye-soo discusses philosophy, theatre, mythology, music, and genre—from Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theatre to the box-office hit Love Fiction.
- [Lee Joon-ik interview: clowns, kings and wounded souls](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/30/lee-joon-ik-group-interview-2012-hc/): Director Lee Joon-ik discusses The King and the Clown, historical cinema, artistic risk, Korean film culture, and his humanist approach to storytelling
- [Lee Hyeon-seung interview: feminism, symbolism and genre experimentation in Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/07/29/lee-hyeon-seung-group-interview-2012-hc/): Lee Hyeon-seung explores subconscious symbolism in Il Mare; feminism, symbolism, colour, sexuality, genre-blending, and his return to directing with Hindsight
- [Director Lee Yoon-ki interview: intimate storytelling](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/09/02/lee-yoon-ki-group-interview-2012-hc/): Lee Yoon-ki discusses intimate relationship dramas, actor-led storytelling, American indie influences, funding challenges, and the universality of cinema.
- [Jeon Kyu-hwan interview: marginal lives, independent filmmaking, creative survival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/09/30/jeon-kyu-hwan-interview-hc/): Jeon Kyu-hwan discusses marginalised lives, graphic realism, low-budget filmmaking, creative independence, and resisting Korea’s commercial film system.
- [Ha Jung-woo interview: curiosity and craft, running and eating, acting and directing](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/12/22/ha-jung-woo-group-interview-2013-hc/): Ha Jung-woo discusses research-driven acting, his directing debut, action roles, collaboration, and creativity, discussing The Chaser, The Berlin File and more
- [Park Hoon-jung interview: stories from real life](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/03/31/park-hoon-jung-group-interview-2014-hc/): Park Hoon-jung on screenwriting, directing, violence, power and politics in Korean cinema, discussing New World, I Saw the Devil, and his creative process.
- [I can’t believe he asked her that](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/04/06/i-cant-believe-he-asked-her-that/): The context was this. It was the Q&A after the 4 April screening at BAFTA of Hong Sang-soo’s Hahaha, attended by the lead actress Moon So-ri, the first featured actor of the KCC's Year of the Four Actors. Tony Rayns was talking to Moon So-ri about how she got her first screen role. Moon started
- [Moon So-ri interview: feminism, craft and the changing landscape of Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/04/08/moon-so-ri-group-interview-2013-hc/): Moon So-ri discusses feminism in Korean cinema, demanding roles like Oasis, theatre and film acting, industry change, and choosing meaningful characters.
- [Ryoo Seung-wan interview: stars, spies and a divided city](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/06/15/ryoo-seung-wan-group-interview-2013-hc/): Ryoo Seung-wan on The Berlin File: star power, Berlin’s symbolism, action prep abroad, genre influences, writing process, and why Korean audiences come first.
- [Choi Min-sik interview: "I don’t like the hammer"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/09/30/choi-min-sik-group-interview-2013-hc/): Actor Choi Min-sik discusses Korean screen quotas, role selection, portraying violence and empathy, working with top directors, and sustaining Korean cinema.
- [Chung Chung-hoon interview: cinematography, character and collaboration](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/06/03/chung-chung-hoon-group-interview-2014-hc/): Chung Chung-hoon on cinematography, character-focused visuals, working with Park Chan-wook, colour and contrast, technology, and Korea vs Hollywood filmmaking.
- [Cho Young-wuk on waltzes, playgrounds and working with Park Chan-wook](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/10/05/cho-young-wuk-on-waltzes/): An insightful interview feature on film composer Cho Young-wuk, discussing Oldboy, his collaboration with Park Chan-wook and the art of film scoring.
- [Cho Young-wuk interview: motifs, process and collaboration in film music](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/09/30/cho-young-wuk-group-interview-2014-hc/): Composer Cho Young-wuk explains his film scoring process, motifs, collaborations with Park Chan-wook, instrument choices, and iconic works like Oldboy and Kundo
- [Ahn Sung-ki interview: a life in acting](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/11/20/ahn-sung-ki-group-interview-2014-hc/): Actor Ahn Sung-ki discusses Korean cinema’s social power, working under censorship, collaborating with Im Kwon-taek, and choosing roles that move audiences.
- [Ryu Seonghie interview: artist, designer, problem solver](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/12/15/ryu-seonghie-group-interview-2014-hc/): Ryu Seonghie reflects on realism versus fantasy, collaboration, gender challenges, budgets, and her work on films like Oldboy, Memories of Murder, and Thirst.
- [Bae Doo-na interview: "I think I’m good at acting silently"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/09/22/bae-doo-na-group-interview-2015-hc/): Actor Bae Doo-na discusses A Girl at My Door, social themes, role choices, Korean and international cinema, and key films shaping her career.
- [Festival Film Review: Ryoo Seung-wan's Veteran](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/24/festival-film-review-ryoo-seung-wans-veteran-at-leaff/): It was the first screening in the the trial "0th" iteration of the London East Asia Film Festival, but this really didn't feel like a new film festival - more a continuation of past ones. We were opening in a venue that felt familiar, a lot of the faces front of house and on stage
- [Ryoo Seung-wan interview: Veteran, action cinema and imagined justice](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/10/28/ryoo-seung-wan-group-interview-2015-hc/): Director Ryoo Seung-wan discusses Veteran and its themes of justice, plus casting choices, audience appeal, sequel plans and his philosophy of action in cinema
- [Director Park Hong-min interview: "we were all trying to express our loneliness"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/16/park-hong-min-group-interview-2016-hc/): Park Hong-min discusses A Fish and Alone, exploring loneliness, shamanism, form, film education and the realities of independent filmmaking in Korea.
- [Kang Yoon-sung interview: real crime, action and commercial storytelling](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/03/kang-yoon-sung-group-interview-2017-hc/): Kang Yoon-sung discusses The Outlaws, exploring real-life crime, action, casting, funding challenges, and his approach to commercial Korean cinema.
- [Bae Chang-ho retrospective: the highlight of LKFF 2017](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/12/20/bae-chang-ho-retrospective-the-highlight-of-lkff-2017/): For me, the highlight of this year's London Korean Film Festival was the brief retrospective of some of Bae Chang-ho's early output. I've had a soft spot for Director Bae's work for over 15 years now: My Heart was one of the first Korean movies I saw, back in the London Korean Film Festival in 2001.
- [Bae Chang-ho interview: censorship, change, and life stories in Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/06/bae-chang-ho-group-interview-2017-hc/): Director Bae reflects on the evolution of his film-making career, touching on classics such as Whale Hunting, People of the Slum, My Heart and The Trip
- [Lee Wan-min and Kim Sae-byuk interview: Jamsil -- memory, feminism, and independent Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/07/lee-wan-min-kim-sae-byuk-group-interview-2017-hc/): Lee Wan-min and Kim Sae-byuk discuss Jamsil, exploring memory, feminism, use of colour, and the challenges of making and sustaining independent Korean cinema.
- [Kim Yang-hee and Yang Ik-june: a softer way of seeing](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/11/10/kim-yang-hee-yang-ik-june-grounp-interview-2018-hc/): Kim Yang-hee and Yang Ik-june discuss The Poet and the Boy, LGBT representation in Korean cinema, poetry, casting challenges, and changing social attitudes.
- [Lee Myung-se interview: love, action and creative freedom in filmmaking](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/11/16/lee-myung-se-group-interview-2018-hc/): Director Le Myung-se discusses 90s love stories, action films, creative freedom, visual storytelling, music, and concerns over data-driven trends in filmmaking.
- [Park Ki-yong interview: implication, independence and time in Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/11/17/park-ki-yong-group-interview-2018-hc/): Park Ki-yong discusses sexuality by implication, independent filmmaking, improvisation, film education, and the political and personal themes of Old Love.
- [Lee Byeong-hyeon group interview: from indie roots to 1,000 screens](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/11/12/lee-byeong-hyeon-group-interview-2019-hc/): Director Lee Byeong-hyeon talks comedy, action, Korean cinema and the making of Extreme Job in a wide-ranging and candid interview.
- [Shim Hye-jung group interview: caring for those whom society forgets](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/11/14/shim-hye-jung-group-interview-2019-hc/): Director Shim Hye-jung discusses A Bedsore, elder care, migrant workers, family, feminism, and the challenges of independent Korean cinema.
- [Kim Sol group interview: letting emotion breathe](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/11/18/kim-sol-group-interview-2019-hc/): Director Kim Sol discusses Scattered Night, co-directing, minimal use of music, child performances, and portraying divorce with emotional restraint.
- [My P.S. Partner (aka Whatcha Wearin', 나의 P.S. 파트너, 2012) review: redefining the Korean rom-com](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/07/22/my-p-s-partner-aka-whatcha-wearin-2012-review-hc/): A Korean rom-com where an accidental phone-sex call sparks love, humour and heartbreak, redefining sexual frankness and emotional intimacy in the genre.
- [Sex sells... The emergence and growth of sexual content in Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/05/sex-sells-essay-hc/): A concise history of sexual content in Korean cinema, exploring censorship, politics, gender roles, and social change from the 1950s to the present.
- [Colette Balmain and Paul Quinn on women in the Korean film industry](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/03/20/colette-balmain-and-paul-quinn-on-women-in-the-korean-film-industry/): For those of you who, like me, were unable to make it up to Harrow for the talk on Women in Korean film by Colette Balmain and Paul Quinn on 4 March, Colette has posted a recording of her talk on Korean female directors on Soundcloud, while Paul has uploaded the text of his talk,
- [Kwon Chil-in's Singles: modern womanhood and the rise of New Korean Cinema comedy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/07/02/kwon-chil-in-singles-intro-hc/): Paul Quinn introduces Singles, examining its role in New Korean Cinema, modern female representation, gender role reversal and its cultural significance.
- [Kim Yong-gyun's The Red Shoes: haunted objects, horror and the New Korean Cinema Wave](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/02/26/red-shoes-intro-hc/): Paul Quinn's introduction to The Red Shoes, a New Korean Cinema horror exploring cursed shoes and psychological terror.
- [Seongjin Cho plays Chopin at the Barbican](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/13/seongjin-cho-plays-chopin-at-the-barbican/): Bask in the Romantic flavours of Borodin’s folk-inspired Second Symphony, Stravinsky’s sublime neo-Classical homage to Tchaikovsky, and dazzling, deeply-felt Chopin. Programme Igor Stravinsky: Divertimento from ‘The Fairy’s Kiss’ (rev 1949) Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 Alexander Borodin: Symphony No 2 Performers London Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda: conductor Seong-Jin Cho: piano Inspired by a number
- [Da-Hee Kim performs 24 Preludes for Piano by Nicholas Scott-Burt (London premiere)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/20/da-hee-kim-cd-launch/): Da-Hee Kim will be giving the London Premiere of 24 Preludes for Piano by Nicholas Scott-Burt (complete) on 16 March In his 24 Preludes for Piano, composed between 2019-2020, Scott-Burt takes a post-modern approach to the long-standing tradition of presenting a cycle of works in all 24 major and minor keys. He follows in the
- [Embracing the Void: Korean Collective 2011 at HADA Contemporary](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/05/26/embracing-the-void-korean-collective-2011-at-hada-contemporary/): Some familiar artists, but maybe the gallery name is less familiar. Actually, HADA Contemporary is a joint venture between Korean Tom Woo and Tony Pontone of the Albemarle Gallery. And that's where the group show is. EMBRACING THE VOID MOON BEOM | GWON OSANG | JEONG MYOUNGJO | JE BAAK | LEE JINHAN OPENING RECEPTION
- [A better than average trip to the DPRK](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/06/17/a-better-than-average-trip-to-the-dprk/): I'm always doubtful about going on a trip to the DPRK. Yes, I'd love to see the Mass Games and maybe some other tourist attractions such as Mount Baekdu. But I always think these trips are very expensive and I never know how much of the cash ends up subsidising Kim Jong-il's collection of expensive
- [<em>Donguibogam</em> to feature at the Thames Festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/09/07/donguibogam-to-feature-at-the-thames-festival/): 2013 will see the 400th anniversary of the first publication of the Donguibogam, the most precious book in traditional Korean medicine (TKM). There will be a commemorative World Traditional Medicine EXPO (known as Donguibogam EXPO) in Sancheong in 2013 (6 September -- 20 October, 45 days) to celebrate this anniversary. Sancheong County, at the foot
- [Team Korea: White Tiger Challenge – Ready for America’s Cup in Plymouth](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/09/04/team-korea-ready-for-americas-cup/): Earlier this year, Team Korea made history when it became the newest nation to enter the America’s Cup, the oldest still active, international sporting competition in the world. This is a brand new America’s Cup competition however, with a new approach that has already revolutionised the sport. With the stated aim of having the ‘best
- [Stories of the River - Thames Festival family events at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/09/06/stories-of-the-river-thames-festival-family-events-at-the-kcc/): While the main part of Korea Calling at the Thames Festival is taking place by the OXO Tower, the KCC has arranged some child-friendly activities at the cultural centre itself, 11am-5pm on Saturday and Sunday. Plenty to keep the young ones happy. And I highly recommend Sef Townsend's storytelling. I'm sure you'll be allowed in
- [LBF Event, 10 Apr 8pm: Reading and Discussion with Kim Hyesoon](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-event-10-april-8pm-reading-and-discussion-with-kim-hyesoon/): The fifth of six evening events during London Book Fair week, which unfortunately overlaps with a session with Shin Kyung-sook, Krys Lee and Quaisra Shahraz at Asia House. Reading and Discussion with Kim Hyesoon 10 April, 20.00-21.00 Join us for an evening of poetry by one of South Korea's most important contemporary poets, Kim Hyesoon.
- [Event news: August's literature night features Jung Young Moon](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/07/29/event-news-augusts-literature-night-features-jung-young-moon/): The last two literature nights featuring Hwang Sun-won and Park Wan-suh have been really rewarding. Even if you're not wholly convinced about the subject book, the opportunity to discuss it with others always provides different ways of looking at it. I hope I'll get around to writing about both books - Park Wan-suh's Lonesome You
- [HTB warns against Korean "cult"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/12/11/htb-warns-against-korean-cult/): An exclusive in yesterday's Telegraph reports that Holy Trinity Brompton, among other evangelical churches, is warning against a group called Parachristo which is said to have links to 'a controversial South Korean group known as Shincheonji (SCJ) – or the “New Heaven and New Earth” church (NHNE) – whose founder Man-Hee Lee is referred to
- [Event news: the UK ambassadors to the two Koreas talk at SOAS](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/04/23/event-news-the-uk-ambassadors-to-the-two-koreas-talk-at-soas/): The British Korean Society is hosting a talk by our ambassadors to the two Koreas in collaboration with SOAS: An update on the UK-Korea relationship H.E Mr Charles Hay MVO (British Ambassador to the Republic of Korea) HE Mr Alastair Morgan (British Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) 11 May 2017, 6:45 -
- [Soyoung Chung in Delfina Foundation residency](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/09/10/soyoung-chung-in-delfina-foundation-residency/): Browsing the Delfina Foundation website while looking at events for the UK-Korea Year of Culture, I discover that things are happening already. Founded in 2007, Delfina promotes artistic exchange and experimentation. Soyoung Chung residency London: 26 June — 17 September 2017 Delfina Foundation | 29-31 Catherine Place | London SW1E 6DY Soyoung Chung (South Korea)
- [Documentary: the Jangmadang Generation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/12/15/documentary-the-jangmadang-generation/): In January last year Sokeel Park from the NGO Liberty in North Korea gave a talk at Chatham House about the younger generation of entrepreneurs in North Korea, and other ways in which society is inexorably changing. Somewhere I've still got my notes and the handout from that talk - which I probably won't get
- [BKS late Seollal celebration](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/02/21/bks-late-seollal-celebration/): Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year) is one of the most celebrated national holidays in Korea. To mark this special occasion, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea is kindly hosting a Seollal celebration for British Korean Society members at the newly refurbished 7th floor of the Embassy. (Note the revised date due to the refurbishment
- [KCC April House Concert: Yong-Jun Lee (Cello) + Alim Beisembayev (piano)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/03/30/kcc-april-house-concert-yong-jun-lee-cello/): April's recital at the KCC includes some Isang Yun: April House Concert: Yong-Jun Lee (Cello) + Alim Beisembayev (piano) Tuesday 24th April, 7pm Korean Cultural Centre | Grand Buildings | 1-3 Strand | London WC2N 5BW (Entrance in Northumberland Avenue) Register via info@kccuk.org.uk Yong-Jun Lee cello Alim Beisembayev piano Programme JS Bach Gamba Sonata in
- [April Literature Night: Silver Stallion with Ahn Jung-hyo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/03/30/april-literature-night-silver-stallion-with-ahn-jung-hyo/): Ahn Jung-hyo is in town not just to talk about his novel Silver Stallion but also his Vietnam War novel White Badge, which will be screened at the KCC later in the week. We reviewed Silver Stallion ten years ago but that won't stop us reading it again. Literature Night: Ahn Jung-hyo's Silver Stallion 25
- [South Club with Nam Taehyun play The Underworld](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/03/31/south-club-with-nam-taehyun-play-the-underworld/): A new indie band comes to town: Nam Taehyun (South Club): 1st Fanmeeting in London Fri, 20 Apr, 2018, 5:00 PM Entry Requirements: 14+. Under 16s MUST be accompanied by an adult The Underworld Camden | 174 Camden High Street | London NW1 0NE | www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk Tickets from £30.00 | Buy tickets South Club -
- [Haemin Sunim shortlisted for British Book Award](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/03/30/haemin-sunim-shortlisted-for-british-book-award/): The Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim (tr. Chi-Young Kim) has been shortlisted for The British Book Awards in Non-Fiction: Lifestyle category. The full shortlist in the category is as follows: 5 Ingredients by Jamie Oliver (Michael Jospeh) The Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down: How
- [Yeol Eum Son plays Bartok and Finzi at the Barbican](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/19/yeol-eum-son-plays-bartok-and-finzi-at-the-barbican/): A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican. A monsoon downpour and a cascade of flame: elemental forces are in play as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra continue their
- [Wookwan’s Korean Temple Food - Book Talk and Tasting Event](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/11/wookwans-korean-temple-food-book-talk-and-tasting-event/): What a shame this clashes with the opening night of 4482 - Butterfly Effect at the Bargehouse. Nevertheless, this temple food event is sure to be extremely popular, so make sure you get your application in. Yes, note the unusual registration process, which suggests that the attendee list may be prioritised in the event of
- [Exhibition news: Remembering The 'Comfort Women', at Deptford Does Art](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/19/exhibition-news-remembering-the-comfort-women-at-deptford-does-art/): Art exhibition, book reading and film screening on a "Comfort Women" theme later this month: Remembering The 'Comfort Women' Deptford Does Art | 28 Deptford High Street | London SE8 4AF | www.deptforddoesart.com 25 April - 29 April The sexual slavery of some 200,000 women and girls by the Japanese Imperial Army during WW2 was
- [Yeol Eum Son plays Mozart with ASMF at Cadogan Hall](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/19/yeol-eum-son-plays-mozart-with-asmf-at-cadogan-hall/): Two Mozart concerti at the Cadogan Hall: Yeol Eum Son and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Cadogan Hall | 5 Sloane Terrace | London SW1X 9DQ Friday 20 April 2018, 7.30pm Tickets from £10 | Cadogan Hall Box Office: +44 (0)20 7730 4500 Book online Described as “marvellous, intense and boundlessly virtuosic”,
- [Connect: North Korea launches community centre crowdfunding campaign](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/25/connect-north-korea-launches-community-centre-crowdfunding-campaign/): LKL is happy to pass on this press release from Connect: North Korea: In 2003, the first North Korean refugee arrived in the UK. Today, nearly 700 North Korean refugees live in New Malden, Surrey. Upon arriving in the UK, North Korean refugees are ill-equipped to integrate and settle into British society and few services
- [DTSQ, Endless Zanhyang + National Pigeon Unity at Focus Wales](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/05/02/dtsq-endless-zanhyang-national-pigeon-unity-at-focus-wales/): To catch the three Korean bands at Focus Wales, track down TŶ PAWB in Chester Street, Wrexham LL13 8BE, on 10 May, 6pm-9pm: Korean bands at Focus Wales Wrexham, 10-12 May www.focuswales.com DTSQ DTSQ is a strong cocktail with heavy shots of various genres such as blues, punk, electronic, psychedelic, jazz and pop. Formed in
- [DJ Soda UK debut at Ministry of Sound](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/05/03/dj-soda-uk-debut-at-ministry-of-sound/): DJ Mag voted Hwang So-hee aka DJ Soda the number 1 female DJ in Asia and number 23 in the world. This will be her first UK appearance. Check the event's Facebook page for updates. Forbidden City: DJ SODA Thursday, 24 May 2018, 22:00-05:00 Ministry of Sound Club | 103 Gaunt Street | London SE1
- [Collaborating on a World Stage - a seminar as part of the K-Dance festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/05/14/collaborating-on-a-world-stage-k-dance-festival/): Late notice of a pre-performance seminar before the big event on Wednesday. Collaborating on a World Stage Seminar on Future UK/Korea Collaborations as part of A Festival of Korean Dance Wed. 16 May 6.15pm, The Place £5 | Book tickets Panelists: Shin Ah Kim (Korean Arts Management Service), Seok Kyu Choi (Creative Director of UK/Korea
- [Discovering Korean Cinema book launch closes the 2010 festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/01/31/discovering-korean-cinema-book-launch-closes-the-2010-festival/): Colette Balmain reports from the book launch of Discovering Korean Cinema at the Korean Cultural Centre UK Tuesday 23 Nov 6pm For the launch of the book, Discovering Korean Cinema (edited by Daniel Martin and Mark Morris, The Korean Cultural Centre: London, 2010), both the editors, Daniel Martin and Mark Morris, and one of the
- [Pyeongchang wins the 2018 Winter Olympics](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/07/10/pyeongchang-wins-2018-winter-olympics/): On Radio 4 this morning an Ex British Olympic chief tipped Pyeongchang to win the 2018 winter olympics by 10 votes today. # Congratulations to the bid team. BBC Sport - Pyeongchang will host the 2018 Winter Olympics http://bbc.in/nDPICE # Inevitably, a lot of the attention became focussed on Kim Yu-na, "Kim Yu-na's Pyeongchang fashion"
- [Hada Contemporary Summer Show 2011](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/07/22/hada-contemporary-summer-show-2011/): News of an upcoming group exhibition featuring five young Korean artists: Hada Contemporary downstairs at Albermarle Gallery. Meanwhile upstairs at the Albemarle is their annual Summer Collective which includes Korean artists and Albemarle regulars Kim Yeon and Lee Jaehyo. Hada Contemporary Summer Show 2011 Kim Hyuenjun | Lee Horyon | Park Jihye | Yoon Byungwoon
- [Picture quiz: does anyone know the location of this wine-cup canal?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/08/02/picture-quiz-ongnyucheon/): I have a pretty book on Korean gardens by Heo Kyun, translated into English and published by Saffron Korea Library. It's very informative and interesting reading, but I'm not sure I trust the caption which goes with one of its images. I'm in the process of writing up my Korea trip from back in May.
