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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Posted by: Lauren Barnes  |  Posted on: 7th June 2023

To Be You, Whoever You Are SOOJIN KANG 11 May – 17 June 2023 5 Warwick Street, London, W1B 5LU   Gathering is pleased to present To Be You, Whoever You Are, a solo exhibition of new textile sculpture by Korean artist Soojin Kang.   […]

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Written by: Douglas Barrett  |  Posted on: 2nd May 2023

Our Visit to the Hallyu Exhibition 28 April 2023 at the Victoria and Albert Museum   The British Korean Society were fortunate enough to be invited on 28 April to visit the Hallyu exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The exhibition features everything “K” […]

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Written by: Douglas Barrett  |  Posted on: 31st March 2023

British Korea Society Annual General Meeting 21 March 2023 at Samsung Kings Cross   The British Korea Society held its AGM at Samsung’s wonderful Kings Cross facility on 21 March.   Our Co-President Ambassador Yoon Yeocheol noted that the there is a mutual understanding between […]

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Posted by: Lauren Barnes  |  Posted on: 23rd March 2023

  2023 marks the 140th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the UK and Korea. To celebrate this occasion, the UK Korea 140 team invite you all to participate in a video contest and become part of history.     This past decade […]

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Written by: Martin Uden  |  Posted on: 17th February 2023

  Over 60 members and guests of the British Korean Society and the Royal Society attended a fascinating lecture on 9 February 2023 at the Royal Society in Carlton House Terrace.  Past Foreign Secretaries of the Royal Society, Sir Richard Catlow and Sir Martyn Poliakoff, […]

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