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LKFF 2012 – The Thieves Review

Roxi — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:12:57 +0000

1st November saw the 2012 London Korean film festival kick off there month long of amazing movies at the Odeon in Leicester square, this is the first time the festival has managed to get a whole billboard poster above the cinema. This year’s films look promising as the first movie The Thieves sold out the…

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Kpop Academy Student ~ Week 11 ~ @The British Museum

Roxi — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:45:58 +0000

Week 11 of The Kpop Academy was spent at the British museum, guest speaker Sascha Priewe gave us a guided tour of the Korean room with a talk on the historical ornaments explaining where they came from and which era they originate. We viewed a range of historical pieces from jewelry to pottery, to…

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Kpop Academy Student ~ Week 10 ~ The Future of Kpop

Roxi — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:37:17 +0000

Week 10 of The Kpop Academy focused on the future of Kpop, guardian editor Edwina Musaka visited the KCC to give us her view and how she came to know about the world of Kpop. She went on to talk about the article she wrote: Bored of Simon Cowell? Try Kpop in which it…

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Kpop Academy Student ~ Week 9 ~ Kpop Vs Brit pop

Roxi — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:52:11 +0000

This week at the Kpop academy focused on British pop music vs’s Kpop music. We were given a mini presentation on of the various pop genres throughout the 60’s to current using examples such as Jo Yong Pil, SES, Spice girls, Beatles, Shinee and many more. We also split in to 4 groups and had…

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Kpop Academy Student ~ week 8 ~ Korean Traditional music

Roxi — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:50:47 +0000

This week at the Kpop academy focused on Korean traditional music, we were given a presentation on this by Professor Keith Howard from SOAS University, we were then splendidly surprised with a Gayageum performance by Jung Ji-Eun. She performed a total of 5 songs, one of them being a famous traditional folk song of Korea…

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Kpop Academy Student ~ Week 7 ~ Hot vs. Cold

Roxi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:55:26 +0000

Kpop academy ~ week 7 ~ hot vs. cold This week at the Kpop academy focused on hot vs. cold, thus meaning Kpop student’s bringing in a family member or friend who were either disinterested or dislikes Kpop.The class featured presentation about what the KCC do i.e. events, classes and charitable work, a brief overview…

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Kpop Academy Student ~ Week 6 ~ Meeting the leaders

Roxi — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:46:55 +0000

Week 6 at the Kpop Academy focused on meeting an influential and very important leader this week, we were given the privilege of visiting the Korean Ambassadors home in London. On arrival we were greeted by his Excellency Ambassador Choo and his exquisite wife Madame Song, and then escorted to a dining area where we…

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Kpop Academy Student ~ Week 5 ~ Kpop Dance

Roxi — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:22:19 +0000

Week 5 of the Kpop Academy focused on dance, where choreographer DanyDan Park and London dance team LoKo came to kcc to teach two Kpop dance’s; Big Bang’s ‘Fantastic baby’ and 2ne1’s ‘Clap your hands’. Team Loko girls taught Clap your hands, then DanyDan taught us his personal rendition of Fantastic baby, after being taught the routines…

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Kpop Academy Student ~ Week 4 ~ The Korean War

Roxi — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:58:06 +0000

Week 4 at the Kpop Academy focused on the Korean War from 1950-1953, we were given an insight into this historical event as the KCC gave us the privilege to watch popular K-movie “71-Into the fire” starring famous Korean actor Kwon Sang Woo and Big Bang’s T.O.P. Later we were then given an enlightening presentation…

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Kpop Academy Student ~ Week 3 ~ Korean Cuisine

Roxi — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:09:53 +0000

Week 3 of The Kpop Academy focused on Korean cuisine, this class took place at Dong San restaurant on Charing Cross road where we were given the task of observing and then cooking 2 Korean dishes; Kimbap and Tteobokk (rice cake). All 30 student were split into groups of 5 in which we were given a group name…

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