- [Hanmi Gallery 3rd Interim Exhibition - NOWS: Traverse over Time and Space](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/08/09/hanmi-gallery-3rd-interim-exhibition/): News of Hanmi Gallery's midsummer show: Hanmi Gallery 3rd Interim Exhibition NOWS: Traverse over time and space Exhibition date: 13 August - 26 August 2011 Opening hours: Monday - Saturday 11am - 6pm Preview: 12 August Friday 6 - 9pm We are delighted to invite you to the preview of Hanmi Gallery’s third interim exhibition.
- [Formula 1 Fan Forum with Mark Blundell](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/08/20/formula-1-fan-forum-with-mark-blundell/): To mark the second Korean Grand Prix coming up in October, the KCC will be holding a Formula 1 event on 5 September. This is the first Global Korea event related to sports, and should draw in a diverse audience. F1 Fan Forum Hosted by Former F1 Driver and Le Mans 24hrs Winner Mark Blundell
- [Crossroads of Youth: Korea’s oldest silent film comes to stage at the Thames Festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/09/05/crossroads-of-youth-at-thames-festival/): This coming weekend sees the return of The Mayor of London’s Thames Festival, celebrating the diverse range of culture and art that inhabits London. As in previous years, Korea is represented by the Korean Cultural Centre UK hosting fun and exciting events at the OXO Tower. This year the KCCUK and Korean Film Archive are
- [LBF event, 11 Apr 7pm:  In conversation with Kim Young-ha](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-event-11-apr-7pm-in-conversation-with-kim-young-ha/): The last of six evening events during London Book Fair week at the London Review bookshop: In conversation with Kim Young-ha April 11, 19.00-20.00 Kim Young-ha will be in conversation about his novels, their translation into other languages and adaptation into film. He'll also be talking about his literary influences, and how his writing reflects
- [LBF event, 7 Apr 7pm: Tales from Korea, with Hwang Sok-yong](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-event-7-apr-7pm-tales-from-korea-with-hwang-sok-yong/): The first of six evening events during London Book Fair week: Tales from Korea 7 April, 19.00-20.00 Join English PEN for an evening with acclaimed writer Hwang Sok-yong who will be talking about his extraordinary life, experience of incarceration and how he uses folk-tales to convey challenging contemporary themes. Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road,
- [LBF event, 8 Apr 6:30pm: Korean Literature Past and Present, with Yi Mun-yol](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-event-8-apr-630pm-korean-literature-past-and-present-with-yi-mun-yol/): The second of six evening events during London Book Fair week, which unfortunately overlaps with a session with Yoon Tae-ho at the KCC Korean Literature: Past and Present 8 April, 18.30-20.00 A rare opportunity to learn about the story of Korean literature, from beautiful early printed books, many housed in the British Library, to the
- [LBF event, 10 Apr 6:45pm: Separations, at Asia House](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-event-10-april-645pm-separations-at-asia-house/): The fourth of six evening events during London Book Fair week, which unfortunately overlaps with a session with Kim Hyesoon at the Festival Hall. Separations 10 April, 18.45-20.00 Authors from Korea, Pakistan and Singapore discuss their work and the question: How does the partition of a country and divisions of families affect its society and
- [KCC's April Korean Literature Night features Cheon Myung-kwan's Modern Family](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/04/04/kccs-april-korean-literature-night-features-cheon-myung-kwans-modern-family/): Cheon Myung-kwan is definitely author of the month - he's appearing at Asia House in May as well as being the subject of this month's Korean Literature Night. The novel was made into the movie Boomerang Family by director Song Hae-sung, which was the closing gala screening of the 2013 London Korean Film Festival. Korean
- [Event news: Dead Buttons and others play The Forge](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/04/30/event-news-dead-buttons-and-others-play-the-forge/): Is this Dead Buttons' third UK trip? Whatever, it's nice to see them back, at a good venue. K-Rock Showcase Wednesday 25 May 7.30pm The Forge | 3-7 Delancey Street | Camden | London NW1 7NL Tickets: ￡10 | Book tickets: http://www.forgevenue.org From Korea: Dead Buttons | DTSQ | We Are The Night From UK:
- [Exhibition news: Existing City/New Resource, at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/06/03/exhibition-news-existing-citynew-resource-at-the-kcc/): Notice of a summer architecture exhibition at the KCC Existing City/New Resource KCCUK, 20 June - 16 July The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) is proud to present an exhibition entitled Existing City / New Resource from 20 June – 16 July 2016 at the KCCUK. The pop-up version of this exhibition, which accompanied the
- [Sasapari returns with Voices of Korean Contemporary Artists: Butterfly Effect](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/07/sasapari-returns-with-voices-of-korean-contemporary-artists-butterfly-effect/): It will be good to have Sasapari back after a gap of four years. Around fifty UK-based Korean artists will be showing their work at the Bargehouse: Voices of Korean Contemporary Artists: Butterfly Effect 3 - 6 May 2018, 10am - 6pm | Admission free Bargehouse | OXO Tower Wharf | Bargehouse Street | London SE1
- [Made in North Korea: In Conversation with Nicholas Bonner](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/29/made-in-north-korea-in-conversation-with-nicholas-bonner/): A Q+A to go with the opening night of the Made in North Korea exhibition. Made in North Korea: In Conversation with Nicholas Bonner 23 February 2018, 7:00pm House of Illustration | 2 Granary Square | King's Cross | London N1C 4BH | www.houseofillustration.org.uk Tickets £15 including exhibition viewing | Book tickets Followed by a
- [K-music showcase at Rich Mix](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/03/30/k-music-showcase-at-rich-mix/): A nice lineup of bands including a long-standing LKL favourite, 3rd Line Butterfly. Don't miss it. 3rd Line Butterfly (3호선 버터플라이) | Gonne Choi (최고은) | Billy Carter (빌리카터) Thursday May 10th at 8:00pm (doors 7:30pm) Rich Mix – 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London, E1 6LA Tickets £9 to £10 are on sale now from:
- [Zandari Festa showcase at Liverpool Sound City](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/08/zandari-festa-showcase-at-liverpool-sound-city/): Zandari Festa are showcasing six Korean bands at Liverpool Sound City this year. Keep checking the official Sound City website for the detailed schedule, but at time of writing it looks like the showcase will be sometime on Saturday 5 May in Constellations Garden. Zandari Festa Showcase Constellations Garden | 35 - 39 Greenland Street
- [Screening: Jang Sun-woo's A Petal](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/10/screening-jang-sun-woos-a-petal/): It'll be good to get another chance to see this classic movie. Thanks to the KCC for programming it. A Petal (꽃잎) Director: Jang Sun-woo (1996, 101 mins) Cast: Moon Sung-keun, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Young-ran, Yoo Soon-chul Original novel by Choe Yun 10 May 2018 7:00 pm, KCCUK. Book via EventBrite Stumbling along rivers and
- [On the Bab brings you On the Dak](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/03/24/on-the-bab-brings-you-on-the-dak/): Walking from SOAS to the KCC yesterday to mark the book launch of Lee Yil's selected writings I came across a new venture from the Korean street food chain On the Bab. At 1 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, is their new foray into KFC, On the Dak, bringing different flavours of fried chicken with kimchi
- [Lee Seung-taek at White Cube Masons Yard](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/05/08/lee-seung-taek-at-white-cube-masons-yard/): White Cube continues its series of solo shows by important contemporary Korean artists: Lee Seung-taek Preview: Thursday 24 May, 6–8pm 25 May – 30 June 2018 White Cube | 25 – 26 Mason's Yard | London SW1Y 6BU Curated by Katharine Kostyál White Cube is pleased to present a survey exhibition of South Korean artist
- [LKFF 2018 Teaser Screening: Be With You](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/03/30/lkff-2018-teaser-screening-be-with-you/): The plot of this movie, the first teaser screening for the 2018 film festival, makes me think of those yearning, understated love stories of the early 2000s such as The Classic. It'll be interesting to see the genre re-booted. Be With You (지금 만나러 갑니다) Director: Lee Chang-hoon (2018, 132 ins) Cast: So Ji-sub |
- [[Birmingham] Mixrice: Migrating Flavours at Eastside Projects](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/05/15/birmingham-mixrice-migrating-flavours-at-eastside-projects/): KCCUK continues to live up to its name: it's not the Korean Cultural Centre for London -- it has a nationwide remit. Migrating Flavours Eastside Projects | 86 Heath Mill Lane | Birmingham B9 4AR | eastsideprojects.org 2 June – 21 July Public Preview: Friday 1 June, 6–9pm Simply wondering about fruits, lost memories, ultimate
- [[Nottingham]  The Real DMZ at New Art Exchange](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/01/26/nottingham-the-real-dmz-at-new-art-exchange/): A three-month exhibition in Nottingham as part of the UK-Korea year of cultural exchange: The Real DMZ New Art Exchange | 39-41 Gregory Boulevard | Nottingham NG7 6BE | www.nae.org.uk 27 January - 15 April 2018 The Real DMZ: Artistic encounters through Korea's demilitarized zone has been curated by Sunjung KIM and The Real DMZ
- [Minhee Kim and Taeho Kim: Fragmentality, at Arthill Gallery](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/12/fragmentality-at-arthill-gallery/): Notice of a brief exhibition by two students at the Royal College of Art: Taeho Kim, who is studying visual communication, and Minhee Kim - textile design: Fragmentality Taeho Kim | Minhee Kim 12-14 April 2018 Arthill Gallery | Lourdes Apartments | North End Road | London W14 9NU | www.arthillgallery.com Fragmentality is a compound
- [Joonhong Min: Future’s Present, at SPACE Mare Street](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/19/joonhong-min-futures-present-at-space-mare-street/): News of a solo exhibition in London Fields / South Hackney. Joonhong Min was featured by Hanmi Gallery at last year's London Art Fair. Joonhong Min: Future’s Present SPACE | 129-131 Mare St | London E8 3RH | www.spacestudios.org.uk Opening event: 19 April, 6pm - 9pm Exhibition continues until June, Mon – Fri 10am –
- [Event news: Deborah Smith on translating Bae Suah](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/02/22/event-news-deborah-smith-on-translating-bae-suah/): Deborah Smith's latest Bae Suah translation, Recitation, is now available in bookshops. This month you have the opportunity to hear some of the challenges of translating it, courtesy of SOAS's Centre for Translation Studies: Close to a State of Linguistic Weightlessness: On Translating Bae Suah Dr Deborah Smith (Korean-English translator, Publisher/Editor at Tilted Axis Press)
- [Event news: Sun Ju Lee in Arthill Gallery Summer Group Show](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/07/04/event-news-sun-ju-lee-in-arthill-gallery-summer-group-show/): News of a group exhibition in a converted church in West Kensington. Summer Group Show Arthill Gallery | Ground Floor | Lourdes Apartments | North End Road | London W14 9NU | www.arthillgallery.com 6 July 2017 - 3 September 2017 Artists: Cyrus Mahboubian | Sun Ju Lee | Shaoyan Li Arthill Gallery is pleased to
- [LKFF 2018 Teaser Screening #2: Memoir of a Murderer](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/23/lkff-2018-teaser-screening-2-memoir-of-a-murderer/): The second LKFF2018 Teaser screening is Won Shin-yeon's adaptation of Kim Young-ha's Memoir of a Murderer: Memoir of a Murderer (살인자의 기억법) Dir Won Shin-yeon (2017, 118min) With Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Seol-hyun Monday 21 May 2018, 7pm | Regent Street Cinema | Book tickets Serial killers are popular figures in South Korean cinema,
- [KCC May House Concert: Piano Quintet with Joon Yoon](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/04/26/kcc-may-house-concert-piano-quintet-with-joon-yoon/): May's House Concert features music by Brahms and Schubert: KCCUK May House Concert Tuesday 22 May 2018, 7pm Korean Cultural Centre | Grand Buildings | 1-3 Strand | London WC2N 5BW (Entrance in Northumberland Avenue) Register via info@kccuk.org.uk Programme Schubert: Fantasie for Violin and Piano in C major, D. 934 Schubert: Piano Sonata in C
- [No Other Choice gets UK Theatrical Release, with previews from 17 January](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/12/no-other-choice-gets-uk-theatrical-release-with-previews-from-17-january/): Park Chan-wook's 2025 movie is set to get a UK theatrical release in Cineworld cinemas from 23 January. For Cineworld "Unlimited" members, screenings are available from 19 January. If you prefer the BFI IMAX experience, there are also screenings over the weekend 23-25 January. And, already sold out, is a special preview with Director Park
- [The Korale UK concert tour](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/15/the-korale-uk-concert-tour/): Founded on 17 May 1966, The Korale (formerly, the Korean Students Choir, 한국대학합창단) is composed primarily of university music majors from Seoul and the greater metropolitan region. For nearly 60 years, the choir has devoted itself to mission work through sacred music and to the advancement of Korean choral artistry. Showcasing the pure and vibrant
- [Andrei Lankov on North Korea: the need for imperfect compromise](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/31/andrei-lankov-on-north-korea-the-need-for-imperfect-compromise/): A talk on North Korean politics by Andrei Lankov, organised by the Russian Democratic Society and hosted at SOAS on 20 February. In recent years, one of Moscow’s most widely discussed allies has been the internationally isolated Pyongyang. Comparisons between the two political regimes are often made, summed up in the ironic Russian phrase “north
- [Jang Jin is August’s featured director at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/08/11/jang-jin-is-augusts-featured-director-at-the-kcc/): I really rather like the two films for August. I'll definitely give Guns and Talks a second viewing; and while a feelgood sporting romance is not the sort of thing that generally ticks my boxes, I amazed myself by enjoying Someone Special first time round, and I'm seriously considering giving it a re-watch, particularly as
- [Mysterious Creature: Jang Jin at the London Korean Film Festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/22/mysterious-creature-jang-jin/): Director Jang Jin is sometimes referred to as "The Future of Korean Cinema" but also as a "Mysterious Creature". Nyomi Anderson tells us more. This year’s London Korean Film Festival featured a retrospective of the films of writer-director Jang Jin. Jang began his career in theatre before making his first film was The Happenings, which
- [LKFF Festival Bites: Film Students are Softies](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/27/lkff-festival-bites-film-students-are-softies/): We’d just seen Jang Jin’s contribution to the Human Rights Watch short film collection If You Were Me 2: Someone Grateful (고마운 사람). In it, a student demonstrator is befriended by his police interrogator in the KCIA’s underground torture chambers in the 1980s. It’s a provocative short, because instead of railing against police brutality and
- [Festival Film reviews: we also went to...](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/12/19/festival-film-reviews-we-also-went-to/): We've almost finished clearing the London Korean Film Festival backlog, the only major review outstanding now being Park Chan-kyong's fascinating documentary Manshin. While I'm polishing that, here are a few brief reviews of the films I didn't feel moved to write dedicated articles about. Han Gong-ju A heavy and depressing story redeemed by the sensitive
- [Road to the Racetrack gets there before Hong Sang-soo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/08/13/road-to-the-racetrack-gets-there-before-hong-sang-soo/): Jang Sun-woo's Road to the Racetrack: surprisingly entertaining for 140 minutes focusing on just two characters. Was their relationship just a fling, or is it for keeps? #. The film anticipates Hong Sang-soo's output, and is more entertaining.
- [K-film at the BFI London Film Fest: Nameless Gangster outstays its welcome](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/10/13/k-film-at-the-bfi-london-film-fest-nameless-gangster-outstays-its-welcome/): What a disappointment. One of Korea's biggest grossing films this year is just not good enough. It's a perfectly acceptable gangster flick, but is as bloated as Choi Min-sik, who must have eaten a serious number of pies to get to his fighting weight for this film. The plot is rather charming in the way
- [Haeundae - a rather disappointing disaster movie](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/12/21/haeundae-a-rather-disappointing-disaster-movie/): Just watched Haeundae on Region 2 DVD. What was the fuss about? Dull, dull, dull. Maybe the domestic cut was better (17 mins longer). Maybe the international cut just focused on the things which might appeal to an international audience, and so they edited out anything that might be remotely interesting. I was wondering how
- [Flower Island: beautiful, magical, weird](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/04/06/flower-island-beautiful-magical-weird/): Song Il-gon's debut feature Flower Island. I didn't have much of a clue what it was about. But it was beautiful, magical, and a little bit weird. Great performances from all concerned. Stern(8,g) Links: Full-length reviews at Otherwhere | Koreanfilm.org | Love HK Film
- [Saharial reviews Beethoven Virus](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/01/20/beethoven-virus-review/): Story: Ru Mi, a violinist for 17 years has had little or no luck playing in orchestras, they all seem to disband or fall apart. Now working as a copywriter, she comes up with an idea to make Sukwon, where she lives, a capital for classical music. Her luck has not changed though and the
- [Song Hae-sung: A Better Tomorrow - not worth the time](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/01/03/song-hae-seong-a-better-tomorrow/): I have a huge admiration for Alua at Otherwhere and Colette at Oriental Nightmares for dedicating the time and energy to writing reviews of Song Hae-seong's remake of the classic A Better Tomorrow. I only had the enthusiasm to stay for the first half hour (which I found confusing and uninteresting) before deciding my time
- [Saharial reviews My Beautiful Short Films (Volume 4)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/04/02/saharial-reviews-my-beautiful-short-films-volume-4/): Released by KOFIC / Korean Academy of Film Arts, this DVD was one I was very curious and keen to see. Consisting of 10 short films made by directors while studying at the Academy, the shorts range between 11 and 30 minutes long. I was keen to get this because Bong Joon-ho was involved in
- [The President’s Barber – an awkward film that’s difficult to categorise](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/03/28/the-presidents-barber-an-awkward-film-thats-difficult-to-categorise/): Lim Chan-sang’s The President’s Barber (효자동 이발사, 2004) was the first KCC screening of 2013, in which we will be seeing films featuring four actors each of who will be coming to London for a Q&A. The first three months feature Moon So-ri, who will be in London for a screening of Hong Sang-soo's Hahaha
- [2014 Travel Diary day 1: Harassed in Haeundae](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/06/06/2014-travel-diary-day-1-harassed-in-haeundae/): In which I arrive, somewhat frazzled, at Busan’s crowded beach area. Canary Wharf, London, Thursday 5 June, 3:30pm. Every time I leave the office for a trip, no matter how much I’ve tried to tidy up all my loose ends in advance, the departure from work is stressful. I had left a good hour to finish
- [Plato and Dae Jang Geum - Art and the Ideal State](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/06/28/plato-and-dae-jang-geum-art-and-the-ideal-state/): Plato thought that art was detrimental to the soul. At least, this is the theory put forward by the character of Socrates in book 9 of the ‘Republic’, a work on the development of the human soul and civilisation. The probem with art, Socrates alleges, is that the very qualities which make it enrapturing necessarily
- [The Railroad (경의선, 2006) review: quiet encounters, hidden lives](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/01/17/railroad-2006-review-hc/): A drama about two broken strangers on a train, The Railroad explores grief, guilt, social pressure, and emotional healing through quiet, nuanced storytelling.
- [Jeong: In Conversation with Hyo Jung Lee and Joe Pickard](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/15/jeong-in-conversation-with-hyo-jung-lee-and-joe-pickard/): The Korean Cultural Centre UK presents an evening celebrating the publication of Jeong: The Spirit of Korean Craft and Design. Author Hyo Jung Lee will be joined by Joe Pickard, Executive Editor at Phaidon Press, for a conversation exploring the concept of jeong — a uniquely Korean term expressing deep affection, emotional connection and attachment
- [K-Creative Sessions: Jogakbo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/15/k-creative-sessions-jogakbo/): Join the KCCUK for a craft workshop exploring Jogakbo. We'll delve into the history of this patchwork craft and offer a hands-on experience of these cultural treasures. Jogakbo (조각보) is a traditional Korean form of patchwork. It's an art of creating a larger cloth by sewing together small, leftover scraps of fabric, typically in a
- [Hold Korea in My Heart: Jindo National Gugak Center introduction to traditional dance and percussion](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/15/hold-korea-in-my-heart-jindo-national-gugak-center-introduction-to-traditional-dance-and-percussion/): Hold Korea in My Heart is a structured, two-day linked programme presented by the Jindo National Gugak Center (국립남도국악원), offering a hands-on introduction to Korean traditional dance and percussion. Through consecutive sessions across both days, participants will explore the relationship between rhythm, movement, and sound, engaging directly with the fundamentals of Hojok Sinawi Dance (호적시나위춤)
- [Jo Jin-gyu's Shaman Gangster / Man on the Edge is great entertainment](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/10/12/jo-jin-gyus-shaman-gangster-is-great-entertainment/): I know I've been somewhat grouchy about a lot of K-film recently, so let me make amends. What could be better than a hilarious but tearjerking shaman gangster almost-semi-gay rom-com. Man on the Edge (aka Shaman Gangster, 박수건달, Dir Jo Jin-gyu, 2013, starring a brilliant Park Sin-yang as a gangster who discovers he is in
- [Lovable (다슬이, 2011) review: art, autism, and wonder](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/06/29/lovable-2011-review-hc/): A drama about a young girl with savant syndrome, Lovable explores art, perception, and empathy through a child’s-eye view and a quietly uplifting final reveal
- [Save The Green Planet (지구를 지켜라, 2003) review: funny, brutal, moving... and bonkers](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/07/15/save-the-green-planet-2003-review-hc/): Paul Quinn examines Save the Green Planet and its blend of sci-fi comedy, violence and tragedy, and its themes of paranoia, trauma and corporate corruption.
- [The Handmaiden (아가씨, 2016) review: a masterclass in sensual storytelling](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/02/handmaiden-2016-review-hc/): Park Chan-wook’s thriller blends erotic romance & psychological intrigue following two women ensnared in an elaborate con who discover love and agency together
- [Festival Film Review: Socialphobia](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/11/16/festival-film-review-socialphobia/): Socialphobia, a debut film from Hong Seok-jae, was one of the fifteen sold-out screenings at this year's LKFF. For an indie film, it had a strong reception at the Korean box office, aided in part by the actor Byun Yo-han who played in the hit TV drama Misaeng, but also because of its contemporary theme:
- [Rituals, Reflections, and 3D: Director Park Hong-min on A Fish](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/12/festival-report-park-hong-min-qa/): Director Park Hong-min discusses his film A Fish, exploring Jindo’s shamanism, the use of 3D as a stylistic tool, and the symbolism of death and reflection.
