On 12th July, passionate volunteers gathered at the Korean Cultural Centre UK to promote our 100 Days Festival. They sang and danced the most recent K-pop songs and shouted Dae-han-min-guk along the streets of central London (photo courtesy of KCCUK). LONDON, UK —All eyes were turned t...
Korean society’s interest and emotional attachment towards architecture is extremely insufficient. Prior to Seun Sangga, there is no previous case of so sincerely attempting to restore a privately owned building 민간 – one that hasn’t been designated a cultural treasure – to its original des...
That is to say, I couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the dictates of any self-appointed arbiters of cultural criticism. So let me shout it from the rooftops, loud and proud: Korean comedy’s body-policing isdamnedproblematic sometimes. This post, very much a #longread, is about several...
Source: DiversityUK.To help persuade you, the spark was a passage in Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez (2019), about how gender role expectations and social pressure prevent most girls and women from devoting themselves to their passions,...
the UK, and the USA to respond to variations in consumer preferences (interview February 2018). In Korea, her work is considered literary fiction, but outside it is considered psychological crime or thriller fiction (likened to Raymond Chandler and Stephen King). Designers created different covers...
May 21, 2024Festivals, special days and rituals,Traditional culture,Traveldoseuk surasang,geunjeongjeon hall,gyeongbokgung palace,gyeonghoeru pavilion,K-Royal Culture Festival,korean culture,korean traditional culture I recently participated in the 2024 Spring K-Royal Culture Festival held from April 27...
The YouTube duo Dan and Joel are originally from the UK and known for their documentary style mukbang. While they mostly feature other oegugins in their collaborative videos, their popular videos shed light on social minorities in Korea. ...
The Woman Who Ran Kim Min-hee, Seo Young-hwa, Sae-Byuk Kim 82 votes With her ever-present husband finally away on business, a woman visits three friends and reflects on her life choices. Released: 2019 Directed by: Hong Sang-soo 82 The President's Barber Song Kang-Ho, Oh Da...
And, unique tradition of Pansori that engages the audience to become one with performers on the stage lives on in Madanggeuk as well. Natural Cultural Heritage – Jeju-do Jeju-do Jeju-do Island is a huge island located in the Southern part of Korean peninsula. The island has long been ...
“The Cambridge Film Festival is delighted to be collaborating with the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF), organised by the Korean Cultural Centre UK on this year’s programme. The LKFF has selected three fantastic films that truly represent the best of modern Korean cinema, with the hope of...