For many North Korean defectors, crossing the border is not the end of a story but the start of another kind of struggle. Frederik Sølberg’s Hana Korea, co-written with Sharon Choi, goes straight into that fraught second chapter. The film is a great story of adaptation and loss: how the comforts of a new country…
21st London Korean Film Festival: In Conversation with Kim Mi-jo, Director of “The Journey to Gyeong-ju” – Exclusive Interview
South Korean filmmaker Kim Mi-jo has never been particularly interested in making life easier for her characters, especially when their experiences raise uncomfortable questions about injustice, family relationships and the ways people respond to suffering. Her first feature, Gull (2020), followed an older woman who, after being sexually assaulted, finds herself fighting not only for…
21st London Korean Film Festival: Lee Jung-eun on Grief, Motherhood and the Difficult Questions Behind “The Journey to Gyeong-ju” – Exclusive Interview
Lee Jung-eun has been acting for more than thirty years, spending much of that time in theatre and taking on smaller screen roles before finally receiving the wider recognition her performances had long deserved. Since her stage debut in 1991, she has built an impressive career in Korean film and television; her performance in Parasite…
21st London Korean Film Festival: “The Journey to Gyeong-ju” Review
For those who have lost someone to a violent crime, the passage of time does not necessarily bring the consolation that others so readily expect, especially when the person responsible has completed their sentence and returned to ordinary life, while the bereaved are left to contend with consequences that no legal judgement can undo. In…
21st London Korean Film Festival: In Conversation With Yoon Ga-eun (Director) and Jang Hye-jin (Actress) of “The World of Love”
From Guest (2011) and Sprout (2013) to The World of Us and The House of Us, Yoon Ga-eun’s films have consistently returned to childhood as a space of emotional intensity rather than innocence. With The World of Love, her third feature, she continues this exploration, but in a more unsettling form. Explaining the origins of…
21st London Korean Film Festival: “The World of Love” Review
Yoon Ga-eun has spent much of her career exploring the lives of children and teenagers, paying attention to the feelings, insecurities and difficult experiences that adults often fail to recognise or take seriously. From her early short films Guest (2011) and Sprout (2013) to her acclaimed features The World of Us and The House of…
The A Festival 2026: A Second Day of Great Performances, Music and Laughter in Paris – Concert Review
The second day of The A Festival at the Paris Event Center, on 25 October, gathered a great number of artists again. Japanese pop-rock, Chinese R&B, K-pop and Thailand’s increasingly influential T-pop industry all had their place on the programme. And what is worth discussing is not simply the international line-up, but the differences between…
Jay Park & LNGSHOT in London: A Night for Performance Lovers – Concert Review
Many are the opinions that swirl around Jay Park: none of which deny his talent on stage. The South Korean singer and rapper has been in the music industry since before many of his fans were born, including one of the boys under his own label, More Vision, that he’s been working closely with, amongst…
The A Festival 2026: From T-pop to P-pop, Asian Artists Take Centre Stage in Paris (Day 1) – Concert Review
A music festival that brings together performers from different countries lets us experience far more than a succession of concerts. I truly appreciated that each artist comes with their own musical influences, cultural background and approach to performing, making it interesting to see how differently they connect with a crowd. Some need little more than…
Determination Is an Understatement: Lee Han Gyul on His Solo Mini-Album “NOISE” and Why He Never Gave Up on Music – Exclusive Interview
Lee Han Gyul‘s music journey hasn’t always being an easy one. From his early days with IM to competing on The Unit and later Produce X 101, where he earned a place in X1, Han Gyul has experienced the excitement of debuting, the disappointment of unexpected endings and the challenge of starting again. His subsequent…
KTAM Unleashed Brings Emerging Korean Artists to London and Brighton This November
K-pop fans in London and Brighton have plenty to look forward to this November as KTAM Unleashed Winter Showcase prepares to bring a selection of Korean performers to the UK. Taking place across a few dates, the event will present several artists who may not yet be familiar names outside South Korea. Organised by KTAM,…
The A Festival: ATLAS on Finding Their Sound, Growing Together and Bringing T-Pop to Paris – Exclusive Interview
Since making their debut in 2021, Thai boy group ATLAS have come a long way, especially musically. Five years of working together have given them plenty of opportunities to discover their strengths, try different sounds and learn what it takes to keep a group moving forward. Their early releases introduced us to seven young performers…
“Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub” (2026) Revew
Betrayal is difficult enough to forgive, but when it comes from someone who has known you since childhood, the damage goes far beyond lost trust, especially when years of friendship have concealed a growing resentment neither person wanted to acknowledge. In Choi Kook-hee’s Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub, two childhood friends who once dreamed of…
21st London Korean Film Festival 2026: Korean Cinema in the Spotlight
The London Korean Film Festival returns this November for its 21st edition, bringing together established directors, emerging filmmakers and some of Korean cinema’s most recognisable actors for two weeks of screenings, premieres and conversations. For more than two decades, the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) has introduced British audiences to the remarkable variety of stories…