- [Festival Film Review: Spring Snow -- on the value of the priceless](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/11/16/festival-film-review-spring-snow-on-the-value-of-the-priceless/): Spring Snow, the final film of this year’s London Korean Film Festival, was shown at London’s ICA on November 11. The film falls into a Korean tradition of documentary drama films such as Lee Man-hee's A Day Off. Kim Soon-ok, played very well by Yoon Suk Hwa (윤석화), is an aging mother and wife. She
- [Crossing – the defector documentary by Kim Tae-gyun – screens at Amnesty International](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/06/20/crossing-the-defector-documentary-by-kim-tae-gyun-screens-at-amnesty-international/): A quick note of an upcoming film screening at Amnesty International: Crossing (크로싱, dir Kim Tae-gyun, South Korea, 2008) Cast: Cha In-pyo, Seo Young-hwa, Shin Myeong-cheol Venue: Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Date: Mon 24 Jun 2013, 7.00 pm The film details the tragic plight
- [Kim Joo-il interview: a defector reflects on life in the North and on cinematic realities](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/06/26/kim-joo-il-interview-2013-hc/): North Korean defector Kim Joo-il discusses life under the regime, propaganda cinema, defection via China, refugee status and hopes for a unified Korea.
- [Natural City: are stunning visuals enough?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/07/18/natural-city-are-stunning-visuals-enough/): Saharial reviews Natural City, a film which has had a mixed reaction from critics. Set in the distant future after a great war has ravaged the city, R (Yu Ji-Tae) attempts to find a cure for his dying lover, Ria (Seo Rin), a dancer cyborg who is close to expiration. R however is also a
- [Virgin Snow screens at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/02/14/virgin-snow-at-the-kcc/): News of what I believe is the first film screening at the new Korean Cultural Centre in London. In a joint venture with the Japan Society, Han Sang-hee's Virgin Snow (Hatsuyuki no Koi, 첫눈, 2007) will be screened at the KCC on 26 February at 7pm. The director is in London at the time, so
- [Festival film Review: Princess Aurora (오로라 공주) (18)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2006/05/22/princess-aurora-review/): A whydunnit rather than a whodunnit. From the start, the perpetrator of these rather fun and sometimes gruesome murders is not in doubt, and the film sustains interest by drawing you into why the murders are committed. At first you think the motivation is a rather extreme vigilantism, but as the film progresses the motive
- [The Yellow Sea (황해, 2010) review: Na Hong-jin’s visceral tale of desperation and chaos](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/05/05/yellow-sea-2010-review-hc/): A review of Na Hong-jin’s visceral, breathless film "The Yellow Sea", exploring its split structure, social context, and astonishing violence and visuals.
- [Actresses (여배우들, 2009) review: mockumentary fiction and celebrity reality](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/07/31/actresses-2009-review-hc/): Boredom gives way to honest conversations as several generations of actresses wait for a delayed photoshoot in this witty mockumentary full of insider jokes
- [The Good, The Bad, The Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈, 2008) review: exhilarating action and genre-blending fun](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/11/14/good-the-bad-the-weird-2008-review-hc/): OK, the plot isn't multi-layered, there's no real "good will triumph over evil" but if that's what you're looking for you're missing the point…
- [The Pirates (해적: 바다로 간 산적, 2014) review: blockbuster spectacle on the high seas](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/03/18/pirates-2014-review-hc/): A Korean historical adventure about pirates and bandits chasing a royal seal inside a whale, blending action, humour and spectacle, but with mixed results.
- [Treeless Mountain (나무없는 산, 2008) review: childhood, loss and resilience at eye level](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/01/09/treeless-mountain-2008-review-hc/): Seen from a child’s eye level, Treeless Mountain follows two sisters facing abandonment, harsh adults and fading innocence, finding resilience and quiet hope.
- [Nora Noh (노라노, 2013) review: fashion, film and a life of conviction](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/12/28/nora-noh-2013-review-hc/): A review of the documentary Nora Noh, examining her influence on Korean fashion, cinema and society, and the compelling story behind her retrospective.
- [Sunny (써니, 2011) review: "it’s okay to cry"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/11/10/sunny-2011-review-hc/): Kang Hyeong-cheol’s film uses nostalgia, music and vividly drawn characters to celebrate friendship, memory and the optimism of youth that never truly fades.
- [Movie review double bill: Along with the Gods 1 and 2](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/08/16/movie-review-double-bill-along-with-the-gods-1-and-2/): Somehow, I managed to miss last year’s fantasy blockbuster Along with the Gods. I didn’t spot that it got a brief UK release until it was too late, and the movie didn’t make to any of the UK festivals to my knowledge. I didn’t even read any reviews. But it registered in my brain as
- [The Priests (검은사제들, 2015) review: demons, doubt and ritual](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/07/18/priests-2015-review-hc/): Original Korean horror blends Catholic exorcism with Buddhist and shamanistic rites, tight pacing, and Park So-dam’s unforgettable performance.
- [Brief review: The Priests - another excellent LKFF16 teaser](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/06/03/the-priests-another-excellent-lkff16-teaser/): The second of the KCC's "teaser screenings" for the 2016 London Korean Film Festival, which screened last night at the Picturehouse Central, was another hit. Let's hope they keep this up. Jang Jae-hyun's The Priests was a hugely fun (and suspense-filled) exorcism movie, and an impressive full-length debut for the director. It will win new
- [Spirits' Homecoming (귀향, 2016) review: trauma, memory and the search for closure](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/07/02/spirits-homecoming-2016-review-hc/): Through cultural memory, spiritual ritual, and survivor testimony, Spirits' Homecoming confronts shame, survival, and the need for peace and recognition.
- [MJ (dir Kim Hee-jin, 2013) review: small moments, lasting change](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/03/26/mj-dir-kim-hee-jin-2013-review-hc/): In a poignant alternative to typical hard-hitting Korean adolescent dramas, a confident student helps a shy peer find her voice in this uplifting short
- [Miss Longlegs (키다리 아가씨, 2012) review: seeing the women behind the glass](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/08/27/miss-longlegs-2012-review-hc/): A short film exploring sex work, stigma and shared humanity, Miss Longlegs uses subtle storytelling to challenge perceptions and reveal lives behind the glass.
- [Secret Sunshine (밀양, 2007) review: grief, faith, and defiance in Milyang](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/13/secret-sunshine-2007-review-hc/): Lee Chang-dong’s masterful Secret Sunshine explores grief and faith as a widow’s search for solace in religion collapses, leaving isolation and self-reliance.
- [Doctor (닥터, 2013) review: beautiful bodies, shame about the characters](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/07/06/doctor-2013-review-hc/): A horror film about a deranged plastic surgeon, Doctor explores obsession, control and cosmetic desire, favouring graphic violence over psychological depth.
- [Perfect Number (용의자X, 2012) review: a nuanced Korean reimagining of a Japanese thriller](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/08/19/perfect-number-2012-review-hc/): Director Bang Eun-jin blends a high-stakes police investigation with a nuanced, tragic romance, in a highly successful screen adaptation of a Japanese thiller
- [Daytime Drinking - the perfect hangover cure](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/07/28/daytime-drinking-the-perfect-hangover-cure/): Daytime Drinking is a gentle comedy which is the perfect antidote the view that Korean cinema has lost its way. And it’s a film which makes you feel connected to Korea much more than many of the horror and action films which come our way. From the soulless self-catering guesthouse (or “pension”) in the mountains
- [True Stories: Koh Sang Woo Solo Exhibition at Sesame](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/04/29/true-stories-koh-sang-woo-solo-exhibition-at-sesame/): One of LKL's favourite photographers has a solo show at Sesame Gallery in Islington, 6 May – 3 June 2010: Koh Sang Woo: True Stories Sesame Gallery 6 May - 3 June 2010 Koh Sang Woo has a taste for controversy. His images may look beautiful, but the stories beneath needle away at the unspoken
- [I am Trash (나는 쓰레기다, 2014) review: when family becomes filth](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/02/01/i-am-trash-2014-review-hc/): This provocative drama explores familial depravity, sexual violence and moral responsibility, questioning whether conventional justice is always sufficient
- [1987: When the Day Comes (1987, 2018) review: a vital chronicle of Korea’s path to democracy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/06/30/1987-when-the-day-comes-1987-2018-review-hc/): This exquisitely realised, multi-layered true-life depiction of life and activism in 80s Korea, featuring a galaxy of acting stars, is required viewing
- [London Korean Film Festival 2010](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/10/17/london-korean-film-festival-2010/): The London Korean Film Festival returns at its regular early November slot. With the Barbican cinemas out of action this year's festival is a bit of a logistical nightmare, with screenings at the ICA, Odeon West End and the Apollo, but there's more than enough film interest to compensate. One of the highlights of the
- [The London Korean year 2008 – events of the year](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/12/29/the-london-korean-year-2008-events-of-the-year/): It's been a busy year, a year of change. A new cultural centre, a re-launched Artists' Association, new ambassadors in both London and Seoul. Jane Portal left the British Museum for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, while Michael Shin became the first full-time Korean Studies lecturer at Cambridge. Down in New Malden, things
- [Heart Blackened (침묵, 2017) review: wealth, blood and deception](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/08/02/heart-blackened-2017-review-hc/): Classy courtroom thriller in which a powerful father defends his daughter accused of murder. A layered story of love, sacrifice, class privilege and deception.
- [Daisy (데이지, 2006) review: flawed but nice-looking romance-thriller](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/07/05/daisy-2006-review-hc/): A Hong Kong / Korean romantic thriller set in Amsterdam, blending love, crime and fate within a visually striking but narratively uneven love triangle.
- [Shadows in the Palace (궁녀, 2007) review: secrets, power and death in Joseon Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/12/shadows-in-the-palace-2007-review-hc/): A mystery thriller where a death exposes hidden power, violence and sexual secrecy, blending historical drama, investigation and unsettling horror elements.
- [Cold Eyes (감시자들, 2013) review: a high-octane remake of a Hong Kong surveillance thriller](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/20/cold-eyes-2013-review-hc/): A high-budget reworking of Hong Kong's Eye in the Sky, Cold Eyes elevates the surveillance procedural into a polished Korean blockbuster.
- [The Uninvited / Table for 4 (4인용식탁, 2003) review: a haunting exploration of real-life horror and family secrets](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/01/08/uninvited-table-for-4-2003-review-hc/): The Uninvited (Table for 4) blends psychological tension and real-life horror, exploring family secrets and societal darkness in a chilling Korean thriller.
- [Eungyo aka A Muse (은교, 2012) review: aging, loneliness, and the pursuit of a muse](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/01/05/eungyo-aka-a-muse-2012-review-hc/): A lyrical drama exploring age, desire and loneliness as an elderly poet’s infatuation with a young girl disrupts lives, morals and creative boundaries.
- [Thousand Years Old Fox (천년호, 1969) review: gumiho myth and classic Korean horror](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/03/09/thousand-years-old-fox-1969-review-hc/): Thousand Years Old Fox explores gumiho legend through classic Korean horror, blending possession, revenge and melodrama in a formative myth-based film.
- [The Fox with Nine Tails (구미호, 1994) review: gumiho folklore meets modern melodrama](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/06/05/fox-with-nine-tails-1994-review-hc/): A fantasy horror (Korea's first feature to use CGI) blending folklore, romance and tragedy as a gumiho’s quest for humanity clashes with love and morality.
- [The Berlin File (베를린, 2013) review: a high-octane journey through espionage, loyalty and humanity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/06/05/berlin-file-2013-review-hc/): A masterclass in Korean spy cinema exploring loyalty, betrayal and humanity as a North Korean agent faces moral choices amid global intrigue.
- [The Berlin File – so slick it’s really rather dull](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/07/17/the-berlin-file-so-slick-its-really-rather-dull/): A plot which involves a dodgy international arms deal, a secret multibillion dollar bank account belonging to the extended family of Kim Jong-il and a power struggle in the wake of Kim Jong-un’s succession. A list of characters which includes operatives from the CIA, Mossad, and both North and South Korean security agencies, plus would-be
- [Arirang (아리랑, 2011) review: Kim Ki-duk in isolation, anger and self-reckoning](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/04/05/arirang-2011-review-hc/): Kim Ki-duk’s raw documentary-drama detailing his isolated exile and psychological battle with the film industry, guilt, and his own identity.
- [Crocodile (악어, 1996) review: Kim Ki-duk’s brutal debut on the banks of the Han River](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/10/05/crocodile-1996-review-hc/): Kim Ki-duk’s debut feature ‘Crocodile’ is a study of violence in South Korean society and is frankly unlike any other Korean films made before it.
- [Moebius (뫼비우스, 2013) review: fate, family, violence, and endless loops of desire](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/26/moebius-2013-review-hc/): A dialogue-free shock film exploring incest, castration and fate, Moebius traps a fractured family in an endless cycle of desire, guilt & inevitable repetition
- [Saharial at the Terracotta Festival: Arirang](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/04/15/saharial-at-the-terracotta-festival-arirang/): Finally! I had been hoping to see this along with a Q&A at the London Korean Film Festival last year, but it never materialised much to my disappointment. Kim Ki-duk, despite a rather misogynistic approach on occasion to his female characters on film, is one of the Korean directors whose work I really enjoy. Ever
- [The Concubine (후궁: 제왕의 첩, 2012) review: power, desire and matriarchal control in Joseon Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/12/05/concubine-2012-review-hc/): A sumptuous-looking Joseon-era drama of forbidden love, palace politics and erotic power struggles between a puppet king, his mother and a concubine.
- [Ryoo Seung-wan interview: action, justice and laughter](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/11/21/ryoo-seung-wan-interview-2011/): Ryoo Seung-wan talks The Unjust, justice and corruption, evolving action style, Hollywood, and his Berlin-set spy film in this in-depth interview.
- [The Last Princess (덕혜옹주, 2016) review: a sumptuous epic of national longing and tragic exile](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/03/30/last-princess-2016-review-hc/): A historical drama about Korea’s last princess, blending fact & fiction to explore exile, occupation & national identity, anchored by Son Ye-jin’s performance
- [Choi Dong-hoon interview: “a genius storyteller”](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/11/06/choi-dong-hoon-interview-2012/): Director Choi Dong-hoon discusses genre filmmaking, character-driven storytelling, The Thieves, casting choices and reaching Korean and international audiences.
- [Im Kwon-taek interview: tradition, social norms, and a life in Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/10/30/im-kwon-taek-group-interview-hc/): Im Kwon-taek discusses women in Korean cinema, Confucian norms, pansori, artistic freedom, life experience, and the social forces shaping Korean film.
- [Canola (계춘 할망, 2016) review: grandmother’s love and lost innocence](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/07/03/canola-2016-review-hc/): Featuring powerhouse performances from Youn Yuh-jung and Kim Go-eun, Canola is an unashamed tearjerker that gives a heartfelt definition of what family truly is
- [Death Bell (고死: 피의 중간고사, 2008) review: classroom carnage in mid-term exams](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/05/04/death-bell-2008-review-hc/): A school horror where exam pressure turns deadly. Death Bell mixes old-school ghost imagery with grisly modern kills and social commentary on education.
- [The Villainess (악녀, 2017) review: spectacular action, limited character depth](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/09/15/villainess-2017-review-hc/): Jaw-dropping action set pieces let down by shallow characterisation and limited engagement with female revenge themes - nevertheless a rip-roaring ride.
- [Bedevilled (김복남 살인사건의 전말, 2010) review: a brutal, poignant exploration of abuse, apathy and revenge](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/12/04/bedevilled-2010-review-hc/): A horror-thriller about systemic abuse & revenge on a remote island. Bedevilled builds unbearable tension before erupting into emotionally devastating violence.
- [Azooma (공정사회, 2012) review: a gritty if unbalanced critique of social injustice and patriarchal apathy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/08/04/azooma-2012-review-hc/): A thriller exploring injustice, patriarchy and maternal desperation, Azooma critiques social systems before pivoting to revenge with troubling urgency.
- [Confession of Murder (내가 살인범이다, 2012) review: an action-packed tale of fame and revenge](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/06/04/confession-of-murder-2012-review-hc/): A thriller in which a confessed serial killer becomes a celebrity, the film mixes revenge, media satire and high-octane action, drawing on genre classics.
- [The Chaser gets theatrical release](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/09/18/the-chaser-gets-theatrical-release/): For those who missed “The Chaser” at Frightfest, don’t forget that it’s showing from tomorrow (Friday 19 September) at the Cineworlds in the Trocadero and Canary Wharf, and at the Shepherd's Bush Vue. Viewing times are on the Evening Standard website here. Jonathan Ross gave it a rave review on Film 2008 earlier this week
- [Catch Na Hong-jin's Chaser while you can!](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/09/24/catch-the-chaser/): Saharial advises you to go see The Chaser on the big screen while you can. I was delighted when I discovered, at long last, a Korean film showing again in a city centre cinema, something that seems very rare these days. The basic story that I knew before I went in, was that it concerned
- [The Chaser (추격자, 2008) review: relentless pursuit in a brutal serial killer thriller](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/08/04/chaser-2008-review-hc/): Na Hong-jin's serial killer thriller about an ex-cop racing against time delivers brutal tension genre twists & a powerful final act despite familiar influences
- [Mother (마더, 2009) review: when devotion becomes obsession](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/06/24/mother-2009-review-hc/): Bong Joon-ho’s Mother is a masterful exploration of obsession and a mother's desperate, often monstrous journey to prove her son’s innocence at any moral cost
- [The Peach Tree (복숭아나무, 2012) review: a gentle, nuanced melodrama of conjoined brotherhood](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/11/19/peach-tree-2012-review-hc/): A melodrama centred on disability largely manages to hold its own fairly well in the in the company of Lee Chang-dong's Oasis, with one or two minor caveats.
- [The Crucible aka Silenced (도가니, 2011) review: silenced voices and the struggle for justice](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/28/crucible-aka-silenced-togani-2011-review-hc/): A real-life drama about abuse at a school for the deaf, The Crucible confronts institutional corruption, societal indifference, and the trauma of the victims.
- [Blood and Ties (공범, 2013) review: family loyalty and a faltering moral thriller](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/07/04/blood-and-ties-2013-hc/): Thriller about a woman suspecting her father of a past murder. Strong lead performances anchor a film undermined by predictability and plot holes.
- [Be With You (지금 만나러 갑니다, 2018) review: a beautiful, classic, archetypal Son Ye-jin melodrama](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/08/03/be-with-you-2018-review-hc/): A classic Son Ye-jin melodrama about grief, memory, and enduring love, following a widower and son reunited with a wife and mother who returns without memories
- [Crazy First Love (첫사랑 사수 궐기대회, 2003) review: loud and illogical, unfunny and unromantic](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/04/04/crazy-first-love-2003-review-hc/): Unfunny rom-com of obsessive love & family interference struggles with illogical plotting, abrasive characters & weak romance, despite Son Ye-jin’s presence
- [Obsessed (인간중독, 2014) review: shattered duty and forbidden desires](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/11/20/obsessed-2014-review-hc/): A sensual, brooding and beautifully shot Korean drama about illicit passion and PTSD, featuring strong performances despite a heavy-handed melodramatic ending
- [Miss Granny (수상한 그녀, 2014) review: youth reclaimed, manners forgotten](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/01/27/miss-granny-2014-review-hc/): A comedy where a sharp-tongued grandmother becomes young again, Miss Granny mixes fish-out-of-water humour with romance, regret, sacrifice and second chances.
- [The Classic (클래식, 2003) review: parallel romances, social change and a star-making performance](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/03/04/classic-2003-review-hc/): This classic generation-spanning romance is beautifully shot, socially aware and elevated by Son Ye-jin’s performance despite tonal shifts and predictability
- [February events](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/02/01/february-events-19/): This month there's music available to suit most tastes, with classical, jazz and K-pop/hip-hop, plus family activities to mark the Lunar New Year (the Seollal public holiday in Korea this year is 16-18 Feb, coinciding with the start of Lent). Live music and Performance Jazz musicians Yunmi Kang and Sangyeon Park join with the Bristol-based
- [Chilling Romance (aka Spellbound) (오싹한 연애, 2011) review: love, laughs and long-haired ghouls](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/05/03/chilling-romance-aka-spellbound-2011-review-hc/): Can love survive a haunting? Chilling Romance mixes ghostly horror, parody and emotional healing as love confronts trauma from the past. Son Ye-jin stars.
- [Film review: Be With You](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/06/11/film-review-be-with-you/): Ten years ago or so I was watching a rather good relationship drama on DVD when my wife came into the room and asked: “so which of the two has the mysterious incurable disease?” “It’s not one of those films,” I replied, somewhat tetchily. Ten minutes later, a car crash killed off one half of
- [The Tower (타워, 2012) review: high-spectacle disaster and classic genre thrills](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/06/09/tower-2012-review-hc/): The Tower delivers classic disaster-movie thrills, pairing spectacular fire effects with ensemble drama, social contrasts and moments of genuine emotion.
- [The Mimic (장산범, 2017) review: Korean horror makes a welcome comeback](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/07/27/mimic-2017-review-hc/): The Mimic brings together Korean folklore, shamanism and psychological horror with standout performances from Yum Jung-ah and newcomer Shin Rin-ah
- [Cart (카트, 2014) review: a Single Spark for the 21st century](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/04/03/cart-2014-review-hc/): A powerful socially grounded drama based on real events that exposes workplace injustice, corporate bullying, and female solidarity through a labour strike.
- [The LKFF 2012 Programme](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/10/20/the-lkff-2012-programme/): Here's the schedule for the London Korean Film Festival 2012. And below the listing is the official press release to give you a flavour of the thinking behind the line-up. (All dates are November 2012). Thanks to Paul Quinn at Hangul Celluloid for doing a lot of the heavy lifting fishing out run times and
- [One year, 12 directors, 59 films, 12 Q&As. What could be better?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/16/one-year-12-directors-59-films-12-qas-what-could-be-better/): The KCC have announced their lineup for their much anticipated “Year of the Twelve Directors” - a season unimaginable a few years ago. A very simple concept: four films by the same director, each month giving a mini-retrospective, followed by a Q&A with the director. And a very well-balanced programme it is, featuring veteran directors
- [The Uprising (이재수의 난, 1999) review: when history drowns in endless exposition](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/01/08/uprising-1999-review-hc/): Endless exposition, weak characterisation and wasted performances from Lee Jung-jae and Shim Eun-ha derail a potentially interesting historical story
- [January is Lee Myung-se month at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/01/03/january-is-lee-myung-se-month-at-the-kcc/): The KCCUK has made some exciting changes to its free film screenings for 2012: The KCCUK Film night has extended to four screenings per month, with special monthly Q&A screening featuring some of Korea's leading directors. The KCCUK kick this special year off with a a look at director Lee Myung-se with four screenings of
- [Lee Myung-se interview: "the next Jacques Tati"?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/01/27/lee-myung-se-interview-hc/): Director Lee Myung-se discusses Nowhere to Hide, Duelist, M, and his philosophy of cinema, memory, music, and cinematic balance across genres.
- [One Day (어느날, 2017) review: a nuanced and affecting study of grief and abandonment](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/11/20/one-day-2017-review-hc/): Director Lee Yoon-ki delivers an intelligent, contemporary tearjerker that examines themes of abandonment, catharsis and coming to terms with loss
- [Moon Young (문영, 2017) review: a succinct and nuanced study of solitude and connection](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/06/25/moon-young-2017-review-hc/): Moon Young explores urban isolation via a mute subway filmer and a volatile outsider, using concise storytelling to examine abuse, identity, and connection.
