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Former UK Home Secretary to unveil statue commemorating Vietnamese victims
Credit: Justice for Lai Dai Han In an article on Politics Home, former UK Home Secretary Jack Straw writes about South Korea’s need to investigate rape and other atrocities inflicted by South Korean...
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LG launches homebrew machine with Suffolk malt
Earlier this week the British Embassy in Seoul participated in the official launch in Korea of LG’s new home brewing appliance that takes the mess and faff out of making your own beer. A sleek, self...
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Ko Jin-young wins the 2019 Evian Championship
Photo: LPGA Going into the final day, all of the top four players on the leaderboard of the LGPA Evian-les-Bains golf tournament were Korean. Kim Hyo-joo led, followed one shot behind by Park...
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RIP David Kilburn
Photo credit: 1boon – where you can also find images of David and Jade’s hanok Many LKL readers will have been friends with, or had the great pleasure of meeting David Kilburn, who sadly passed away in...
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Nature Republic comes to London
We’ve had temporary pop-up beauty stores, and since earlier this year the independent SOKOLLAB has been in Soho selling K-beauty and K-pop products. But now the big Korean beauty brand Nature Republic...
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KCCUK announces temporary closure to the public
Image: KCCUK Along with many other cultural venues, the KCCUK has announced its decision “to suspend or cancel our public programme, courses and events (music concerts, film screenings, literature and...
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Bora Kwon interviewed in the Guardian
Image source: Bora Kwon’s Twitter account Bora Kwon, Labour councillor for Hammersmith and Fulham, and one of only two councillors of Korean background in the UK, gets a nice interview in the Guardian...
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KJOU: the new UK hallyu mag
Over on the KCC Facebook page they recently posted about a new hallyu magazine: KJOU. I visited the magazine’s website today and ordered myself a copy of their first issue. If you’re interested, there...
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V+A Korean programme receives boost from MCST
Great news for the V&A’s programme of Korean activities and gallery: V&A announces landmark partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism The Samsung Gallery of Korean Art at the...
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Eat Out to Help Out your local Korean Restaurant
In these terrible times, when people are too nervous to venture out onto public transport, still less to their local restaurants, I’ve been fearing that some of my own favourite haunts may not survive...
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When Lee Hee Moon announced the disbandment of his glam rock minyo outfit Ssing Ssing last year, I forewent gnashing of teeth and rending of garments, prophesying instead that an abundance of...
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Julie Park wins Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award
Picture: Sir Karl Jenkins Classical Music Award Belated congratulations to London based violist Julie Park for winning the prestigious Arts Club Sir Karl Jenkins Award in October. She follows...
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Son Heung-min reaches another milestone
Image credit: BBC Match of the Day 2 The 2020/21 season isn’t over yet, but Tottenham’s Son Heung Min and Harry Kane have just become the top goal-scoring partnership in the history of the English...
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Cliff Richard in Seoul, 1969
OK, here goes… possibly LKL’s first ever Cliff Richard post. While searching for vintage Korean vinyl records sold in the UK on the Discogs record collectors website (they do crop up now and then, but...
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Has there ever been a better time for Korean food in London?
Clockwise from top left: Braised and grilled spicy pork belly, steamed rice, spicy ssamjang, pickles and leaves from Jay Morjaria; Vegetable and tofu mandu, mushroom broth, gamtae seaweed from Chef Joo...
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