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“Things That Attract Us” Album Review

Lee Miji, also known as Image, is a talented media artist and singer-songwriter who not only produces music but showing other forms of medium, such as videos and pictures, to go along with it. She launched her first EP album, 은유화(Metaphoricalising), through her …
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Bibigo London Review

The Bibigo London restaurant was selected by the Michelin Guide 2014 under the Korean restaurants category. I decided to go to that restaurant to find out why they have been selected by the most prestigious guide book. Once I entered …
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Weekly Events: 25 November – 8 December

Film The Flu Trailer 22 – 28 November: The Flu is currently screening at the Cineworld cinemas across the UK. Check the Cineworld website for more information and ticket booking. [Film Review | Interview with Director Kim Sung Su] 28 November: …
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Interview with Director Kim Sung Su

Source: Margaret London Director Kim Sung Su started his career in the film industry as writer, prop master, and assistant director in the early 90s by working together in films like The Blue In You and The Berlin Report. In 1993, …
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The Flu (2013)

Director: Kim Sung Su Casts: Jang Hyuk, Su Ae, Park Min Ha, Yoo Hae Jin, Ma Dong Seok, and Lee Hee Joon Genre: Disaster, Adventure, and Drama Running Time: 121 minutes Certi: 15 After bringing in the illegal immigrants into …
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Secretly Greatly (2013)

Director: Jang Cheol Soo Casts: Kim Soo Hyun, Park Ki Woong, Lee Hyun Woo, Son Hyun Joo,  Park Hye Sook, Hong Kyoung In, Kim Sung Kyun, Ko Chang Seok, Lee Chae Young, Park Eun Bin, Choi Woo Sik, Jang Gwang, …
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Unfixed: A Solo Exhibition by Shin Mee Kyoung

Source: KCCUK Official Website Korean soap sculptor, Shin Mee Kyoung continues to explore ‘translation’, the changes that exists in dis- or re-location between cultural and historical contexts. The replicas of artefacts, from Asian porcelain vases to Greek and Roman sculptures, …
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Kim Jee Woon Short Films

Kim Jee Woon has not only directed feature length films (such as The Last Stand, The Tale of Two Sisters, The Quiet Family, Foul King, and I Saw The Devil), he also directed and written short films as part of advertising campaigns or his …
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Rough Play (2013)

Director: Shin Yeong Sik Casts: Lee Joon, Seo Yeong Hee, Kang Shin Hyo, Seo Bum Suk, Yang Dong Geun, Ma Dong Seok, Oh Gwang Rok, Kim Hyung Jun, and Lee Hwa Shi Genre: Drama Running Time: 98 minutes Certi: 18 …
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Weekly Events: 11 – 24 November

Film The Yellow Sea 7 – 22 November: Five more days to go at the London Korean Film Festival. Don’t miss out the Korean Film Talk on 12 November. This Friday, “The Boomerang Family” will be shown at the closing gala. They …
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