- [Diary of June (6월의 일기, 2005) review: above average serial killer fare let down by poor pacing](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/06/03/diary-of-june-2005-review-hc/): A serial murder thriller explores bullying, parental pressure, institutional failure within the school system, and the consequences of being unheard
- [Failan (파이란, 2001) review: an unlikely but poignant love story built on absence](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/04/03/failan-2001-review-hc/): Director Song Hae-sung's Chinese collaboration redefines romance through absence, letters, and quiet empathy, delivering a devastatingly intimate love story.
- [The 2005 London Korean Film Festival programme](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2005/05/03/the-2005-london-korean-film-festival-programme/): Here is the programme of films that screened in the 2005 London Korean Film Festival. Although this post’s datestamp is May 2005 so that it appears in the appropriate month of this site’s calendar archive, it is actually being uploaded in November 2015 (with subsequent edits), and is being posted for archival purposes. It’s nice
- [Happy End (해피엔드, 1999) review: explicit and unmissable cautionary tale](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2007/08/02/happy-end-1999-review-hc/): A classic erotic drama exploring infidelity, obsession and marital collapse, where desire and desperation drive ordinary people toward irreversible tragedy.
- [Seven Years of Night (7년의밤, 2018) review: guilt, inherited sin and uneasy revenge](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/10/12/seven-years-of-night-2018-review-hc/): Seven Years of Night explores guilt, generational abuse, and revenge through a brutal tragedy, balancing emotional weight with uneven supernatural elements.
- [Jung Woo-sung and Kim Sung-soo interview: "Hyung, this is really tough!"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/06/jung-woo-sung-and-kim-sung-soo-interview/): Jung Woo-sung and Kim Sung-soo discuss Asura, exploring corruption, extreme characters, long-term collaboration, and the demands of dark roles in Korean cinema.
- [Parasite (기생충, 2019) review: Bong Joon-ho’s masterful satire of class and capitalism](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/09/11/parasite-2019-review-hc/): Bong Joon-ho’s wry and insightful tragicomedy uses dark humor and brilliant visual metaphors to deliver a searing and bravura critique of class inequality.
- [April Snow (외출, 2005) review: betrayal, grief and mirrored desire](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/04/03/april-snow-2005-review-hc/): Hur Jin-ho's romantic drama about infidelity and loss, following two betrayed spouses whose shared grief leads to desire, moral conflict and emotional reckoning
- [Film review: Hur Jin-ho's Season of Good Rain](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/07/12/film-review-hur-jin-hos-season-of-good-rain/): How reassuring it is, after the disappointment that was Bong Joon-ho’s Okja, to find that there are still directors out there who can serve up what you expect. Maybe that’s a bad thing: maybe you need to be surprised every now and then. On the other hand, there’s no shame in wanting a dose of
- [Hansel and Gretel (헨젤과 그레텔, 2007) review: broken fairy tales and lost innocence](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/08/02/hansel-and-gretel-2007-review-hc/): Korean dark fantasy inspired by the Grimm original, blending fairy-tale visuals with unsettling mystery, childhood trauma and restrained horror.
- [The Fox Family (구미호 가족, 2006) review: monsters, music and the meaning of humanity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/08/03/fox-family-2006-review-hc/): The Fox Family is a genre-blending film mixing horror, comedy and musical romance, using fox spirits and dark humour to question what humanity really means.
- [Peninsula (반도, 2020) review: a high-octane zombie heist lacking its predecessor’s heart](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/10/19/peninsula-2020-review-hc/): Train to Busan sequel trades claustrophobic horror for high-speed action, Mad Max-style gangs, and CGI spectacle, without quite living up to expectations
- [Christmas in August (8월의 크리스마스, 1998) review: unspoken love and quiet heartbreak](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/03/03/christmas-in-august-1998-review-hc/): The classic Korean weepie about unspoken love, terminal illness and quiet sacrifice, using subtle performances and visual intimacy to explore loss and restraint
- [Beasts Clawing at Straws (지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들, 2020) review: murder and mayhem in a droll game of cat and mouse](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2021/02/03/beasts-clawing-at-straws-2020-review-hc/): Kim Yoon-hoon's star-filled crime thriller where desperate lives collide over stolen cash, blending non-linear storytelling, betrayal and jet-black humour.
- [Invasion of Alien Bikini (에일리언 비키니, 2010) review: a flawed sci-fi B-movie genre mashup](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/15/invasion-of-alien-bikini-2010-review-hc/): A sci-fi comedy that contrasts chastity and sexuality in a man-vs-alien battle. Funny and brutal at first, but a disturbing assault sours the end.
- [I'm A Cyborg, but that's OK (싸이보그지만 괜찮아, 2006) review: warm-hearted whimsy from Park Chan-wook](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/01/im-a-cyborg-but-thats-ok-2006-review-hc/): Set in a psychiatric hospital, I’m a Cyborg is a warm-hearted film that blends surreal fantasy, romance and dark humour to explore belief, love and acceptance
- [London East Asia Film Festival 2020](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/11/30/london-east-asia-film-festival-2020/): Fingers crossed: it looks like we might see some more great Korean movies in a real cinema in a Central London location before the year's out, thanks to the London East Asia Film Festival. The festival also includes films from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. I'm particularly looking forward to Beauty Water: having caught
- [Sprout (콩나물, 2013) review: a young child's first solo exploration](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/09/10/sprout-2013-review-hc/): Yoon Ga-eun's charming short tells the story of a young girl’s first solo journey, blending childhood curiosity, family tradition, and gentle spiritual themes.
- [Event news: HaHaHa and Singles are June's screenings at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/06/13/event-news-hahaha-and-singles-are-junes-screenings-at-the-kcc/): June's screenings at the KCC are HaHaHa, one of Hong Sang-soo's most approachable films (LKL review here), and Singles, a film which Anthony Leong describes as "a breezy concoction brimming with wit and charisma that entertains without relying on dumbed down comedy or exaggerated theatrics." A good month then. Reservations as usual via the KCC
- [Fashion icon Nora Noh honoured in art and film](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/09/15/fashion-icon-nora-noh-honoured-in-art-and-film/): LKL looks at two works devoted the life and work of Nora Noh: A documentary by Kim Sung-hee (Nora Noh, 2013, South Korea, colour, DCP, 93') and An installation by Cho Duck-hyun (The Nora Collection, 2008, Graphite and charcoal on canvases, frames, wall papers, dimensions variable) To the current generation of Koreans, two names that
- [Portrait of a Beauty (미인도, 2008) review: art and obscenity; morality and hypocrisy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/01/18/portrait-of-a-beauty-2008-review-hc/): A period drama based on JM Lee's novel exploring art, eroticism and gender through a woman posing as a male painter, critiquing Joseon-era morality & hypocrisy.
- [Korean movie blogathon highlights level of interest in Korean film](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/03/30/korean-movie-blogathon-highlights-level-of-interest-in-korean-film/): We've just had the Korean film blogathon – a global event lasting a week which elicited around 150 articles from bloggers around the world. Ten years ago, the only English language website covering Korean film was Darcy Paquet's koreanfilm.org (or if there was more than one, it was the only one that most people visited).
- [Festival Film Review: Hwajang / Revivre](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/11/17/im-kwon-taek-hwajang-review/): Well, I was right. Ahn Sung-ki confessed in the Q+A which followed the screening of Hwajang that one of his most difficult tasks in portraying Oh Sang-moo, a senior executive in a cosmetics company, was to project certain aspects of being old - of being blocked inside because of the swollen prostate, of being more
- [Last Thursday's screening at the KCC - Sunny - was an unexpected delight](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/04/16/last-thursdays-screening-at-the-kcc-sunny-was-an-unexpected-delight/): Unexpectedly, I really enjoyed Kang Hyeong-cheol’s Sunny at the KCC this week. I shan't bore you with the details - Paul Quinn has articulated it on Hangul Celluloid much better than I could. Based on the trailers I had been kind of expecting a bit of an offbeat teen comedy. When it featured in the
- [Hope (aka Wish) (소원, 2013) review: finding humanity and healing in the aftermath of unthinkable trauma](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/08/31/hope-aka-wish-2013-review-hc/): Lee Joon-ik’s heartbreaking yet uplifting Korean drama, featuring an extraordinary performance from child actress Lee Re.
- [A quiet look at the LKFF's 2018 programme](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/10/09/a-quiet-look-at-the-lkffs-2018-programme/): The London Korean Film Festival returns for its 13th edition next month with a slightly quieter tone than in some previous years. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's as if the organisers are saying that, as the festival enters its teenage years, the audience is becoming grown-up enough not to require a diet of
- [A look back at some of the films of 2018](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/01/04/a-look-back-at-some-of-the-films-of-2018/): A wide variety of genres was presented to the London audience this year, from the return of the romantic melodrama (Be With You) to big budget fantasy (Along with the Gods). We also saw #MeToo beginning to have an impact, not just in the themes of movies such as Land of Seonghye and Testimony but
- [Home Truths season: The World of Us](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/04/21/home-truths-season-the-world-of-us/): Yoon Ga-eun's debut feature The World of Us, which was one of the quiet hits of LEAFF's 2016 Stories of Women strand, opens the latest season of screenings at the KCC. Paul Quinn on Hangul Celluloid is a big fan of the movie: see his review here. The World of Us (우리들) Director: Yoon Ga-eun
- [The World of Us (우리들, 2016) review: cruelty and quiet empathy in childhood](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/09/05/world-of-us-2016-review-hc/): A sensitive, deeply empathetic review of Yoon Ga-eun’s The World of Us, exploring childhood friendship, bullying, and the emotional depth of a child’s world.
- [Review: Kokdu - a story of guardian angels](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/02/review-kokdu-a-story-of-guardian-angels/): The death of a grandmother in remote, rural Jindo becomes dramatically intertwined with a stage performance by dancers, court and folk musicians from the National Gugak Centre as they portray the journey of a soul in the afterlife. The unauthorised purchase of a Jindo puppy by her two grandchildren gets them entangled in the drama
- [Hyeon Nam-seop's Saving My Hubby: female strength, comedy and the New Korean Cinema Wave](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/09/17/saving-my-hubby-intro-hc/): Paul Quinn introduces Saving My Hubby, a New Korean Cinema comedy showcasing female strength, role reversals, and modern perspectives on family and marriage.
- [Okja (옥자, 2017) review: a topical and eccentric critique of corporate lunacy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/07/20/okja-2017-review-hc/): A dark, quirky, and topical tale of corporate greed. With great story-telling and pacing, this otherwise entertaing movie is let down by cartoon-like characters
- [Memories of Murder (살인의 추억, 2003) review: a masterpiece of tone and tension](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/07/28/memories-of-murder-2003-review-hc/): Bong Joon-ho's masterpiece displays expert screenplay, atmospheric cinematography and intense acting, telling its true-crime story with dark humour
- [Snowy Road (눈길, 2017) review: friendship, trauma and survival under the Japanese military](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/08/11/snowy-road-2017-review-hc/): Paul Quinn looks at Snowy Road, examining its portrayal of comfort women, class divides, enduring trauma, and survival through a dual past-present narrative.
- [Event news: Saving My Hubby and Scandal Makers are September's screenings at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/08/27/event-news-saving-my-hubby-and-scandal-makers-are-septembers-screenings-at-the-kcc/): September's screenings in the ongoing series Ha Ha Ha – Translating Korean Humour are set out below. Saving My Hubby has the added attraction of an introduction by Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid. Saving My Hubby (굳세어라 금순아) Director: Hyeon Nam-seop, 2002, 92 mins Cast: Bae Doo-na, Kim Tae-woo 15 Sep 16 7:00 pm Geum-soon (Bae
- [Lovers' Concerto (연애소설, 2002) review: love remembered, hearts broken](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/04/29/lovers-concerto-2002-review-hc/): A classic melodrama about memory, love triangles, and inevitable heartbreak, elevated by patient direction, striking visuals, and deeply affecting performances
- [Il Mare (시월애, 2000) review: classic time-spanning romance via mysterious mailbox](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/08/01/il-mare-2000-review-hc/): Jeon Ji-hyun shines in this classic time-spanning romance between two lonely individuals who connect through a mysterious mailbox. A beautiful, heartfelt tale.
- [Event news: Lee Eon-hee's Missing is the 2nd LKFF Teaser](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/03/30/event-news-lee-eon-hees-missing-is-the-2nd-lkff-teaser/): Lee Eon-hee's Missing is the second LKFF Teaser screening this year. Paul Quinn is enthusastic. Missing (미씽: 사라진 여자) 10 April 2017, 6:30pm Picturehouse Central Book tickets UK Premiere Director E Oni’s stylish thriller utilises powerful performances from her lead actresses to address a variety of topical issues affecting two women at very different ends
- [Missing (aka Missing Woman, 미씽: 사라진여자, 2016) review: a poignant study of motherhood and societal despair](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/06/26/missing-aka-missing-woman-2016-review-hc/): E.oni's child abduction thriller unfolds into a poignant study of motherhood, social inequality and moral ambiguity, where empathy emerges from loss and pain
- [Book review: Jeong You-jeong - Seven Years of Darkness](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/06/17/book-review-jeong-you-jeong-seven-years-of-darkness/): Jeong You-jeong: Seven Years of Darkness Translated by Kim Chi-young Penguin / Little, Brown 2020 Originally published as 7년의 밤, EunHaeng NaMu Publishing Co, Seoul 2011 Stern(8,g) It felt like a long wait. We’d seen the movie adaptation a few years ago (Choo Chang-min's Seven Years of Night, which screened at the London Korean Film
- [Korean films at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival (this won't take long)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/09/10/korean-films-at-the-2020-bfi-london-film-festival-this-wont-take-long/): The programme for the 64th BFI London Film Festival was announced earlier this week. As one might expect, the format is somewhat different this year. The schedule boasts "over 50 virtual premieres and a selection of highly anticipated new feature film previews ... with work from more than 40 countries". However, despite the diversity of
- [The Land of Seong-hye (성혜의 나라, 2018) review: precarity, perseverance and life on the margins](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/30/land-of-seong-hye-2018-review-hc/): A surprisingly uplifting drama of precarious labour and isolation, following one woman’s quiet struggle in a money-driven society, filmed in stark black & white
- [Moonlit Winter (윤희에게, 2019) review: a poetic exploration of catharsis, memory and queer identity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2021/01/12/moonlit-winter-2019-review-hc/): A poignant drama with palpable emotional depth follows a mother and daughter confronting a buried past same-sex love, through winter journeys and symbolism
- [Little Forest (리틀 포레스트, 2018) review: hungry for home](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2018/07/29/little-forest-2018-review-hc/): A beautiful film that encapsulates a rural downshifting trend, Little Forest is a visual gourmet feast for the eyes and sumptuous cinematic food for the soul.
- [Off the Wall: Korean movies outside of the mainstream](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2021/08/05/off-the-wall-korean-movies-outside-of-the-mainstream/): Those who were introduced to Korean movies in the first few years of this century with the likes of Oldboy and Bittersweet Life can be forgiven for gaining the impression that the majority of Korean movies are ultra-violent. But that's in part because of the types of movie that distributors such as Tartan chose to
- [Interview: Cho Jungrae (The Singer, 2020)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2021/11/14/interview-cho-jungrae-the-singer-2020/): Director Cho Jungrae explores Pansori, music direction, and cinematic tradition in "The Singer", reflecting on legacy, modernity, and cultural resonance
- [Innocent Witness (증인, 2019) review: learning to listen](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/10/01/innocent-witness-2019-review-hc/): This blend of courtroom thriller and relationship drama presents a compassionate portrayal of autism and a transformative bond between lawyer and young witness
- [The Housemaid (하녀, 1960) review: Kim Ki-young's classic Hitchcockian thriller of desire and moral decay](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/02/housemaid-kim-ki-young-1960-review-hc/): Claustrophobic Hitchcockian Korean classic where a predatory maid destroys a family. Sexual menace, sharp symbolism and a biting critique of post-war modernity
- [Lies (거짓말, 1999) review: exploring the boundaries of consent and control](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/09/29/lies-1999-review-hc/): A controversial film exploring sex, power, and consent, Lies uses graphic S&M, dark humour, and voyeurism to confront social taboos and censorship
- [Sweet Dream aka Death's Lullaby (미몽 / 죽음의 자장가, 1936) review: the fallen woman in early Korean cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/05/10/sweet-dream-aka-deaths-lullaby-1936-review-hc/): Korea's earliest surviving talkie examines gender, morality and modernity through a cautionary tale of adultery and social change.
- [Young-ju (영주, 2018) review: a childhood cut short](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/09/28/young-ju-2018-review-hc/): A review of Young-ju, Cha Sung-duk's poignant indie drama about grief, forced adulthood and healing, anchored by a powerful lead performance from Kim Hyang-gi.
- [Oasis (오아시스, 2002) review: forcing us to face our own prejudices](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/08/20/oasis-2002-review-hc/): A confrontational, moving masterpiece that explores the illicit bond between two social outcasts that challenges societal prejudice and the human condition.
- [Thread of Lies (aka Elegant Lies) (우아한 거짓말, 2014) review: bullying, secrecy and the cost of silence](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/05/09/thread-of-lies-aka-elegant-lies-2014-review-hc/): Thread of Lies explores the hidden psychology of bullying, showing how secrecy, false kindness and silence lead to tragic consequences for victims and families.
- [XLOV European tour comes to London, Wolverhampton and Manchester](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/09/26/xlov-european-tour-comes-to-london/): XLOV is a South Korean group that debuted in 2025 under 257 Entertainment, gaining attention with their groundbreaking genderless concept. The four members – Wumuti, Rui, Hyun, and Haru – combine charisma, powerful dance, and a strong message of freedom and authenticity. Their music flows between modern pop, explosive dance, and touches of R&B, creating
- [Kim Ji-woon’s I Saw the Devil: more than just gore?](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/09/i-saw-the-devil-review/): Aashish Gadhvi speaks on behalf of three LKL reviewers: Kim Ji-woon's latest is a disappointment. Hype can be a film's best friend or its worst enemy. In the case of some films it has worked (The Blair Witch Project) and in the case of others it has backfired spectacularly (Star Wars Prequels), but the fact
- [Petty Romance (쩨쩨한 로맨스, 2010) review: a genuinely funny and inventive adult-comic rom-com](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/01/19/petty-romance-2010-review-hc/): Petty Romance blends live action with graphic novel imagery to create a heartfelt, eccentric, and genuinely funny Korean romantic comedy.
- [A Man Who Was Superman (슈퍼맨이었던 사나이, 2008) review: memory, empathy and a broken hero](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/28/man-who-was-superman-2008-review-hc/): A heartfelt Korean character study blending comedy and drama to examine trauma, memory and the redemptive power of human connection
- [Parasite: a non-review](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/02/26/parasite-a-non-review/): What can one say about a movie that has won Best Picture at Cannes and the Oscars, that has won best screenplay at the Oscars and BAFTAs, best edited drama feature at the Eddies, and best ensemble performance at the Screen Actors Guild? A movie that has been seen more widely in this country, and
- [Artist Talk - New Gen: The Emerging Voices](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/30/artist-talk-new-gen-the-emerging-voices/): An exciting opportunity to dive deeper into the artists’ world In conjunction with their current exhibition, New Gen: Emerging Voices, the KCCUK has prepared an Artist Talk, offering audiences a valuable opportunity to engage more deeply with the exhibition. Heeyoung Noh, Woojin Joo, Soohyun Choi and Yumin Lee will share their insights into their creative practices,
- [Jeronimo: an untold tale of a Korean Cuban revolutionary screens at the KCC](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/01/18/jeronimo-an-untold-tale-of-a-korean-cuban-revolutionary-screens-at-the-kcc/): Some London based readers may know the person who assisted with the Spanish in this documentary. Great to see it on screen. Jeronimo: An untold tale of a Korean Cuban revolutionary + Director Q&A Thursday 20 February 2020, 19:00 – 22:00 GMT Korean Cultural Centre UK | 1-3 Strand | London WC2N 5BW Admission free
- [Jeronimo Lim Kim - revolutionary father of the Korean community in Cuba](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/02/23/jeronimo-lim-kim-revolutionary-father-of-the-korean-community-in-cuba/): Those who have read Kim Young-ha’s Black Flower will know about the Koreans who migrated to Mexico in 1905 as farm labourers, just before Korea became a Japanese protectorate. By the time their contracts were up, Japan was about to absorb Korea into their growing empire. Now stateless, some of the migrants stayed in Mexico;
- [Rovv, Twlv and Meloh play the Oslo Hackney](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/09/17/rovv-twlv-and-meloh-play-the-oslo-hackney/): SeoulTherapy is bringing three R&B artists to the stage as part of a European tour. We rolled the dice, shuffled cards and drew a winning hand: a trio you won’t forget. The game is about to get real serious with Rovv, Twlv and Meloh hitting the road together to bring you memorable shows around Europe
- [Book Talk - Relational Pasts: The Conflictual International Politics of Memory and the Japan-South Korea History Problem](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/29/book-talk-relational-pasts-the-japan-south-korea-history-problem/): Many international relationships have a difficult history – of wars, of atrocities, of colonial subjugation – but only some of these nations clash over that history in a way that profoundly affects their relationship still today. Why, for example, do France and Germany or the United Kingdom and India have a largely positive relationship not
- [Let's play, Korea! Explore traditional Korean games at the British Museum](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/28/lets-play-korea-explore-traditional-korean-games-at-the-british-museum/): Explore traditional Korean games – featured in the popular Netflix series Squid Game – with the London Korean School and try handmade Korean treats. You're invited to enjoy traditional Korean games often shared during major festive holidays such as Lunar New Year. Rooted in communal celebrations and everyday life across society, these games reflect values
- [LBF sketch: Kim Young-ha at the London Book Fair: always adapting to a new environment](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/05/12/kim-young-ha-at-the-london-book-fair-always-adapting-to-a-new-environment/): Kim Young-ha attended three London events during the this year’s London Book Fair: a conversation with writer Krys Lee on 8 April, a panel session with Kim In-suk and others on 9 April entitled Writing Home: Migrant Literature, and a discussion with Daniel Hahn at the London Review Bookshop on 11 April. The below is a digest of those sessions. Introduction, themes,
- [A Moment to Remember (내 머리 속의 지우개, 2004) review: a manipulative melodrama rescued by the lead actress](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/01/25/moment-to-remember-2004-review-hc/): A romance about love tested by early-onset Alzheimer’s, blending contrived melodrama with genuine emotion, chemistry, and a standout performance by Son Ye-jin
- [The Scarlet Letter (주홍글씨, 2004) review: desire, deception and the cost of temptation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/15/scarlet-letter-2004-review-hc/): Noir melodrama in which a married detective’s affair collides with a murder inquiry, exposing secrecy, lust, self-deception, and the cost of desire.
