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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Written by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 3rd September 2024

  BKS members were treated to another insightful and enjoyable guided walking tour of the Westminster area led by Blue Badge guide and BKS member Sue King on Thursday 11th July 2024. Despite the wet and cold July London weather, we were fortunate to enjoy […]

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Written by: Douglas Barrett  |  Posted on: 29th May 2024

BKS Diners in New Malden     New Malden is the UK’s Korea town. It is home to the largest concentration of Koreans in Europe. Over 20,000 Koreans, including 800 from North Korea (DPRK) call New Malden home. It also has some of the best […]

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Written by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 29th February 2024

  BKS members had a most insightful and enjoyable tour of the Korea Foundation Gallery at the British Museum on Friday 23rd February. Sang-ah Kim, Curator for the Korean collections, guided us through the gallery with her expert knowledge of Korean history and art. Some […]

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Written by: Hannah Giles  |  Posted on: 14th February 2024

The BKS Seollal dinner was held at Arang Korean Restaurant in Central London on 7th February.  22 BKS members and their guests attended to celebrate Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year.   We were treated to delicious Korean food – Tteokguk (rice cake soup – […]

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Written by: Douglas Barrett  |  Posted on: 4th January 2024

  The British Korean Society held their annual dinner at the Cholmondeley Room and Terrace in the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, on 8 December 2023. The dinner was hosted by Viscount Trenchard DL and celebrated 140 years of diplomatic relations between the Republic […]

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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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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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