Meet Seong-Jae Kong: An international co-ordinator, a British/English interpreter, Korean teacher, dialect genius, language enthusiast (he can speak Korean, English, Japanese, some French and is learning Chinese) and if all that does not keep him busy enough, he’s also a content creator…
Meet Blair KH Naujok: the Founder and Director of the ‘Korean Image Archive’ – who has since the archive’s official opening in 2021 carefully collected and preserved a truly amazing collection of historic images of Korea. The archive’s mission is to strengthen…
Meet Haegee “Gigi” Lee: a Soprano based in London whose performances have delighted audiences around the world. We met at the Royal Opera House, where Lee had spent the morning rehearsing ahead of her then-upcoming performance of Lakmé. I first had the pleasure…
I first heard British-Korean pianist Harry Rylance perform at Hampton Court Palace in October 2023. The event was a concert to celebrate 140 years of Korea-UK relations. Rylance is a versatile musician, who, in the words of Zoltán Kocsis, possesses “innate musicality…
Meet Cho Song-hyun, an artist/craftsman who creates incredible examples of Moon Jars. If you are reading this and not familiar with what Moon Jars, then it is my honour to introduce you to them! A moon jar is a thing of great…
A Letter from Kyoto, the debut film from Director Kim Min-ju, explores all the things that we keep “Out of sight, out of mind, but not from heart.” Set in Yeongdo, an Island within Busan harbour, the family drama focuses on a…
I first learned of the music Laune / 라우네 (pronounced Lau-ne) makes earlier this year, when a friend mentioned that the DJ who performed as part of Oceanfromtheblue’s Way to Blue tour- which happily included London – was also a singer/songwriter/producer in…