- [Festival film review: The Mimic](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/10/28/festival-film-review-the-mimic/): I don’t quite know how you go about reviewing a film like The Mimic. As I watched its early sections, enjoying the ride reasonably enough, I nevertheless thought back to some of the Whispering Corridors series (and sadly the weakest of them, Blood Pledge) in which plot is subservient to gratuitous scares. Probably if you
- [The Wailing (곡성, 2016) review: a relentless descent into fear and paranoia](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/11/07/wailing-2016-review-hc/): Na Hong-jin blends folklore, religion and procedural investigation into a relentlessly gripping descent that challenges the boundaries between good and evil.
- [Sorum (소름, 2001) review: haunted spaces and the psychology of despair](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/11/sorum-2001-review-hc/): Paul Quinn reviews Sorum's bleak psychological horror, haunted setting and doomed relationship, where paranoia and trauma prove more terrifying than ghosts.
- [A Tale of Two Sisters (장화, 홍련, 2003) review: psychological horror meets visual beauty](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2007/01/10/tale-of-two-sisters-2003-review-hc/): A review of Kim Jee-woon’s landmark Korean film exploring its psychological horror, family trauma, sumptuous visuals and twist-driven narrative.
- [Woochi: The Demon Slayer (전우치, 2009) review -- witty wizardry across time](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/06/woochi-2009-review-hc/): A witty, genre-blending Korean fantasy where a cocky wizard battles goblins across centuries, powered by sharp humour, likeable characters and standout CGI.
- [Sad Movie (새드무비, 2005) review: when heartbreak becomes overkill](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/03/16/sad-movie-2005-review-hc/): Four intertwined romances, strong performances and empathy-rich writing, undone by excessive, contrived tragedy.
- [The Comfort Woman - at Omnibus Theatre](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/27/the-comfort-woman-at-omnibus-theatre/): Like thousands of Korean women, young Minja must survive the unimaginable... In South Korea, young Minja lives a sheltered life in her remote village, unaware of the ongoing world war. Until one encounter changes everything: kidnapped by the Japanese Army, Minja must hold on to her fierce will to survive in the face of the
- [The Comfort Woman - Community preview and Q&A](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/27/the-comfort-woman-community-preview-and-qa/): A community preview of The Comfort Woman in Wimbledon, telling the true-story-inspired journey of a Korean woman abducted during WWII. The Comfort Woman returns to London with a special community preview in Wimbledon, a centre of the Korean and Korean-British community, ahead of its one week of full run at Omnibus Theatre in March 2026.
- [Minari: a movie re-viewed](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2021/03/02/minari-a-movie-re-viewed/): After my first viewing, I was wondering whether to recommend Minari to my friends and family. If I’d bought an expensive cinema ticket to see it then I would have only seen it once. However, I bought a ticket that licensed me to view it as many times as I wanted within a 24 hour
- [Director Jung Ji-woo interview: aging, desire and society in Eungyo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/11/10/jung-ji-woo-group-interview/): Jung Ji-woo discusses EunGyo, aging in Korean society, controversial desire, casting choices, creative freedom, and his approach to adaptation and directing.
- [Film Festival Highlight: Eungyo – A poet looks into his glass](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/11/19/film-festival-highlight-eungyo-a-poet-looks-into-his-glass/): Korea’s most famous poet, Lee Jeok-yo, is well into old age. He has taken as a student cum in-house assistant an aspiring but not very talented novelist called Seo Ji-woo. A neighbouring high school girl starts takes a cleaning job at the poet’s house, and a connection soon forms between the poet and the young
- [Park Chul-soo's "Green Chair" and underage sex](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2006/11/10/green-chair/): This is a film which is not quite sure what it is. (And the remarks below contain spoilers). For most of the film, it's a rather touching story of a young man (just under 20) and an older divorcee (early 30s) in love with each other. It's complicated by the fact that the relationship started
- [Green Chair (녹색의자, 2005) review: taboo intimacy and social judgment](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/09/23/green-chair-2005-review-hc/): Park Chul-soo's exquisite (and explicit) Green Chair explores the taboo affair between an older woman and a minor while exposing the hypocrisy of social morals
- [Yellow Hair (노랑머리, 1999) review - controversy, desire and rebellion](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/07/05/yellow-hair-1999-review-hc/): A provocative look at Yellow Hair, Korea’s first banned film, exploring its eroticism, anti-establishment themes, and dark, dreamlike cinematography.
- [Exhibition news: Lee Kang-hyo at Sylvester Fine Art](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/05/11/exhibition-news-lee-kang-hyo-at-sylvester-fine-art/): Lee Kang-hyo came to London in 2014 as part of the special exhibition hosted by the Korea Craft and Design Foundation at Tent London. This event was followed later that year by a solo show at Goldmark Gallery in Uppingham. Lee now has another solo exhibition, at Sylvester Fine Art in Belsize Village, in collaboration
- [CJ Entertainment celebrates its 20th birthday with a special strand at LKFF 2015](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/11/02/cj-entertainment-celebrates-its-20th-birthday/): CJ Entertainment has been associated with some of the biggest and best films since the turn of the millennium. 20 years old this year, it is celebrating its birthday with a big splash at the 10th London Korean Film Festival organised by the KCCUK. ((10 years ago, it made a similar splash at the 2005
- [Night Fishing (파란만장, 2011) review: PARKing CHANce's haunting iPhone short](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/02/21/night-fishing-2011-review-hc/): Blending dark humour, shamanic mythology, striking visual contrasts, and music-driven symbolism, PARKing CHANce's Night Fishing transcends its iPhone origins
- [Yunmi Kang, Sangyeon Park and the BEJE Trio UK Tour](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/26/yunmi-kang-sangyeon-park-and-the-beje-trio-uk-tour/): Up and coming young Korean jazz stars pianist-singer Yunmi Kang and guitarist Sangyeon Park join with the Bristol-based BEJE Trio for a five-stop tour that will showcase some of the tracks from their long-standing collaboration, which has included gigs in Gunsan and the 2025 Chuncheon Arts Festival. The group is an international collaborative project testifying
- [NMIXX world tour "Episode 1 - Zero Frontier" in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/12/09/nmixx-world-tour-episode-1-zero-frontier-in-london/): JYP's 6-member girl group NMIXX today announced the schedule for their first world tour, following on from their launch concerts at the Inspire Arena in Incheon at the end of November. NMIXX (엔믹스) will visit a total of 11 cities in Europe and North America, starting with Madrid on 17 March 2026. The group launched
- [82Major 'Bebeom: Be The Tiger' European tour in London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/26/82major-bebeom-be-the-tiger-european-tour-in-london/): Get ready, London! South Korea’s K-pop six-piece 82Major are coming to Hackney this March for an unforgettable live show. Since debuting in 2023 under Great M Entertainment, the group has electrified fans worldwide with hard-hitting hip-hop beats, dynamic choreography and chart-climbing releases like Beat by 82, X-82 and Silence Syndrome. Their passionate fandom — known
- [Pieta (피에타, 2012) review: violence, abandonment and redemption on the margins of society](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/12/18/pieta-kim-ki-duk-2012-review-hc/): Kim Ki-duk returns to form with a violent debt collector confronted by a woman claiming to be his mother, exploring guilt, karma and life on society’s edge.
- [Clarice Eun-hae Ok interview: bringing a film to its completion with music](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/08/29/clarice-eun-hae-ok-interview/): Clarice Eun-hae Ok discusses scoring Mourning Grave, exploring horror and romance motifs, instrument choices, collaboration, and emotion in film music.
- [Love, Loss and Laughter in Korean Cinema](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/02/14/love-loss-and-laughter-in-korean-cinema/): An exploration of how Korean films can combine a range of emotions, focusing on romantic comedies, melodrama, social change, and historical memory.
- [Remembering Murder: from "Memories of Murder" to "Mother"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/11/14/remembering-murder/): Colette Balmain reviews Bong Joon-ho's Mother (2009), situating it as as a thematic evolution of his earlier film Memories of Murder (2003)
- [Mother reveals Bong's perversity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/11/24/mother-reveals-bongs-perversity/): Report from a Mother screening and Q&A with Bong Joon-ho, examining casting, maternal obsession, visual design, and the film’s unsettling moral questions.
- [Gallery: CHAGOK CHAGOK at Be-oom tea rooms](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/09/30/gallery-chagok-chagok-at-be-oom-tea-rooms/): Be-oom's collaboration with BOMBOM to create a unique evening of Korean-style tapas with wine and tea pairings provided an opportunity for an informal, between lock-down, editorial meeting between LKL's new visual arts contributor and the website's founder. Food was beautifully presented with the sort of mild flavours you might find in temple food. The wine
- [Re-encounter (혜화, 동, 2011) review: an adoption kept in shadow](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/03/17/re-encounter-2011-review-hc/): A bleak drama about grief and guilt, Re-encounter follows former lovers confronting loss, regret, and the possibility that their adopted child is still alive.
- [My Dear Enemy (멋진 하루, 2008) review: a subtle character study straddling the line between drama and rom-com](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/23/my-dear-enemy-2008-review-hc/): Lee Yoon-ki's drama combines character-driven storytelling, subtle humour and reflections on money, happiness and emotional perspective in modern Korean society
- [My Mother The Mermaid (인어공주, 2004) review: a lyrical dedication to motherhood](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/22/my-mother-the-mermaid-2004-review-hc/): In a dreamlike time-travel narrative a daughter meets her mother's younger self. Jeon Do-yeon’s stellar acting explores the sacrifices and heart of motherhood
- [My Sassy Girl (엽기적인 그녀, 2001) review: the rom-com that started it all](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2009/07/21/my-sassy-girl-2001-review-hc/): With engaging characters, witty dialogue and some laugh out loud moments, My Sassy Girl is the definitive South Korean rom-com that made a star of Jeon Ji-hyun
- [My Wife Got Married (아내가 결혼했다, 2008) review: monogamy, polygamy, and modern taboos](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/11/21/my-wife-got-married-2008-review-hc/): Jeong Yoon-soo's rom-com explores monogamy vs polygamy, reversed gender roles and Korean social norms, with strong performances but uneven pacing
- [Wet Dreams (몽정기, 2002) review: adolescent awkwardness with innocence and heart](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/01/06/wet-dreams-2002-review-hc/): A warm, gently funny Korean coming-of-age comedy that treats adolescent desire with humour, innocence and nostalgic charm rather than cynicism.
- [Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater (삼거리 극장, 2006) review: eccentric spirits, musical mischief, warm-hearted horror](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/01/21/midnight-ballad-for-ghost-theater-2006-review-hc/): Jeon Kye-soo's song and dance experiment deserves to be a cult classic, blending gothic horror, catchy music, theatrical charm, and Kim Kkobbi’s star power
- [Media, Control & Creative Resistance in North Korea: Reflections of an Escapee](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/19/media-control-creative-resistance-in-north-korea-reflections-of-an-escapee/): Dr Callum Morrissey is joined by an unnamed North Korean escapee, sharing a personal account of escape and everyday media use. This event is part of the MCCS Community Lectures series, hosted by the School of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths University of London. It is open to all staff, students, and members
- [Film review: Okja -- It's really rather disappointing](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/07/07/film-review-okja-its-really-rather-disappointing/): "Our super-pigs will not only be big and beautiful; they will also leave a minimal footprint on the environment, consume less feed, and produce less [sic] excretions." Don't you just hate it when you're really looking forward to a movie, really hoping and expecting to enjoy it, and it turns out to be a big
- [A visit to Min Young-ki](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/06/29/2012-travel-diary-15-a-visit-to-min-young-ki/): When I visited Sancheong for the first time in 2010 one of the items on my agenda was a visit to Sancheong’s finest potter – and indeed one of Korea’s most renowned tea-bowl makers – Min Young-ki (민영기). Unfortunately owning to a diary mixup Min Senior was not there, and instead I had a very
- [BTS Arirang World tour at Tottenham Hotspur stadium](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2026/01/19/bts-arirang-world-tour-at-tottenham-hotspur-stadium/): This is a tour genuinely worthy of the over-used kpop term "comeback"... Pop Royalty BTS announce their long-awaited return to the global stage with their world tour spanning 2026-2027, including shows at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday 6 July and Tuesday 7 July, 2026. Presale tickets for Army members go on sale on 22 January,
- [Snowpiercer (설국열차, 2013) review: class revolt, power and survival at the end of the world](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/10/12/snowpiercer-2013-review-hc/): Bong Joon-ho’s dystopian film explores class oppression, revolt, environmental disaster, and power through brutal action, dark humour, and vivid imagery.
- [Movie review: Peninsula. Four years after Train to Busan, the zombies rule the streets...](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2020/10/26/movie-review-peninsula-four-years-after-train-to-busan-the-zombies-rule-the-streets/): We're four years on from the zombie pandemic that ravaged the Korea that we saw in Train to Busan (2016). The port city proved to be no refuge from the rampaging menace, and the zombies took over the country. Some lucky few of the non-infected escaped by sea, but no country wanted to receive the
- [Train to Busan (부산행, 2016) review: zombies, corporate self-interest and a relentless ride](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/10/09/train-to-busan-2016-review-hc/): Train to Busan turns a zombie outbreak into a breathless survival ride, blending brutal action, dark humour and sharp criticism of corporate selfishness.
- [Brief review: Train to Busan](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/10/08/brief-review-train-to-busan/): What can you say about Train to Busan that hasn't already been said? When everyone tells you it's a fantastic thrill-ride you try to go into the screening with lowered expectations just in case everyone is delusional and you come away disappointed. No need to fear. It's pretty much non-stop entertainment from start to finish,
- [The Truth Beneath (비밀은 없다, 2016) review: politics, betrayal and a mother’s descent into reckoning](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2016/08/08/truth-beneath-2016-review-hc/): Blending political cynicism with personal tragedy, this gripping film is anchored by Son Ye-jin’s commanding, emotionally wide-ranging performance.
- [Kim Jeong-hoon's A Petty Romance: a pleasant way to spend two hours](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2012/08/31/kim-jeong-hoons-a-petty-romance-a-pleasant-way-to-spend-two-hours/): A Petty Romance (쩨쩨한 로맨스, 2010) is one of those gentle romantic comedies which Korea seems to do so well. Charming, easy-going, and despite the story line - the composition of an adult manga - not particularly risqué. Written and directed by first-timer Kim Jeong-hoon it's nothing to rave about but it's a very pleasant
- [The Servant (방자전, 2010) review: a Joseon-era love triangle with echoes of Untold Scandal](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2011/01/12/servant-2010-review-hc/): Erotic rom-com The Servant blends humor, romance, and Joseon-era intrigue, but layered storytelling struggles to fully develop its characters.
- [Scarlet Innocence (마담 뺑덕, 2014) review: from illicit desire to ruthless revenge](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/08/15/scarlet-innocence-2014-review-hc/): A sexually charged thriller and cautionary tale wrapped within a story of revenge and retribution, Scarlet Innocence is as unpredictable as it is gripping
- [The Silenced (경성학교: 사라진 소녀들, 2015) review: atmosphere, mystery and unfulfilled promise](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/06/28/silenced-2015-review-hc/): A period mystery with strong atmosphere and performances, let down by a predictable final reveal
- [Event news: Hwang Sok-yong introduces Familiar Things at Asia House](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2017/07/19/event-news-hwang-sok-yong-introduces-familiar-things-at-asia-house/): Hwang Sok-yong will be heading down to London from the Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about his latest novel to be translated into English: Hwang Sok-yong: A Modern Tale of Poverty Asia House | 63 New Cavendish Street | London W1G 7LP August 17, 2017, 18:45 - 20:00 £10, Conc £8, Members £5 |
- [Book news: Han Kang at the Edinburgh Book Festival](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2015/08/14/book-news-han-kang-at-the-edinburgh-book-festival/): Hang Kang will be appearing with Mary Costello at the Edinburgh Book Festival. And you can vote for Han Kang's The Vegetarian for the First Book Award here. The Quest for Another Life Mary Costello & Han Kang Sun 16 Aug 7:00pm - 8:00pm Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre £7.00, £5.00 Book here ‘Heartbreaking’ and ‘packed
- [Hwang Sok-yong: The Voice of a Divided Nation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/07/11/hwang-sok-yong-the-voice-of-a-divided-nation/): With a five-decade-long writing career and Korea's most prestigious literary prizes under his belt, Hwang Sok-yong is unmatched in depicting the social and political realities of his ruptured homeland. A staunch promoter of the arts, he spent years in exile and prison. It's a rare honour to welcome him to the Festival, discussing his remarkable life and
- [LBF event 18 Mar: Books on Screen -- the Scarlet Letter](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2014/02/28/lbf-event-18-mar-books-on-screen-the-scarlet-letter/): The third of the KCC's Korean Literature on Screen events. The film is based on two Kim Young-ha's novellas: The Photo Shop Murder (available in translation from Jimoondang) and Meditation on Mirror, which to my knowledge (and the author’s knowledge as of two years ago when I last spoke to him on the subject) has
- [Culture forum -- "Celebrating Creativity: Digitally, Boldly, Korean"](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/05/09/culture-forum-celebrating-creativity-digitally-boldly-korean/): The Embassy of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Cultural Centre UK cordially invite you to the 'K–CULTURE FORUM'. Dr. Seunghye Sun, Director of the Korean Cultural Centre UK, drawing on her firsthand experience of Hallyu and soft power, proposes a fresh approach to creating cultural heritage through digital aesthetics. Seungkyu Ryan Lee, co-founder
- [A meeting with Biuret](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/03/13/a-meeting-with-biuret/): LKL meets indie rock band Biuret during their brief UK visit, talking Hongdae roots, Western influences, and plans for an internationally focused new album.
- [Winterplay launches UK album with civilised gigs](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2010/09/20/winterplay-launches-uk-album-with-civilised-gigs/): Last weekend saw Winterplay’s UK debut and launch of their first western album on Universal. Three gigs in two remarkably different settings. Their first performance was in the Cultural Centre on Friday 10 September. Demonstrating the remarkable flexibility of the space, the area next to the reception desk had been converted into a stage, with
- [Moon Hyewon releases second album](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/07/16/moon-haewon-releases-second-album/): Jazz singer Vocalist Moon released her second album Tenderly last week. Recorded in Japan with an all-Japanese jazz ensemble, it’s very much a sister piece to her superb first album, Kiss Me. This release, available on CD only in Japan and Hong Kong, is another collection of inspired jazz and pop covers. Moon’s seemingly effortless
- [Spontaneous improvisation, exhilarating energy: Won Il prepares Dionysus Robot for London](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2025/11/10/spontaneous-improvisation-exhilarating-energy-won-il-prepares-dionysus-robot-for-london/): Won Il discusses Dionysus Robot, Sinawi-style composition, interdisciplinary performance, improvisation and his evolving approach to contemporary Korean music.

## Pages

- [Index of all LKL film reviews](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/hangul-celluloid-home/hc-reviews/all-lkl-film-reviews/): Here is a searchable table of all the film reviews in LKL. The table includes all of Paul Quinn's reviews originally published on Hangul Celluloid. You can find an index of just Hangul Celluloid reviews here. The table is initially sorted on the English title of the film, but you can instead sort by director
- [Upcoming books](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/upcoming-books/): Here are the upcoming Korea-related books that we're particularly looking forward to - both fiction and non-fiction. There are probably loads more that we should be looking forward to, if only we knew about them. Sorted by anticipated publication date, with the most imminent titles at the top of the page. Some of the further-out
- [Link Library](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/navigation/external-links/): Looking for LKL’s list of Korea-related links? Here are the web, social media and other contact links that we have logged over the years. The links fall into two buckets: First: people or organisations that we have written posts about and which we have set up as post tags (or a "Custom Taxonomy" in WordPress
- [Upcoming events](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/upcoming-events/): LKL's listing of Korea-related events in London and elsewhere in the UK. We think it's the most comprehensive list you can find anywhere.
- [Booklist: notable titles from 2025](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/booklist-notable-titles-from-2025/): Here is a list of titles published in 2025 that we've been tracking and even hoping to read: literature in translation, Korea-related fiction and poetry in English, plus notable non-fiction titles. Sorted by date of publication, most recent first.
- [Korean prose literature in English translation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/all-k-lit/): Here is a list of Korean literature in translation, in alphabetical order of author, where that author is the sole author represented in the publication. It includes collections of short stories by that author. A listing of multi-author anthologies can be found here. If you think I've missed a title, let me know via the
- [Korea Book DataBase index: K-Lit Hub](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/bdb-navigation/k-lit-hub/): Want to track down more translations by your favourite authors? Want to read a particular story, and also want to know which anthologies it's in, and which anthology has the best other stories to enjoy? You've come to the right place. Below are the Korean authors whose work has been translated into English. Click on
- [The LKL Korea Book DataBase](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/): The LKL Korea Book Database is a list of books we have or would like to have on our bookshelves: books we're looking forward to reading in the future; books we wish we'd read in the past; and yes, books we know we ought to read but probably won't. Of course, it also contains books
- [Books](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/): Welcome to LKL's books and literature section. You can find all our book related articles - news, reviews, and listings of events relating to literature - here. As is always the case, most recent articles are listed first. If you're new to Korean literature in translation, check out our recommended reading list. Or you can
- [Hangul Celluloid Home](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/hangul-celluloid-home/): Paul Quinn's leading South Korean film review site Hangul Celluloid went live on 23 March 2008 and continued online until 23 March 2026. A complete archive of Paul's 252 reviews, 68 interviews and five essays - plus his travel diary of the 2015 Korea Joa programme - has been saved here on LKL, with Paul's
- [Hangul Celluloid essays](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/hangul-celluloid-home/hc-essays/): Here is an index to Paul Quinn's essays on Korean cinema: Title Date Occasion Image Kim Yong-gyun’s The Red Shoes: haunted objects, horror and the New Korean Cinema Wave Feb 2017 Introduction to KCCUK film screening Hyeon Nam-seop’s Saving My Hubby: female strength, comedy and the New Korean Cinema Wave Sep 2016 Introduction to KCCUK
- [All LKL film-related interviews](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/hangul-celluloid-home/hc-interviews/all-lkl-film-related-interviews/): Here are all the film-related interview articles on LKL, of which around three-quarters originally appeared on Paul Quinn's Hangul Celluloid website (identified with author "PQ" in the table below). For a dedicated list of just Hangul Celluloid interviews, click here. CB = Colette Balmain | KH = Kay Hoddy | NA = Nyomi Anderson |
- [Hangul Celluloid Interview index](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/hangul-celluloid-home/hc-interviews/): Here is a list of all 68 of the interviews conducted by Paul Quinn while Hangul Celluloid was online. The list is sorted alphabetically on the Romanised name of the actor / director. Where Paul met the film professional more than once, the more recent interview is listed first. Around half of the interviews were
- [Hangul Celluloid review index](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/hangul-celluloid-home/hc-reviews/): Here is a list Paul Quinn's 252 Korean film reviews, sorted alphabetically on the English name of the film. Type in the box below to filter the table on director name, Korean or English title or year of release. Click on the English title or the image to go to the review. For the full
- [Keyword index: welcome to LKL's taxonomy archive](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/navigation/taxonomy-navigation/): Want to find something on this site? Here's a good place to start. Below are all the keywords / tags we use on LKL, bucketed together into groups. The tags are sorted alphabetically within those groups. Names, both Korean and Western, are generally listed with their family name first. The groupings are set out in
- [Event Archive 2025](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2025/): Below is a listing of 2025 events, 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
- [Upcoming events](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/upcoming-events-legacy/): Here is a list of current and upcoming events that have been posted to LKL, sorted by start date. Note that as interest in Korean culture has expanded in the last decade or so the number of social events and recurring classes has significantly increased. Consequently, as editing and uploading time (and database space in
- [Events Calendar, lists and archives](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/): Welcome to LKL's Events Home Page. Here you can find out how to navigate LKL's comprehensive listings of Korea-related events in London (and elsewhere in the UK) and how to browse LKL's archives of event notices and reviews. LKL has three ways of recording events. Individual events posted on LKL - which contain all the
- [Under the Hood](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/about/under-the-hood/): Here is the guilt pile: the various posts that I am working on, and may never get around to finishing. The list excludes event notices, because as soon as I have an event notice in draft it goes on the Upcoming Events list even though I might not have published the post yet.
