Posted by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 30th August 2025

K-Music Festival 2025   1st October 1st – 20th November 2025 Major London Venues: Barbican, Southbank Centre, Royal Albert Hall, Kings Place   The K-Music Festival 2025 is back for its twelfth year, bringing an extraordinary celebration of Korean music to London! ​ From 1st […]

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Posted by: Lauren Barnes  |  Posted on: 22nd September 2024

Knitted Together: The Korean Lives of Richard and Joan Rutt Oriental Museum, Durham 28th September 2024 – 4th May 2025 Free entry, no booking required A new exhibition of South Korean objects and photographs from the 1950s – 1970s donated by Richard Rutt, also known […]

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Written by: Douglas Barrett  |  Posted on: 22nd September 2024

BKS Chuseok Dinner 2024                                     Chuseok is a wonderful time of year to be in Korea. The monsoon rains have ended; the humidity of the hot summer months […]

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Posted by: Lauren Barnes  |  Posted on: 22nd September 2024

London Hallyu Festival 4th – 12th October   Hallyu Festival 5 October, 11am – 4pm, Jubilee Square, New Malden   Art Exhibition 4th – 12th October, 11am – 5pm 7th October, 2pm, talk with artists Hanmi Gallery, 30 Maple Street, London   Talk Session 6th […]

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Posted by: Lauren Barnes  |  Posted on: 6th September 2024

k-music festival 2024 Thursday 3rd October – Saturday 23rd November   Opening Show – LEAR , performed by the National Changgeuk Company of Korea 3rd – 6th October, Barbican Centre   For More information and the full programme: K-Music Festival 2024 | Serious

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Posted by: Lauren Barnes  |  Posted on: 10th May 2024

A Festival of Korean Dance 2024 London, Newcastle, Bournemouth, Glasgow and Manchester 16th May – 3rd June 2024   A Festival of Korean Dance, presented in partnership with The Place, will kick off with Kontemporary Korea, a captivating double bill featuring two contrasting works. The […]

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Written by: Faye Judkins  |  Posted on: 22nd December 2023

  On the evening of 24 October 2023, the BKS held a joint event with SOAS and invited guests along to the Brunei Gallery to hear the ‘Stories of Freedom’ belonging to three North Korean refugees.   Following a short video presentation, Kim Taehee, Eom […]

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Written by: Martin Uden  |  Posted on: 28th October 2023

  At the kind invitation of the Korean Ambassador, our Joint President, HE Yeocheol Yoon, members of the British Korean Society enjoyed a Korean Night at the Ambassador’s Residence on 27 September.  It is always a pleasure that the Ambassador extends this kind invitation, but […]

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Posted by: Lauren Barnes  |  Posted on: 15th September 2023

K-Music Festival 2023 Various locations, London 1st October – 12th November 2023   Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the K-Music Festival will take place from October 1st to November 14th at various London venues, including the Barbican and Southbank Centre.   The festival lineup […]

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Written by: Martin Uden  |  Posted on: 11th July 2023

Veterans of the Korean War – A BKS and National Army Museum Joint Event      On the evening of Thursday 6 July, some 65 guests came to the National Army Museum to hear three British Veterans of the Korean War talk about their recollections […]

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