Posted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 26th July 2016
We have received the following message from Ambassador Hay:
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Posted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 26th July 2016
We have received the following message from Ambassador Hay:
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Posted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 29th June 2016
The BAKS bursary committee have announced the four recipients of BKS Bursaries for academic year 2016 – 2017. More about the students and their research can be found on our Outreach – Bursary Programme page.
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Posted by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 28th June 2016
We have received the following message from Ambassador Hwang: The ROK Ambassador’s Congratulation Message on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the British Korean Society As the ROK Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the joint President of the British Korean Society, it is […]
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Written by: Warwick Morris | Posted on: 17th June 2016
16 members of the Society including your Chairman, efficiently marshalled by Hee Yu Lee in Sylvia Park’s rare absence, were met and expertly guided for over an hour by Eleanor Soo-ah Hyun, the Museum’s first full time Curator for Korean Collections. Eleanor, who came from […]
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Written by: Derek Marsh | Posted on: 29th April 2016
On April 28, Ambassador Joonkook Hwang hosted the presentation of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit to Sir John Stanley and to the widow of Professor Paul Webley, formerly Director of SOAS. The presentation was carried out by Vice Foreign Minister Sungnam Lim, the former […]
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Written by: Ian Simm | Posted on: 21st March 2016
Some 40 members of the Society attended this year’s AGM, held in the Korean Cultural Centre in London. Introducing the meeting, Chairman Warwick Morris noted some apologies, including from British Joint President Dr Robert Hawley, and the Korean Joint President Ambassador Lim, a strong supporter […]
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Written by: Ian Simm | Posted on: 18th February 2016
Celebrating the Lunar New Year with the British Go Association At the first meeting of this, the 60th anniversary year of BKS, we welcomed 4 members of the British Go Association, whom we had supported from our grant scheme in recent years. Our Chairman, in […]
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Written by: Mark Baumfield | Posted on: 12th November 2015
Over 100 members and guests attended the BKS Networking Reception in the historic Cholmondeley Room and Terrace in the House of Lords on 28th October. Some 40 attendees also took advantage of the pre Reception guided tours of the Palace of Westminster. The event was […]
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Written by: Mark Baumfield | Posted on: 1st October 2015
Some 50 members attended the annual Chuseok celebration party, once again generously hosted by our Joint President, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea His Excellency Sungnam Lim in the Residence. Guests enjoyed fine wines and delicious traditional Korean food in a relaxed and convivial environment. […]
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Written by: Cathy Kim | Posted on: 20th August 2015
We were delighted to welcome Britain’s Ambassadors Charles Hay and Michael Gifford to a very well attended meeting at the Korean Cultural Centre on 6 July. They kindly took time out from a busy few days in London to update us on relations between the […]
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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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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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