- [Korea Book DataBase: Non-fiction topics](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/bdb-navigation/korea-book-database-non-fiction-topics/): Here are the individual subjects in which we've filed the non-fiction books in the Korea Book DataBase. The listings include works of fiction that deal with a particular topic. Currently the titles within each listing are sorted in order of publication, most recent (or even non-yet-published) titles first.
- [Reviews: fiction in English](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/reviews-fiction-in-english/): A work-in-progress listing of reviews and ratings of Korea-related fiction in English.
- [Let us know about a book...](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/book-submission-form/): Help us keep the database up-to-date by letting us know of titles not on our upcoming publications list, or if you think we've missed major Korea-related titles already published. If it's a literature in translation title, we'll definitely add it. If it's non-fiction, we'll probably add it, but reserve the right to politely decline because
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- [How to contribute](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/about/how-to-contribute/): Be part of the UK's longest-running Korean culture website! London Korean Links always welcomes new contributors to join the team. New contributors bring new perspectives and new enthusiasms. Whether you're just interested in writing a one-off article or something more regular, we want to hear from you. The main requirement is that you're passionate about
- [Submit an Event](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/submit-an-event/): Are you organising a Korea related event in the London area or elsewhere in the UK? Do you know about an event that we haven't listed? Tell us about it below, so we can include it in the UK's most comprehensive and longest-running listing of Korea-related events.
- [List of translated short stories available online](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/list-of-translated-short-stories-available-online/): Here's a partial list of short stories available for free, online.
- [Booklist: Poetry in translation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/booklist-poetry-in-translation-alpha/): A listing of poetry in translation. The listing should be pretty much complete for publications post 1980. Details of translator can be got by clicking through to the relevant title below. First, a listing of single-author collections, sorted alphabetically by author (in their English transliteration). The multi-author anthologies are lower down the page. If you
- [Anthologies of Korean literature](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/k-lit-anthologies/): Here is what we believe is a pretty comprehensive list of multi-author anthologies of Korean short stories translated into English, including pre-modern texts. Click on the titles or book cover to go to a list of short stories included in the anthology. The titles are sorted in date of publication, most recent first. We think
- [Korea Book DataBase index: All Authors](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/bdb-navigation/bdb-index-all-authors/): Here are all the authors of books in the Korea Book Database, sorted alphabetically by family name. In the case of authors whose names are not conventionally written in the Roman alphabet, the most common Romanisation of the family name is used. (Apologies to Japanese authors - I'm less familiar with which is the family
- [Booklist: books published in last 12 months](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/booklist-books-published-in-last-12-months/): Want to know what recent publications you've missed? Here is a list of titles published in the last 12 months that we've been tracking and even hoping to read. Includes literature in translation, Korea-related fiction and poetry in English, plus notable non-fiction titles. Sorted by date of publication, most recent first.
- [Book Lists](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/): Here are some book lists to get you started in your browsing of the LKL Korea Book DataBase Upcoming titles Titles published in the last 12 months Novels and short stories available in translation (alphabetical by author) Anthologies of translated short stories Short stories available in translation online Poetry available in translation (alphabetical by author,
- [Index of film reviews](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/navigation/index-of-film-reviews/): At LKL we don't consciously major on film reviews, but over the years we've gathered together a reasonable collection of articles on individual films, some of which are formal reviews, others of which are discussions of items of interest in the films. We haven't got around to reviewing every film we like; and we've reviewed
- [Booklist: notable titles from 2024](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/booklist-notable-titles-from-2024/): Here is a list of titles published in 2024 that we've been tracking and even hoping to read: literature in translation, Korea-related fiction and poetry in English, plus notable non-fiction titles. Sorted by date of publication, most recent first.
- [Booklist: notable titles from 2020](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/book-lists/books-from-2020/): Here is a list of titles published in 2020 that we've been tracking and even hoping to read: literature in translation, Korea-related fiction and poetry in English, plus notable non-fiction titles. Sorted by date of publication, most recent first.
- [Event Archive 2024](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2024/): Below is a listing of 2023 events, 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
- [Index of LKL topics](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/navigation/category-archive/): Here is a listing of all the post categories we use on LKL. You might also want to check out the keyword index. 1. Arts and Culture Music Music interviews, features and essays Live music reviews Recorded music reviews Colette on K-pop Music genres: K-Pop, rock and indie Experimental & Avant-garde music Fusion music Jazz
- [Korea Book DataBase: Book Tags](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/bdb-navigation/book-tags/): When uploading books into the book database, we try to be as comprehensive as possible in applying keywords. So, at a high level we might file the book under history, arts or music. But if, for example, we know that the book deals with specific people in history / artists / musicians, then we tag
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- [About this site](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/about/): London Korean Links is a UK-based website founded in 2006 which covers Korean arts and culture in London and elsewhere. It is a reflection of the way Korean culture has begun to gain momentum among foreigners outside of Asia. It provides a space for those who are interested in Korean culture to write about their
- [Event Archive 2023](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2023/): Below is a listing of 2023 events, 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
- [Index of book reviews - non-fiction](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/navigation/index-of-book-reviews-non-fiction/): Here are some of the non-fiction books we've read over the years, together with a highly subjective rating. The ratings system is explained here. Links are provided to the individual reviews, though sometimes, when we liked a book but haven't yet had a chance to articulate why, we nevertheless provide a rating to encourage others
- [Event Archive 2022](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2022/): Below is a listing of 2022 events, 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
- [Facebook events](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/facebook-events/): Here is an aggregation of all the Korea-related UK Facebook events that we know of. If you know of a Facebook-listed event that's not included here, message us and we'll add it. Of course, not all events are posted on Facebook, and our main events listing, where the event is posted on LKL and stored
- [BDB Navigation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/books/lkl-bdb/bdb-navigation/): The LKL Korea Book DataBase can be navigated in a number of ways: Browsing by using the breadcrumb trails at the top of every page Browsing the complete list of authors (includes authors of non-fiction books about Korea as well as authors of Korea-related fiction, plus Korean novelists and poets translated into English) list of
- [Yearly event archives](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/): To make our site map a bit more manageable, we've grouped together all our annual event archives under this page. You can access the archives by clicking on the links below Event Archive – 2006 and earlier Event Archive 2007 Event Archive 2008 Event Archive 2009 Event Archive 2010 Event Archive 2011 Event Archive 2012
- [Event Archive 2021](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2021/): Below is a listing of 2021 events, 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 Archive 2020](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2020/): Below is a listing of 2020 events, 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 Archive 2019](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2019/): Below is a listing of 2019 events, 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 Archive 2018](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2018/): Below is a listing of 2018 events, 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 Archive 2017](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2017/): Below is a listing of 2017 events, 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 Archive 2016](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2016/): Below is a listing of 2016 events, 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 Archive 2015](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2015/): Below is a listing of 2015 events, 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 Archive 2014](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2014/): Below is a listing of 2014 events, 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 Archive 2013](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2013/): Below is a listing of 2013 events, 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 Archive 2012](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2012/): Below is a listing of events from 2012, 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
- [Event Archive 2011](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/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
- [Event Archive 2010](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2010/): Below is a listing of events from 2010, 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
- [Event Archive 2009](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2009/): Below is a listing of events from 2009, 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
- [Event Archive 2008](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2008/): Below is a listing of events from 2008, 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
- [Event Archive 2007](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2007/): Below is a listing of events from 2007, 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
- [Event Archive - 2006 and earlier](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/yearly-event-archives/event-archive-2006-and-earlier/): Below is a listing of events from 2006 and earlier, 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
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- [Event Archive: last 12 months](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/events/event-archive-last-12-months/): Below is a listing of events that occurred in the last 12 months, 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
- [Index of book reviews - fiction](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/navigation/index-of-book-reviews-fiction/): Here is some of the fiction we've read over the years, together with a highly subjective rating. The ratings system is explained here. Some of the titles below don't have links to reviews. Those are the ones where we liked or disliked a book but have not yet found words to describe why. (Keep visiting this
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## Books

- [Nation Transcendent: Postcolonial Fascism in Cold War Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/nation-transcendent/): On the surface, Korea’s division into a communist North and anticommunist South in 1945 was a classic case of Cold War polarization. But even as South Korea became a stalwart American ally, its leaders openly criticized the United States as an inappropriate model for Koreans to follow. Vocal skepticism of key concepts of Western liberalism,
- [Seasonal Happiness: The Korean Secret to Joy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/seasonal-happiness-the-korean-secret-to-joy/): Discover the life-changing joy of harnessing nature to be in the moment, with this beautifully illustrated Korean bestseller. In Seasonal Happiness, Kim Shinji encourages us to find happiness in everyday moments through embracing the beauty that comes with each micro season. In the ancient East Asian solar calendar there are 24 seasons. Every 2 weeks
- [Forging Protestant Allies: How the Cold War Recast South Korea as a Landscape of Christian Vitality](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/forging-protestant-allies/): Why has South Korea long been heralded as a Christian "success story" when only about 30 percent of its population identifies as Christian? Forging Protestant Allies shows that the popularization of South Korea's image as a Protestant stronghold took shape during the Korean War. As the conflict unfolded, mission societies and faith-based aid agencies in
- [Shine Brightly: Korean Photography Since 1957](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/shine-brightly-korean-photography-since-1957/): The first comprehensive English language overview of Korean photography postwar to today. Visually bold, it provides access to important thematics, key artistic positions, and events in Korean photography’s development from 1957 to the present. Shine Brightly: Korean Photography Since 1957 offers the first detailed survey of Korean photography in the English language. Built upon original,
- [Another Cold War Liberalism: Freedom and Democracy in South Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/another-cold-war-liberalism-freedom-and-democracy-in-south-korea/): This Element revisits the conceptual history of freedom and democracy in Cold War South Korea. Cold War liberalism is usually told as a North Atlantic story of defensive anti-communism, the 'liberalism of fear', and pluralist scepticism towards mass politics. Yet behind that veneer lay another face - the technocratic administrative state - that became dominant
- [The Bookshop of Illusions](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-bookshop-of-illusions/): Step into a dark and magical world where fairytales hold all the answers. After yet another rejection from a publishing house, and with her dreams of becoming a children's book author shattered for good, Yeon-seo decides to go for a hike in the mountains to clear her head and relax. Lost in her thoughts, she
- [Contemporary Buddhist Movements and Alternatives in Korea: Legacy of Tongbulgyo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/contemporary-buddhist-movements-and-alternatives-in-korea-legacy-of-tongbulgyo/): This book provides a comprehensive exploration on the history and practices of native Buddhist movements in contemporary Korea. It begins with a historical emergence of Korean Buddhism, followed by the colonial transmission of Japanese Buddhism in East Asia. The study critically analyses the development of five distinct Buddhist sects and two alternative movements from the
- [Murder Records of the Forgotten: Law and Order of Joseon Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/murder-records-of-the-forgotten/): This book offers a groundbreaking perspective on everyday life in premodern Korea through the lens of historical true crime. Based on nearly 500 homicide reports (검안, geom-an) preserved in the Kyujanggak Archives of Seoul National University, this book — a translation from its original Korean — uncovers the emotional, social, and legal landscapes of the
- [Competing Memories of the Gwangju Uprising and Democratization in Post-Cold War Korea: Between Official and Grassroots Memories](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/competing-memories-of-gwangju/): This edited volume fully focuses on the Gwangju Uprising, a citizen’s protest against state violence and military dictatorship in Korea in 1980. Since then, the Uprising has become one of the symbolic events, along with the Tiananmen Square protests, in the Korean and Asian democratization movements. However, the process of commemoration and mourning has not
- [Not Yet Gods](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/not-yet-gods/): Following the landmark English-language publication of Everything Good Dies Here, Kaya Press delivers more provocative thought experiments by pseudonymous author Djuna, whose writings on internet culture have attracted a cult following in South Korea. Not Yet Gods explores the universe-shattering effects of teenage anger cross-pollinated with radiation-induced psychic powers, unscrupulous governments and corporate avarice. In the aftermath of
- [Blood to the True Crown](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/blood-to-the-true-crown/): The fate of the world will be decided in Blood to the True Crown, the epic conclusion to the Bleeding Empire trilogy, from award-winning Korean author Sung-il Kim and translated by the world-renowned Anton Hur. The Empire faces a reckoning that could destroy the world itself. But hope can be found even in the darkest
- [Critical Readings on the Colonial Period of Korea 1910-1945 (4 vols)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/critical-readings-on-the-colonial-period-of-korea-1910-1945-4-vols/): There has been a rapid accumulation of new scholarship on colonial Korea in particular and comparative colonialism in general within the last ten years. This volume gathers these articles from a variety of venues to allow researchers, students, and readers to access the most important scholarship on colonial Korea published in English. The volume will
- [Hand Taste: Cook Like a Korean Grandmother](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/hand-taste-cook-like-a-korean-grandmother/): The hotly anticipated debut cookbook from star chef Esther Choi: 100 recipes that teach the secret to cooking like a Korean grandmother, showing how to add extraordinary flavor to everything you touch We all know cooks whose fingertips seem to infuse everything they touch with incredible flavor. In Korean, that magic touch is called sohn-mat,
- [The Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961–1982](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-making-of-modern-korean-art/): Tracing the correspondence and careers of four artists blazing a path for Korean modern art across the globe From the birth of Korean Informel to the emergence of Dansaekhwa, this book is the first comprehensive survey of modern Korean abstraction through the lives of four protagonists: Kim Tschang-Yeul (1929-2021), Kim Whanki (1913-74), Lee Ufan (born
- [Dansaekhwa: Korean Abstract Art and Its Cultural Impact](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/dansaekhwa-korean-abstract-art-and-its-cultural-impact/): The definitive book on Korean abstract art and its aesthetic influence and cultural legacy Most commonly referred to as Dansaekhwa ('monochrome painting'), this major abstract art movement in postwar South Korea in fact pushed the boundaries of painting – and color – outside the canvas into fields that included drawing, craft, sculpture, installation, and conceptual and
- [Encounters with Korean Folk Religion: The Goddesses of Eight Peaks Mountain](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-goddesses-of-eight-peaks-mountain/): Encounters with Korean Folk Religion is an account of forty-five years of engagement with the cult of goddesses on Eight Peaks Mountain in Korea’s western Kangwŏn Province, the shaman who tended to the goddesses there from 1977 to 2015, and the folk religion of the surrounding village of Eight Peaks. Since the 1980s, South Korea
- [Fruit of Life: Poems, A Bilingual Edition](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/fruit-of-life-poems-a-bilingual-edition/): Kim Myeong-sun is Korea's first published woman writer. Fruit of Life: Poems (생명의 과실: 김명순 시선) is the first book-length, Korean-to-English translation of her poetry. Kim’s poems offer a raw portrait of 1920s–30s Korea, driven by her personal experiences of sexual assault, misogynistic journalism and criticism, displacement, and poverty during the Japanese colonial occupation (1910–1945).
- [Korea: War Without End](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/korea-war-without-end/): A ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides. Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century. It provides a critical analysis of the lack of preparation by the West for war; the
- [Things Seen and Heard in Ordinary Neighborhoods: Ihyang kyŏnmun nok by Yu Chaegŏn](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/things-seen-and-heard/): Chosŏn Korea’s historiography and literature were primarily concerned with an exclusive minority centered around Seoul. Yet, as in any country or era, the workings of rulers and elites cannot be understood without considering the vast majority of the ruled, whose activities make bureaucracy possible and whose taxes and labor provide the surplus that funds the
- [Hallyu!: The Korean Wave](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/hallyu-the-korean-wave/): South Korea has transformed from a country devastated by war in the late 1950s to a leading cultural powerhouse of the 21st century. Through the voices of fans, journalists, practitioners, novelists and academics, Hallyu! explores the makings of the Korean Wave of cultural influence over the interlinked creative industries of cinema, drama, music, fandom, beauty
- [Korea: 2,000 years of creativity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/korea-2000-years-of-creativity/): A history of Korean art and culture told through an extraordinary selection of objects from the Lee Kun-Hee Collection. For over 2,000 years Korea has had a unique history and vibrant culture, frequently absorbing and adapting ideas from elsewhere to produce art and crafts that are distinctively Korean. Across the centuries, down to the present
- [Dictée](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/dictee/): Dictée is the best-known work of the versatile and important Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. A classic work of autobiography that transcends the self, Dictée is the story of several women: the Korean revolutionary Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, Cha’s mother Hyung Soon Huo (a Korean born in Manchuria
- [A Refuge for Jae-in Doe and Other Fugues](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-refuge-for-jae-in-doe-and-other-fugues/): A Refuge for Jae-in Doe and Other Fugues is the lyric memoir of Korean American survivor Seo-Young (Jennie) Chu. It is also a meta-memoir, one that is aware of its makeshift nature, poses questions about the genre(s) it inhabits, and self-consciously reflects on what it means to write autobiographically. Throughout the book, Chu experiments with
- [Pocha: Simple Korean Food from the Streets of Seoul](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/pocha/): Pocha; short for pojangmacha, which literally translates as ‘covered wagon’; pocha is a tented or tarpaulin-covered stall, bar or market vendor serving up cheap and unfussy Korean comfort food, snacks and drinks. In Pocha, Su Scott is going home to the streets where she grew up and the food that shaped her. From daybreak to
- [The Land of Youth](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-land-of-youth/): Following her sharp insight and delicate sensibility in works like Almond and Counterattacks at Thirty, author Sohn Won-pyung presents a new novel, The Land of Youth, set in the near future. Through the diary of the protagonist, Yoonara, this novel explores various aspects of a future society where the pressing issues of our time—such as
- [William Franklin Sands in Late Choson Korea, 1896–1904: At the Deathbed of Empire](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/william-franklin-sands-in-late-choson-korea/): After graduation from Georgetown University in 1896, William Franklin Sands joined the US diplomatic corps as second secretary in Tokyo. His year there sparked his interest in East Asia, so when a position in Korea opened, he took it, with the help of his influential father, an admiral in the US navy. For two years
- [Future Past Tense](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/future-past-tense/): Hailed by critics and award-winning authors — including Kim Cho-yeop (author of If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light) — as a representative masterpiece of the Korean science-fiction Golden Age, Future Past Tense is the eagerly awaited new collection from the masterful storyteller, Bae Myung-hoon. Bae returns with eight utterly original worlds where
- [A Kingdom of Righteousness: Neo-Confucianism and Political Theory in Traditional Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-kingdom-of-righteousness-neo-confucianism-and-political-theory-in-traditional-korea/): Through an examination of the unfolding of Neo-Confucian politics in traditional Korea, this book explores how the Confucian monarchs and scholar-officials during the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) struggled to navigate the complex political terrains within the normative parameters set by Neo-Confucian moral principles and ritual norms. It begins with how Neo-Confucianism emerged as a revolutionary political
- [Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture: Tradition, Modernity, and Identity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/understanding-contemporary-korean-culture/): Symbols, language, norms, beliefs, and values: these components make up cultural analysis, and this book examines these aspects of Korean culture. Widely recognized as the core building blocks of every society, these five elements provide a meaningful entry point for understanding both the enduring traditions and ongoing transformations of Korean culture in historical and contemporary
- [Korean Philosophy and Culture: An Introduction to a Living Tradition](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/korean-philosophy-and-culture/): This open access book is an essential companion for anyone looking to understand Korean philosophy from a Korean perspective. So Jeong Park begins by tracing the formation of the cultural identity called Korea across history. She covers how oral and literary language became the core element of this identity, explaining how religions introduced from outside
- [Worlding Hanbok: Reimagining Korean Clothing](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/worlding-hanbok-reimagining-korean-clothing/): What did Koreans wear before t-shirts and jeans and what futures might still be woven into those garments? Once an everyday attire shaped by climate and agrarian life, hanboks have been pushed to the margins of museums and fashion shows. Yet grassroots movements and experimental practices are reviving the hanbok as a site of resistance.
- [Yu Kilchun’s Observations on a Journey to the West: The Earliest Korean Account of Life in the Occident](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/observations-on-a-journey-to-the-west/): Yu Kilchun (1856–1914) was among a group of young Chosŏn-dynasty officials who visited Japan in the late 1800s and were impressed by the changes Japan had undergone since opening its ports decades earlier. Yu subsequently traveled to the United States as part of Korea’s first diplomatic mission and stayed behind to become the first Korean
- [Koryŏsa: The History of Koryŏ, Annals of the Kings, 1095–1170 (Book III and Book IV)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/koryosa-the-history-of-koryo-annals-of-the-kings-1095-1170-book-iii-and-book-iv/): Books III and IV of Koryŏsa: The History of Koryŏ, Annals of the Kings continue the groundbreaking English translation of one of Korea’s most important historical texts. Covering the reigns from King Sukchong (r. 1095–1105) to King Ŭijong (r. 1146–1170), these nine volumes of royal annals illuminate a pivotal era in the Koryŏ dynasty (918–1392).
