Posted by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 9th January 2017

Date: 10 September (Sun) – 13 September (Wed) 2017   Venue: DCC (Daejeon Convention Centre), Daejeon, Republic of Korea Theme: Shaping the Future of the Asia Pacific Sub Themes: Innovating Cities through Science and Technology Revitalising Cities through Vibrant Business Activities Achieving Sustainable City Solutions […]

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Posted by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 6th December 2016

Oxford-Wolfson Min Sunshik Graduate Scholarship in Modern Korean Literature (for Master of Studies in Korean Studies)   Wolfson College and the International Communication Foundation are offering a fully-funded graduate scholarship at the University of Oxford from the beginning of the academic year 2017-2018 for a […]

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Written by: Derek Marsh  |  Posted on: 28th November 2016

The Hungary-Korea Society organised a two day event in Budapest on November 9 -10 2016. The first day celebrated the 110th birthday of Ahn Eak Tai, composer of the music now used for the Korean National Anthem, and the 80th anniversary of his first visit […]

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Posted by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 25th November 2016

Applications are now open for the 2017-2018 Samsung/ British Korean Veterans Association/ The Royal British Legion Scholarship.   The British Korean Veterans Association and the Samsung Corporation, through the Bursary Committee of the British Association for Korean Studies, are offering a full scholarship (up to £15,000) to one […]

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Posted by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 24th November 2016

Will you be in Korea in the beginning of December? Our sister organisation Korea Britain Society is having their Annual Dinner on 7th December 2016 in Seoul Plaza Hotel. You will be very welcome to join them. Payment Details (via bank transfer): Bank name: Standard […]

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Written by: Warwick Morris  |  Posted on: 8th November 2016

BKS member Alan Guy MBE has been awarded the ‘Civil Merit Medal‘ on behalf of the President of the Republic of Korea to mark his 17 years as the British Korean Veterans Association’s Korea Liaison Officer, his 33 years as a BKVA member and his […]

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Posted by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 25th October 2016

The London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) will return to celebrate its 11th year in November 2016. The festival will run 3-27 November, running for two weeks in London before embarking on a tour of the UK, bringing highlights from the programme to Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, […]

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Posted by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 7th October 2016

  As a part of K-Music 2016, Korean dance company Modern Table present Darkness Poomba an exciting show that is set to wow audiences at The Place, the UK’s premiere centre for contemporary dance, on 24th and 25th October 2016.   Choreographer Kim Jae-Duk and […]

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Posted by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 29th August 2016

The K-Music festival returns to London this autumn, from 15 September to 25 October, with a wonderful programme of music and performance from Korea, offering a glimpse of a stunning range of artistic work – improvisational, ancient, theatrical and modern.   Please book at www.serious.org.uk/k-music.

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Posted by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 29th August 2016

A new local charity ‘Korean British Cultural Exchange’ is organising a Korean Autumn Full Moon Festival on Saturday 17th September at the Market Place in Kingston-upon-Thames. The event is to celebrate the Korean Full Moon Harvest Day and is the first Korean street/outdoor festival to […]

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