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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Written by: Douglas Barrett   |  Posted on: 4th July 2023

The Korean Peninsula – A Diplomatic Outlook       We were fortunate enough to get our two Ambassadors to Korea, HE Colin Crooks based in Seoul and HE David Ellis who has been appointed to Pyongyang, to speak to the BKS membership on 15 June […]

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