- [Aesthetics of Abandonment: Literary and Visual Culture of Early South Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/aesthetics-of-abandonment/): South Korea today is often seen through a triumphalist lens of its economic prosperity, democratic resilience, and cultural clout. Against this backdrop, accounts of the nation’s early history tend to focus on its shortcomings, depicting a society reeling from national division, fratricidal war, and stalled reconstruction. In Aesthetics of Abandonment, however, Jae Won Edward Chung
- [Making Money in a Hostile State: Entrepreneurship, Property Rights, and the Rise of Markets in North Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/making-money-in-a-hostile-state/): Officially, North Korea is a state-socialist command economy that does not recognize private property and does not permit private enterprise beyond the household. Beneath the façade, however, markets are widespread, affecting the lives of almost every person in the country. This book offers a pioneering look inside North Korea’s shadow economy, examining the social groups
- [Moms](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/moms/): An outrageously funny book about middle-aged women that reexamines romance, lust, and gender norms. Translated from Korean by Janet Hong. Lee Soyeon, Myeong-ok, and Yeonjeong are all mothers in their mid-fifties. And they’ve had it. They can no longer bear the dead weight of their partners or the endless grind of menial jobs where their
- [Artist](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/artist/): The satirical saga of three artists seeking recognition. But there can be only one Artist. A novelist, single, forty-four years old. A painter, divorced, forty-six years old. A musician, single, forty-two years old. On the outer limits of relevancy in an arts culture that celebrates youth, these three men make up the artist group Arcade.
- [HODO: A Life In Two Acts](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/hodo-a-life-in-two-acts/): A deeply affecting portrait of a woman’s life from the author of the Harvey Award-winning Moms. At first there was “Lake,” and then there was “Island.” Or was it the other way around? A story told in two parts, it is up to the reader to determine where they’d like to begin this eerie journey.
- [My Friend Kim Jong Un](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/my-friend-kim-jong-un/): Award-winning cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim contemplates and explores the long shadow North Korea casts over Korean society On an island located an hour from Seoul, North Korea sits visible from cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s home and studio. The specter of the infamous dictatorship and nuclear power looms over daily life. Artillery fire, helicopters, and sirens
- [Bonobo](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/bonobo/): Jin-yi devotes her life to the study of primates. One evening, she helps rescue a bonobo who has escaped from a burning villa. While holding her on her lap in the car taking them back to the Primate Study Center, an accident throws her through the windshield and a strange fusion takes place: while her
- [Thank You For Your Suffering](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/thank-you-for-your-suffering/): From indie rockstar and internationally bestselling author of Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner – aka Japanese Breakfast – comes an intimate, funny and moving new memoir about her year in South Korea. Sorting through a box of documents after her mother’s death, Michelle Zauner comes across an old diary, written in Korean. She dreams
- [Crying in H Mart](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/crying-in-h-mart/): The No. 2 New York Times Bestseller From the indie rock star Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful, deeply moving memoir about growing up mixed-race, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer,
- [Return to the DallerGut Dream Department Store](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/return-to-dallergut/): It has been a year since Penny first walked through the doors of DallerGut Dream Department Store, and surviving a year at the store means one thing... She is now an official employee of the dream industry! She can finally take the express commuter train to the Company District, where all the dream production companies
- [Break Room](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/break-room/): A gripping and incisive psychological drama from the internationally bestselling author of DallerGut Dream Department Store. Eight unsuspecting people receive an invitation to participate in a mysterious new reality show called Break Room. But what starts as an opportunity to find fame is quickly revealed to be something far more unsettling when they learn how
- [DallerGut Dream Department Store](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/dallergut-dream-department-store/): In a mysterious town that lies hidden in our collective subconscious, there’s a quaint little store where all kinds of dreams are sold . . . Day and night, visitors both human and animal from all over the world shuffle in sleepily in their pyjamas, lining up to purchase their latest adventure. Each floor in
- [A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-midnight-pastry-shop-called-hwawoldang/): When twenty-seven-year-old Yeon-hwa loses her grandmother, enigmatic proprietor of the Hwawoldang, she decides to respect her wishes by keeping the store going for at least a month, between the hours of 10pm and midnight. She has never learnt to make the traditional desserts herself, and hopes to learn more about her grandmother. On her very
- [If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/if-we-cannot-go-at-the-speed-of-light/): From Korean science fiction author Kim Cho-yeop, a stunning and poignant collection of literary speculative fiction stories that explore the complexities of identity, love, death, and the search for life’s meaning, perfect for fans of Exhalation and The Paper Menagerie. In If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light, Korean science fiction superstar Kim
- [Memoir of a Joseon Bride](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/memoir-of-a-joseon-bride/): The stories brought together in this collection introduce the dazzling speculative imaginings of Djuna, one of South Korea’s most provocative science-fiction writers. Whether describing how a species of interplanetary machines brings Korea’s North-South divide into the heavens or satirizing the vampiric nature of Confucian patriarchy, these stories evoke a universe at once familiar and clearly
- [The Wizard’s Bakery](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-wizards-bakery/): The award-winning, shocking Korean bestseller, a unique tale where magic comes at a price. Open twenty-four hours a day in a quiet Seoul neighbourhood, The Wizard’s Bakery seems like any other where you can buy bread, cakes, and pastries, with a somewhat grumpy man behind the counter. For a desperate runaway teen, it’s a refuge
- [Blowfish](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/blowfish/): For readers of Han Kang and Sheila Heti, an atmospheric, melancholic novel about a successful sculptor who decides to commit suicide by artfully preparing and deliberately eating a lethal dish of blowfish. Blowfish is a postmodern novel in four parts, alternating between the respective stories of a female sculptor and a male architect. Death is
- [The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-new-seoul-park-jelly-massacre/): At New Seoul Park, Korea’s greatest theme park, an enigmatic man tempts visitors with a mysterious jelly candy that promises an unbreakable bond. As the sun beats down on a muggy summer afternoon, a child separated from her disinterested parents, a single mother striving to create a memorable day on a shoestring budget, and a couple on the
- [Mrs Shim Is a Killer](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/mrs-shim-is-a-killer/): A gripping tale of love, food and one woman's unconventional quest to support her family. I am no ordinary ajumma. I am a killer When Mrs Shim - widowed, unemployed, with two children at home and a fridge to fill - answers a job ad at the Smile Detective Agency, she boosts its fortunes forever.
- [A Plagued Sea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-plagued-sea/): Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination. "[Kim Bo-young's] fiction is a breathtaking piece of a cinematic art." --Bong Joon-ho, Academy Award-winning director of Parasite While waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Mu-young gets a disaster alert on her phone. TVs throughout the
- [Petty Lies](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/petty-lies/): For readers who revelled in the toxic obsession of Butter and the addictive horror of Bat Eater Dear Jiwon, I'm writing to you regarding the murder of your son... Revenge is perhaps best served by letter. But letters get answered. And when a young tutor takes up the pen to write to her former employer
- [The Wind from the South](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-wind-from-the-south/): No synopsis available Available to read at orchive.org
- [Wafers](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/wafers/): This 2006 collection of short stories is in line with the unsettling, engrossing style of Ha’s other two collections that have been translated into English, the critical and commercial successes Flowers of Mold and Bluebeard’s First Wife. A best-seller in Korea, Ha Seong-nan is one of the stars of contemporary short fiction, writing edgy, socially conscious stories that
- [Light and Thread](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/light-and-thread/): In this light-filled and multi-faceted book, her first since being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang draws together the threads of her work and life, tracing the connections between her interior and exterior worlds through a sequence of essays, poems, photographs and diaries. A book of reflections, of words and light, it has
- [The Amusing Life](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-amusing-life/): The Amusing Life is a collection of over forty stories, sketches, vignettes and fables that search out the comical, even the absurd, aspects of everyday life. Along the way, the conventions and mores of work, art, nation, love and family are examined and made newly strange. Two rival countries race to raise the tallest flag.
- [God Has No Grandchildren](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/god-has-no-grandchildren/): The nine stories that make up this collection depict a wide variety of contemporary Koreans navigating a world focused on material wealth and social power, in which family ties have been disrupted and all relationships are dysfunctional. Unpredictable and enigmatic, these tales, though taking place in what would appear to be a shallow, materialistic environment,
- [The Memory Bookshop](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-memory-bookshop/): For lovers of The Midnight Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, discover a spellbinding novel about a mysterious bookshop that exists outside of time and space, where the past is only a page away… If you're lost, you'll find The Memory Bookshop Where the shelves are endless. The books, strangely familiar. And where memories are bound in
- [Handbook of Japan-Korea Relations](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/handbook-of-japan-korea-relations/): This Handbook examines relations between Japan and Korea from 1850 to the present. Analysing almost 200 years of Japan and Korea relations uncovers a relationship that has been both congenial and confrontational. This Handbook examines these relations in this age of modernity by dividing it into four periods: precolonial relations (1850–1905); colonial rule; (1905–1945) postwar/post-liberation (1945–1965);
- [A Mouth Full of Fins](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-mouth-full-of-fins/): From award-winning Korean horror sensation Cho Yeeun, an uncanny and profoundly moving tale about the beautiful obsessions and destructive delusions of love, and what it means to give a voice to the voiceless Something is strange about Seonhyung’s uncle’s death. All that’s left of him are bones: a skull, a ribcage, and a couple of
- [Bodies for Empire: Biomedicine, Race, and Women's Diseases in Colonial Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/bodies-for-empire/): During Imperial Japan’s rule over Korea (1910–1945), modern biomedicine and its interpretations of women’s illnesses began to define a vision of womanhood that differed significantly from anything imagined in the Chosŏn era (1392–1910). In the context of Korea’s colonization by Japan—where, in contrast to Western colonies, ruler and ruled were not separated by perceived racial
- [Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/ten-kings-of-hell/): A storied exploration of a preeminent belief in the East Asian imagination of the afterlife: the Ten Kings of Hell Journey into the world of medieval Korean Buddhist belief, where the Ten Kings of Hell judged the souls of the deceased on their path toward atonement and salvation. This lavishly illustrated catalogue explores one of
- [Empire by Association: Agriculture and the Reorganization of the Rural Economy in Colonial Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/empire-by-association/): How governmental associations shaped agricultural production in Korea during Japan’s colonization Drawing on the diaries of everyday farmers, Holly Stephens examines the introduction of scientific and commercial agriculture in Korea from the late nineteenth century through liberation from Japanese rule in 1945. After Japan annexed Korea in 1910, colonial bureaucrats introduced numerous agricultural policies as
- [The Voice of the Governor General and Other Stories of Modern Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-voice-of-the-governor-general-and-other-stories-of-modern-korea/): From the children of a dwarf whose house is torn down by the government to a young man selling his blood for money, the first-person narrators of the stories collected in The Voice of the Governor-General and Other Stories of Modern Korea take us into the heart of turbulent twentieth-century Korean history. This history includes
- [Voices from North Korea 북한에서 온 목소리: True Stories of Escape and Resilience](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/voices-from-north-korea/): This book offers an in-depth exploration of the journeys of North Korean refugees who risked everything in pursuit of freedom. It examines not only the realities of escaping North Korea and rebuilding life in a new society, but also the stories of refugee authors. activists, You Tubers, and others who have found the courage to
- [Greenlight to Freedom: A North Korean Daughter's Search for Her Mother and Herself](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/greenlight-to-freedom/): What does the word "lucky" mean to you? This true story of a girl's harrowing escape from North Korea, will cause you to re-examine the meaning of the word luck. Despite enduring abuse, starvation, homelessness, surveillance, and endless hardships, Songmi feels lucky and grateful to have escaped from North Korea. She shares her account of growing
- [My Father's North Korea Story: Walk to Freedom](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/my-fathers-north-korea-story-walk-to-freedom/): My Father's North Korea Story: Walk to Freedom is a non-fiction memoir written by the father of a North Korean defector that high-lights the tumultuous journey faced by millions of individuals still struggling to escape the harrowing conditions under the Kim regime. About the Author Won-chae Han, born in 1943, lived in the North Korean
- [The Hwarang segi Manuscripts: From In-progress Fiction to Pseudohistory](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-hwarang-segi-manuscripts/): The Hwarang segi manuscripts, written by Pak Ch’anghwa (1889–1962), have been a hot topic in Korean history since their discovery in 1989. Some scholars claim that Pak discovered the lost Hwarang segi of Kim Taemun (fl. 704) in Japan while working for the Imperial Library during the 1930s and made hand copies of it; others maintain they are forgeries.
- [A Magical Girl Retires](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-magical-girl-retires/): A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful, witty, and wildly imaginative ode to magical girl manga. Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job during the pandemic, a millennial woman decides to end her troubles by jumping off Seoul’s Mapo Bridge. But
- [The Waves](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-waves/): Set in a northern Korean port town inspired by Kang Shin-jae's childhood in Chongjin, the novel centres on Young-sil, a lively and inquisitive ten-year-old girl. Through her perspective, the story unfolds as a vivid portrait of village life over the course of a year under Japanese colonial rule Source: Andmeister Books
- [The Seven Great Temples of Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-seven-great-temples-of-korea/): There are over 17,000 temples and hermitages in Korea. Of these, only 991 were registered as traditional temples as of June 2026. To be registered as a traditional temple, a temple or hermitage must be deemed to have historical or cultural significance. This means that only about 5.8% of all temples and hermitages in Korea
- [Plant Lady](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/plant-lady/): Bad men make excellent fertilizer ... The cult Korean psychological horror tale of revenge, reinvention, and what it takes to grow back. In the heart of a quiet town, a young woman tends to her plant shop, but beneath the soil of her lush, green sanctuary lies something far darker.... Every garden needs a little
- [Saha](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/saha/): In a country called ‘Town’, Su is found dead in an abandoned car. The suspected killer is presumed to come from the Saha Estates. Town is a privatised country, controlled by a secretive organisation known as the Seven Premiers. It is a society clearly divided into the haves and have-nots and those who have the
- [The Invisible Hotel](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-invisible-hotel/): Yewon is trapped. She’s stuck in Dalbit, the small Korean village of her birth, where the ancestral bones of her relatives live in her bathtub. Reeling from the loss of her father, she works long days at the convenience store and tries to keep the peace between her mother and sister, who are constantly at
- [The Eyes Are The Best Part](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-eyes-are-the-best-part/): My Sister, the Serial Killer meets Boy Parts, this literary feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin… Ji-won’s life is in disarray. Her father’s affair has ripped her family to shreds, leaving her to piece their crappy lives back together. So, when her mother’s obnoxious new white boyfriend enters the scene, bragging
- [The Future Perfect](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-future-perfect/): A radiant, exquisitely told portrait of a young woman growing up between cultures in search of her future self. Before you are anything, you are a daughter. At first, you are a child at home in your mother's belly: a beloved daughter, a vision of the future. But who will you become? At the Dol
- [The Pain Chasers](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-pain-chasers/): International Booker Prize-shortlisted Bora Chung creates a remarkably fresh dystopia-within-a-utopia that explores the inextricable link between humanity and suffering. Kyobo bookstore synopsis run through Microsoft's translation engine: A new work by author Bora Chung, who was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Cursed Bunny and shocked readers not only in Korea but also around the
- [Juniper Tree](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/juniper-tree/): "My mother, who tried to kill me, now wants to kill my son." The grand prize winner of the 12th Kyobo Paperback Story Contest, Kim Hae-sol's Juniper has been published by the comprehensive publishing brand 'Bukda'. This is the first full-length novel by an author who is active in various fields such as movies, dramas,
- [On the Eve of Goodbye](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/on-the-eve-of-goodbye/): On the Eve of Goodbye is an unforgettable novel from one of Korea's most loved authors, weaving together the lives of three artists to explore creativity and human connection. Set against key moments in history - the assassination of Park Chung Hee, Korean American immigration, a Korean artist's life in Germany, and the global pandemic -
- [So What If I Love My Single Life](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/so-what-if-i-love-my-single-life/): So What If I Love My Single Life by YouTuber Seen Aromi, who has captivated 400,000 readers, covers everything you need to live alone successfully. If you want to live a fulfilling day all by yourself, this book is a must-read. When you say you want to live alone, you often hear nagging from people
- [The Politics of the Have-Nots: What South Korean Activism Teaches Us about Radical Democracy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-politics-of-the-have-nots/): Social change requires the emergence of a collective subject that can foster solidarity within and across national boundaries. But how can such a collective come together in our current era of liberal individualism and the pursuit of maximum profit? In The Politics of the Have-Nots, Hae Yeon Choo theorizes how this collective might cohere and
- [Diary of a Korean Plant Parent: Four Seasons of Growth](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/diary-of-a-korean-plant-parent/): Acclaimed writer Kim Keum Hee invites readers into her sun-soaked Seoul apartment, where the daily ritual of nurturing her many houseplants becomes a moving meditation on resilience, hope, and the evolving seasons of a life. “Where there are roots, there is hope.” Kim Keum Hee is a self-confessed and proud ‘plant parent’. She lives with
- [The 25:00 Magic Lantern Express](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-2500-magic-lantern-express/): Passengers aboard the Magic Lantern Express between life and death must retrieve their lost memories or risk losing their legacy in this cosy Korean fantasy adventure for fans of The Dallergut Dream Department Store and Marigold Mind Laundry Keep your memories with you at all times! When Suhan Cha wakes dazed and confused in an unfamiliar train carriage
- [The Devoted](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-devoted/): A stunning, page-turning love story of family and fate from the author of the acclaimed memoir, Inferno. I made my plan. I would be the north stars: the decider of fate, of what was to come. Eunha grows up in a quiet village in Hong Kong with little knowledge of the reputation of her father, a
- [With the Heart of a Ghost: Stories](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/with-the-heart-of-a-ghost-stories/): With the Heart of a Ghost is a debut collection of eight fantastical stories translated by Chi-Young Kim (Whale) that explore feelings unseen, unconveyed, unexplainable. The funny, meditative characters who inhabit this book are pulled far from their ordinary daily routines to stare straight into their own sorrows, however they manifest. Ghosts and otherworldly occurrences
- [Your Neighbour's Table](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/your-neighbours-table/): From the award-winning author of The Old Woman with the Knife comes the thought-provoking story of community and the cultural expectations of motherhood, through four women whose lives intersect in unexpected ways at a government-run apartment complex outside Seoul When Yojin moves with her husband and daughter into the Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments, she’s
- [Death of a Crow](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/death-of-a-crow/): The 1957 publication of this inaugural collection of short stories on the 1948 uprising on Jeju Island was to inform the world of the incident Kim Sok-pom has devoted his writing career to raising awareness of the Jeju April 3 Incident through literature. Death of a Crow (1957) marked the beginning of his campaign; known
- [Roadkill](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/roadkill/): An effervescent speculative short story collection by South Korean author Amil for the next generation who crave a fresh perspective. With strong roots in feminist science fiction and fantasy, Roadkill is for the next generation of readers of speculative fiction who love to be transported to different worlds but also crave a fresh perspective. Featuring
- [Romancing on Jeju](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/romancing-on-jeju/): This atmospheric novel about friendship and self-discovery from Korean author Hyun-joo Park buzzes with romance, mystery, and just a hint of danger. Romi is an illustrator and hopeless romantic. When she can’t stop obsessing over a brief encounter with a handsome stranger, there’s just one thing to do: hop on a plane and find him.
- [Midnight Timetable](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/midnight-timetable/): From the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, comes a new novel-in-ghost-stories, set in a mysterious research center that houses cursed objects, where those who open the wrong door might find it’s disappeared behind them, or that the echoing footsteps they’re running from are their own… The acclaimed Korean
- [A Greater Music](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-greater-music/): Near the beginning of A Greater Music, the narrator, a young Korean writer, falls into an icy river in the Berlin suburbs, where she's been house-sitting for her on-off boyfriend Joachim. This sets into motion a series of memories that move between the hazily defined present and the period three years ago when she first
- [North Station](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/north-station/): A writer struggles to come to terms with the death of her beloved mentor; the staging of an experimental play goes awry; time freezes for two lovers on a platform, waiting for the train that will take one of them away; a woman living in a foreign country discovers she has been issued the wrong
- [The White Book](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-white-book/): While on a writer's residency, a nameless narrator wanders the twin white worlds of the blank page and snowy Warsaw. THE WHITE BOOK becomes a meditation on the color white, as well as a fictional journey inspired by an older sister who died in her mother's arms, a few hours old. The narrator grapples with
- [Greek Lessons](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/greek-lessons/): A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by
- [Broccoli Punch](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/broccoli-punch/): A collection of short stories flirting with the surreal and Kafkaesque: a father whose ashes turn into a chatting plant, a boyfriend whose hand becomes a broccoli, a group of investigative aliens fascinated by idol culture. Yuri’s world is permeated with humour, emotions, and style, giving us a refreshing perspective into the complexities of human
- [Artificial Truth](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/artificial-truth/): From J. M. Lee, a bestselling phenomenon in Korea, comes a haunting and mind-bending novel about the revolutionary possibilities of AI and the infinite mysteries of what it means to be human. In the virtual city of Alegria, fantasies are made real, innumerable lifetimes are lived, and even death itself is a survivable experience. An
- [Holy Boy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/holy-boy/): One idol. Four fans. Worship’s never been bloodier. Yosep is a K-pop idol with millions of adoring fans. But for four of them, a poster on the wall just won't cut it. They have a plan—a perfect, foolproof plan—to get their idol all to themselves. Kidnapping Yosep seemed like the ultimate act of love. But
- [Shift](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/shift/): Detective Yi Chang needs another miracle. Ten years ago his sister was healed of her deadly cancer by a mysterious cult leader, but now his young niece has inherited the same disease. The only lead Yi Chang has is the body of a murder victim found in an abandoned building in the Korean seaside. The
- [A Tender Age](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-tender-age/): From the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted novelist, a story of guilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence ‘Lee’s latest novel is a tale of almosts: a family of working-class immigrants almost living the American dream; an 11-year-old boy, almost transitioning into adulthood and straddling the worlds of his doting Korean parents and a
- [My Father’s Liberation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/my-fathers-liberation/): Over the course of a three-day funeral, a woman discovers new sides to her deceased father in this hilarious and heart-tugging masterwork from one of Korea's most fearless writers. So, Father died. Slammed his head into a telephone pole. A very serious man had seriously come to the end of a seriously lived life by
- [Those Who Prepare the Way (The Bird that Drinks Tears vol 2)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/those-who-prepare-the-way-the-bird-that-drinks-tears-vol-2/): In the breathtaking sequel to Lee Young-do’s acclaimed fantasy series that started with The Heart of the Nhaga, an unlikely leader must bridge the divide between duty and destiny. Available for the first time in English by award-winning translator Anton Hur. In a world teetering on the brink of another devastating war, old hatreds run
- [Employee No. 9](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/employee-no-9/): With shades of Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice and Choi Jin-young’s Hunger, Employee No. 9 runs a psychological gauntlet of money, power, personal responsibility, and the daily struggle for survival. No. 9 is in trouble. His son’s college tuition is coming due, his wife needs surgery after taking double shifts at a grocery store, the
- [Korea Around the Table: Food and Global Korean Identities](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/korea-around-the-table/): Korea Around the Table: Food and Global Korean Identities brings together leading scholars to examine how Korean cuisine encodes identity, memory, and belonging across local and global contexts. From the early adoption of chili peppers on the Korean peninsula to the proliferation of sundubu jjigae restaurants in suburban New Jersey, this groundbreaking volume shows how
- [On the Balance Beam](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/on-the-balance-beam/): Once Ko Mani dreamt of becoming a professional gymnast. Life, however, had other plans for her. Today she has an office job and lives with her parents in the same house and poor part of Seoul in which she grew up. When she unexpectedly finds herself out of work, however, her old ambitions resurface. At
- [Song for Another Home](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/song-for-another-home/): A powerful and expansive story of one family separated by the Korean War, for fans of Pachinko and Homegoing 1950, Pyongyang. Oksoon's father - confident that the war is over - has left for Seoul in search of opportunity. There is nothing to do but wait, until the Chinese army attacks and forces Oksoon, her mother and her
- [Korean Drama Under Japanese Occupation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/korean-drama-under-japanese-occupation/): From 1910 to 1945, Japan occupied Korea and controlled every aspect of the Korean life. This book selects three plays by two prominent Korean writers, Ch'i-jin Yu and Man-sik Ch'ae, who ventured to voice anti-Japanese sentiments in their plays despite the harsh censorship. In The Ox, two brothers suddenly find their lives and futures disrupted
- [Fighting for Your Right to Party](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/fighting-for-your-right-to-party/): A foreign spin on 100 Korean music gems. Written in English by former GQ Korea editor Jung Wooyoung, Fighting for Your Right to Party explores Korean popular music through the perspectives of ten international collectors, DJs and writers. Blending essays, interviews and a curated selection of 100 Korean albums and songs spanning 1967–2022, the book
- [The Tarot Reading Café](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-tarot-reading-cafe/): Moon Hye-jung's novel "The Cafe Where Tarot Cards Are Read" is a psychological novel that delicately captures the bare faces of love, wounds, and desire by looking into the hearts and emotions of others through the eyes of a tarot reader. According to Changbi, "The Cafe Where Tarot Cards Are Read" (2025) by Moon Hye-jung,
- [Project V](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/project-v/): STEMinist mecha fantasy meets reality television in this high-stakes novel from the author of A Magical Girl Retires — a wildly imaginative tale of sibling bonds, unexpected friendship, and an existential quest to understand what it means to be human. Robotics student Kim Wooram, runner-up at the World Gigantic Mechanics Olympiad, is a world-class pilot and
- [Teddy Bears Never Die](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/teddy-bears-never-die/): A young girl teams up with a hatchet-wielding teddy bear to solve the mystery of her mother’s murder and get her revenge in this campy slasher from Cho Yeeun, a rising star in Korean horror. Hwa-young never believed that her mother was murdered in a mass-cyanide attack at the luxury apartment complex where she worked.
- [The Forest Called You](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-forest-called-you/): In a future Korea, the world has been ravaged by dust clouds and the deadly Akanta virus. Rather than live in their nightmarish present, people slip on virtual reality headsets to indulge in nostalgic simulations of the past. 18-year-old Soop - stigmatised due to her brush with Akanta, which causes VR-rejection – is bullied at
- [Stingray](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/stingray/): Hailed by critics, "Stingray" has been described by its author as "a critical biography of my loving mother." With his father having abandoned his family for another woman, Se-young and his mother are forced to subsist on their own in the harsh environment of a small Korean farming village in the 1950s. Determined to wait
- [Lonesome You](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/lonesome-you/): Well before her death in 2011, Park Wan-Suh had established herself as a canonical figure in Korean literature. Her work--often based upon her own personal experiences, and showing keen insight into divisive social issues from the Korean partition to the position of women in Korean society--has touched readers for over forty years. In this collection,
- [Counsel Culture](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/counsel-culture/): From prize-winning Korean author Kim Hye-jin comes the contemplative, superbly-crafted story of a woman scapegoated by sudden tragedy, and the unexpected paths she must wander in search of redemption. Haesoo is a successful therapist and regular guest on a popular TV program. But when she makes a scripted negative comment about a public figure who
- [One Spoon on This Earth](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/one-spoon-on-this-earth/): An autobiographical novel that takes a life to pieces, "One Spoon on this Earth" stands a sort of digest of contemporary Korean history as it might be seen through the lens of one man's life and opinions.
- [A Good Family](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-good-family/): This collection of eight stories cynical and sympathetic by turns represents the author's attempt to document and understand the conflicts, resentments, hatreds, and anxieties of contemporary family life. The title story depicts a mother's busy day playing numerous roles ashamed, fearless, or humble depending on which member of her family she's tending to. In "The
- [Beauty Looks Down on Me](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/beauty-looks-down-on-me/): Beauty Looks Down On Me is a collection of by turns sad and funny stories about the thwarted expectations of the young as they grow older. Eun Hee-kyung's characters are misfits who by virtue of their bodies or their lack of social status are left to dream of momentous changes that will never come. Unsatisfied
- [Everything Good Dies Here: Tales from the Linker Universe and Beyond](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/everything-good-dies-here/): Introducing English readers to the speculative fiction of pseudonymous author Djuna, whose writings and interventions into internet culture have attracted a cult following in South Korea The stories brought together in this collection introduce for the first time in English the dazzling speculative imaginings of Djuna, one of South Korea's most provocative SF writers. Whether
- [Everything Happened at Once](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/everything-happened-at-once/): What is the date today? Here, time doesn’t pass in days. I wouldn’t be surprised if spring slid straight into summer, if I looked at a clear lake and saw an old woman in my reflection. A mutant virus has swept half of the world’s population overnight. The known world has collapsed. The new world
- [Korean Dragons: 대한용](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/korean-dragons/): Korea’s Dragon Traditions and their Yong-wang Monarchs: the ONLY comprehensive work on this topic; there is nothing like it even in the Korean language! There is not even any complete book like this about Chinese dragons, in Chinese. 973 pages -- 87,200 words -- 2540 color photos. E-book (PDF) only; it is too big to
- [Sublimation](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/sublimation/): When you emigrate, you leave a version of yourself behind. Literally. One instance crosses the border; the other instance stays trapped behind it. Some instances keep in touch, call each other daily, synchronize their lives and minds in the hopes of reintegrating and resuming a life as one person. Other instances, like Soyoung Rose Kang,
- [South Korea's Soft Power: The Korean Wave](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/south-koreas-soft-power-the-korean-wave/): Since Korean cultural products and entertainers have gained global popularity – the so-called Korean Wave – many studies have regarded the Korean Wave as Korea's soft power. However, the concept of soft power remains contested in the political science literature, particularly because it is difficult to clearly distinguish it from hard power. This Element, therefore,
- [Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge: Transgression, Innovation, and Intimacy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/contemporary-culture-from-the-edge/): This book is for any reader seeking to understand and engage with contemporary South Korean culture. Inspired by the term “edge”, which in Korean refers to attitudes and ideas that are new, gripping and transgressive, each chapter provides a new perspective on today's Korea. Drawing from a range perspectives, Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge: Transgression, Innovation,
- [Into the Light: An Anthology of Literature by Koreans in Japan](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/into-the-light-an-anthology-of-literature-by-koreans-in-japan/): Into the Light is the first anthology to introduce the fiction of Japan’s Korean community (Zainichi Koreans) to the English-speaking world. The collection brings together works by many of the most important Zainichi Korean writers of the twentieth century, from the colonial-era “Into the Light” (1939) by Kim Sa-ryang to “Full House” (1997) by Yu Miri,
- [Korean Cocktails: From Traditional Spirits to Modern Drinks](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/korean-cocktails-from-traditional-spirits-to-modern-drinks/): More than 75 recipes from the mixologist behind Momofuku’s iconic cocktails, the K-Margarita and the Sesame Manhattan. In Korean Cocktails, bartender Haera Shin invites readers into the world of sool — Korea’s vibrant family of traditional alcohols. From the smooth clarity of soju to the tangy effervescence of makgeolli, each bottle carries centuries of craft,
- [Mukja: Let's Eat!: Fan-Favorite Recipes from K-Pop, K-Dramas & More](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/mukja-lets-eat/): Celebrate the flavors of hallyu with more than 65 mukbang-worthy recipes inspired by Korean dramas, movies, and music. The Korean Wave, or hallyu, has seen the K-food craze spread globally, spurred by the popularity of cultural exports like K-pop and K-dramas. From dalgona coffee to cheese-filled corndogs, Korean trends are taking over, both on-screen and
- [The Hyehwa-Dong Grandma’s Lunchbox Kitchen](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-hyehwa-dong-grandmas-lunchbox-kitchen/): Meet Madam Jeong Geum-nam, affectionately known as "Hyehwa-dong Grandma", a self-proclaimed "cool senior". Her dosirak are the best in town (much better than from Heja Lunchbox, thank you!) but there is something else that makes her restaurant special: Grandma's warm notes wrapped in silver foil and hidden under the rice, like fortune cookies. Notes that
- [My Perfect Deserted Island](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/my-perfect-deserted-island/): A tender and heartwarming novel about the rejuvenating power of island life, for fans of The Healing Season of Pottery and Hakuda Photo Studio. SLOW DOWN. SOMETIMES THE BRAVEST ACT IS STARTING OVER. Jian Cha thought she had her life mapped out - until the weight of endless deadlines and the relentless pace of her
- [Allergic to Love](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/allergic-to-love/): With outstanding beauty and a sharp, no-nonsense personality, she appears perfectly fine on the outside, but in truth she's someone who avoids relationships, unable to trust either herself or others. Fleeing from a breakup with her boyfriend and family conflict, she escapes abroad to study. While searching for housing due to a dorm issue, Hwihyun
- [The Rogue Moon Goddess](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-rogue-moon-goddess/): In a world where ancient deities linger lurk the shadows, Boreum, a descendant of the Moon Goddess, is cast down to Earth from the Moon. She wakes up in a mystical lake on a mountain which is the domain of the long-lost goddess Mago, only to be accused for the Goddess' mysterious disappearance by her
- [When We Look at Each Other](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/when-we-look-at-each-other/): An ode to the realities of aging, this is an honest but tender look at the challenges of caring for a relative with dementia, of how our role within the family unit evolves, and a celebration of spending precious time with those we love. Written in warm and reflective prose, it explores the author's relationship
- [The Gourmet Detective](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-gourmet-detective/): Heo Gyun is a detective of a different flavour: a "gourmet detective." With an exceptional palate, he can taste a dish once and immediately reconstruct the recipe in his mind. He understands how seasonings pair, the properties of ingredients, and how food interacts with the human body. Exiled to the rural village of Hamyeol, accused
- [American Han](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/american-han/): Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s, Jane Kim and her brother, Kevin, dutifully embodied the model minority myth as their parents demanded: both stellar tennis players and academically gifted, they worked hard to make their parents proud. Jane went on to law school. Kevin came close to becoming a professional
- [Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/earth-works-houses-by-byoung-cho/): Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho offers a unique glimpse into the residential buildings of one of Korea's most influential architects. This visually stunning monograph combines photography, plans, drawings, paintings and models to provide an exclusive overview of this rarely published aspect of Byoung's work. Focused entirely around fifteen private and rarely seen residences, the
- [The Promised Republic: Developmental Society and the Making of Modern Seoul, 1961-1979](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-promised-republic/): In The Promised Republic, Russell Burge offers a bold new history of South Korea’s rapid development. By focusing on the experience of rural-to-urban migrants who built and lived in Seoul’s shantytowns, Burge historicizes national development as a site of struggle with the urban poor at its center. What would a society of postcolonial abundance look like?
- [Orange and the Bread Knife](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/orange-and-the-bread-knife/): The thrilling high-concept Korean bestseller about conforming to society's standards, where one woman decides she has HAD ENOUGH Oh Young-a, a warm-hearted schoolteacher, lives to please - smiling through people's demands, moulding her hobbies and even her heart to match what others deem to be "right". But beneath her cheerful facade, the weight of constant
- [K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry Into Why We Love Korean Television](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/k-drama-school-a-pop-culture-inquiry-into-why-we-love-korean-television/): From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean television has emerged onto the global pop culture scene as compelling television—but what exactly makes these shows so irresistibly bingeable? And what can we learn about our societies and ourselves from watching them? From stand-up comedian and media studies PhD Grace Jung
- [I'll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/ill-love-you-forever/): Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror meets Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings in a meditation that blends memoir and cultural criticism to explore how the author’s love affair with K-pop has shaped her sense of self, charting K-pop’s complex coming-of-age through some of its biggest idols. I’ll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan is a
- [International Aid and South Korea: Experience from Recipient to Donor](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/international-aid-and-south-korea-experience-from-recipient-to-donor/): This book explores South Korea’s experience as an aid recipient, as an aid donor, and as an inter‑Korea aid provider. Analysing case studies of international aid both received and dispensed by South Korea, from the end of the Korean War until the present day, this collection provides a novel lens through which to explore South
- [Snapshots and Soundbites of Korean Culture](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/snapshots-and-soundbites-of-korean-culture/): Snapshots and Soundbites of Korean Culture takes a novel approach to understanding Korea’s past and present by blending sounds, imagery, texts, and online and printed materials to provide a multisensory, multimodal experience of Korean culture. Each entry showcases vitally important people, objects, places, events, and institutions that help us conceptualise Korean history, society, and culture. The
- [Body and Ki in GiCheon - Practices of Self-Cultivation in Contemporary Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/body-and-ki-in-gicheon-practices-of-self-cultivation-in-contemporary-korea/): This is the first English language book that studies contemporary practices of self-cultivation in South Korea called ki suryŏn (氣修練 training related to ki – “life energy”), reinvented in modernity similarly to Indian yoga and Chinese qigong. I focus on GiCheon, one of the ki suryŏn practices. By Victoria Ten (Jeon Yeon Hwa) https://www.ergon-shop.de/titel/body-and-ki-in-gicheon-id-89162/
- [Yuktang Ch'oe Nam-son and Korean Modernity](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/yuktang-choe-nam-son-and-korean-modernity/): In Yuktang Ch’oe Nam-son and Korean Modernity, the author traces the steps Ch’oe Nam-son (1890–1957), famed Koreanologist and independence activist, took at the beginning of the twentieth century in order to establish Korean identity as a cultural entity. In Part One of his book, the author reveals the multi-generational involvement of the Ch’oe family in
- [Martyr of Blood, Martyr of Sweat: The Letters of Saint Andrew Kim Dae-geon and Venerable Father Thomas Choe Yang-eop](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/martyr-of-blood-martyr-of-sweat/): Korea is remarkable as the only country on earth where the Catholic faith emerged even before the arrival of missionaries. Forming an improvised community of believers, the first Korean Catholics desperately desired priests to say the Mass and administer the sacraments. Saint Andrew Kim Dae-geon (1821-1846) and Venerable Father Thomas Choe Yang-eop (1821-1861) were the
- [A Magical Girl Rehired](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-magical-girl-rehired/): In this charmingly chaotic follow-up to A Magical Girl Retires, our favorite millennial-turned-magical girl begrudgingly returns to the workforce to fight crime and the forces of evil. Our protagonist from A Magical Girl Retires is done with the magical girl life . . . but the magical girl life isn't done with her. After her request to
- [Rogue Allies: The Strategic Partnership between Iran and North Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/rogue-allies-the-strategic-partnership-between-iran-and-north-korea/): In Rogue Allies: The Strategic Partnership between Iran and North Korea, Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. and Anthony N. Celso examine the influence of two rogue states whose rebellion against the United States and US-backed countries has serious consequences for international relations. Iran and North Korea have profited from illegal activities, such as the arming of terrorist
- [Contemporary Korean Music in Context: Bridging Tradition, Modernity, and the Global Stage](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/contemporary-korean-music-in-context-bridging-tradition-modernity-and-the-global-stage/): This book encloses an interdisciplinary examination of Korean music’s evolution, contextual interactions, and global positioning from historical, sociocultural, and aesthetic perspectives. It brings together various scholarly contributions to analyse Korean music’s transformations, innovations, and cultural suggestions, with a focus on its historical roots and contemporary manifestations. This book captures the multifaceted dynamics in Korean music,
- [Korean Newtro: Where Youth Meets Tradition](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/korean-newtro-where-youth-meets-tradition/): Korea has become cool. While long seen as a bastion of traditions and customs that go back millennia, the country has now emerged as a playground of hip, trendsetting movements. At the heart of this coolness is, of course, Hallyu, the “Korean Wave” that seems to have penetrated every corner of the planet by now.
- [The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-narrowing-sea-fukuoka-pusan-and-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-imperial-region/): In The Narrowing Sea, Hannah Shepherd examines the shared histories of Pusan and Fukuoka over the eight decades from Japan's forced opening of Korea's ports in 1876 to the end of the Korean War in 1953. One city was Korean, the other Japanese; one was a burgeoning colonial port, the other a provincial city buoyed by imperial
- [Molka](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/molka/): Junyoung and Dahye are colleagues; he has a taste for voyeurism and she a hunger for revenge. Molka (n): the Korean term for spy cameras secretly and illegally installed, often to capture voyeuristic images and videos. Dahye has met the man of her dreams - Hyukjoon, who happens to be the heir to a multi-billion
- [As I Walk Alone](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/as-i-walk-alone/): No information available. This title is particularly difficult to source, but can be obtained from the University of Hawai'i Press.
- [The Library of Musical Instruments](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-library-of-musical-instruments/): The second short-story collection by Kim Jung-hyuk, the author of Penguin News, features a total of eight short stories, including Syncopation D which won the 2nd Kim You-jeong Literary Award in 2008. They represent the many sounds sampled by the author when he recorded over 600 kinds of musical instruments. Like instruments coming together in
- [Art on Fire](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/art-on-fire/): A darkly humorous and compelling satire of the art world from the author of The Disaster Tourist. An Yiji’s career had been stalling for some time when a representative of the illustrious Robert Foundation offers her a spot on their all-expenses-paid artist residency in California. The residency has launched many famous artists’ careers, so she knows
- [Okchundang Candy](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/okchundang-candy/): I still remember that house filled with summer... Growing up, Jung-soon spent every moment she could at her grandparents' house. Dressing up and watching cartoons. Dyeing each other's fingernails with crushed balsam petals. Getting the whole neighborhood together to sweep their streets. Falling asleep together...just the three of them, happy. Grandfather was Grandmother's best and
- [Once You Cross a Street You're on the Edge of a Cliff: Surviving the Sex Industry in Korea](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/once-you-cross-a-street-youre-on-the-edge-of-a-cliff-surviving-the-sex-industry-in-korea/): Prostitution is the oldest “profession” in the world—that’s what they say. According to Havocsope, total prostitution revenue is $186 billion worldwide, with 40-42 million women prostituted. The number itself is staggering, but the reality is hard to grasp with the statistics only. Bomnal’s memoir Once You Cross a Street, You’re on the Edge of a
- [From Being to Being](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/from-being-to-being/): Characterized by genius wordplay, Oh Eun's poems play with homophones and homonyms while keeping the wit, criticalness, and beauty we associate with Korean poetry. In their sonic play, Oh Eun's poems bounce dangerously on a tightrope of language. These are poems that in their content and form simultaneously expand the boundaries of language and delight,
- [Night Picture of Rain Sound](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/night-picture-of-rain-sound/): Seventeen short stories transcending the line between fantasy and reality. Sue Ja Joo is on the frontier of 'Smart Fiction'. A new genre between poetry and the short story, unique to the Korean literary world. 'Night Picture of Rain Sound' opens the small door in the corner where certitude is imagination, and imagination is certitude.
- [Zero: Four Modern Plays](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/zero-four-modern-plays/): Where is the line? Was there ever a line? Between time-between space-between circumstance. This dreamlike theme reverberates throughout ZERO. ZERO Four Modern Plays is a collection of four plays by Playwright Sue Ja Joo. Each of these searingly brilliant plays form an integrated structure, each with its own message. Night Picture of Rain Sound, bridges
- [Anti-Nationalist (K-Poet 45)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/anti-nationalist-k-poet-45/): It is an English poetry collection that contains 20 of the works included in poet Byun Yoon-je's poetry collection "Anti-State Forces" and translated into English. If his first collection of poems, "I Will Be Lovely Next Year," firmly depicts solid depiction of solidarity, hope, and the will to not let go of love while struggling
- [Dark Miracle (K-poet 47)](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/dark-miracle-k-poet-47/): This book is an English collection of twenty poems translated from Jeong Hyun-woo’s 검은 기적. In this volume, the poet traces the world of lingering light and shifting forms as he passes through the absence of his beloved mother, remembering from the lowest and most enduring place of the heart. Memories bound to the body-like
- [Almond](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/almond/): This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster. One of the monsters is me. Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to
- [A Theory of Happiness: Lessons from a 100 year old Korean Philosopher](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/a-theory-of-happiness-lessons-from-a-100-year-old-korean-philosopher/): What does real happiness look like? How can we find true purpose, meaning and connection in our finite time on Earth? 105-year-old Professor Kim reveals key aspects of ancient Korean philosophy and shares stories from over a century of living to help us live better. Showing us how to lean into the world with more
- [It’s Okay Not to Get Along with Everyone](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/its-okay-not-to-get-along-with-everyone/): RSVPing yes to an event even though you don't want to go; feeling drained responding to text messages; networking with colleagues that you can't stand. You need to hear that it's okay not to get along with everyone. We live in an era of constant communication and obligation - messages, calls, meet-ups, events - and
- [The Last Chance Convenience Store](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-last-chance-convenience-store/): The much anticipated sequel to the million-copy international bestselling debut The Second Chance Convenience Store. Welcome back to the store where everyone has a story. The Second Chance Convenience Store is open again. After captivating millions of readers worldwide, The Second Chance Convenience Store is back with a delightful sequel that’s just as moving and
- [The Psychology of Luck: Korean Secrets for Attracting Wealth and Success](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-psychology-of-luck/): Praised as a book that 'brings you luck the moment you open it', this book contains lessons on how to understand - and use - the psychology of luck. Why are successful people so obsessed with luck? Because they want to draw things of value to them. The average person will experience at least a
- [Dreamt I Found You](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/dreamt-i-found-you/): From the critically acclaimed author of The Apology comes a contemporary retelling of Korea’s Romeo & Juliet, as the cousin of the star-crossed lovers helps them avoid a tragic fate. When Dahee Shin was nine years old, she made a promise to protect her favorite cousin, Channing, who has always been like a sister to
- [Reprimands and Admonitions: Reflections on the Japanese Invasions of Korea, 1592-1598](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/reprimands-and-admonitions-reflections-on-the-japanese-invasions-of-korea-1592-1598/): Reprimands and Admonitions (Chingbirok 懲毖錄) is a record of the events surrounding the Imjin War (1592–1598). In the work, government minister Ryu Sŏngnyong vividly portrays all the major developments of the crisis. This revised translation by Choi Byonghyon brings to the modern reader the author's seasoned wisdom and sincere efforts to overcome national crises. Ryu
- [Cold War Comrades: An Emotional History of the Sino-North Korean Alliance](https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/cold-war-comrades/): In this major new interpretation of Sino-North Korean relations, Gregg A. Brazinsky argues that neither the PRC nor the DPRK would have survived as socialist states without the ideal of Sino-North Korean friendship. Chinese and North Korean leaders encouraged mutual empathy and sentimental attachments between their citizens and then used these emotions to strengthen popular
- [Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Chri