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Fun on the dark side

http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/reviews/other_categories/article1279157.ece AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER Victor Cha THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE North Korea, past and future 530pp. Bodley Head. £25. 978 1 84792 235 9 John Everard ONLY BEAUTIFUL, PLEASE A British diplomat in North Korea 260pp. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Paperback, £12.99 … Continue reading

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Hwang Ji-hae: “I get inspirations from the gardens I saw while growing up.”

Hwang Ji-hae: “I get inspirations from the gardens I saw while growing up.” http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/design2/layout/content_print.asp?group_id=104282 Kim Yun-deok Staff Reporter The Chosun Ilbo “Can you make me look attractive to investors?” Everyone laughs when Hwang Ji-hae (Jihae Hwang), 36, the “queen of … Continue reading

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When opposites attract (a preview of Ahn Eun-me’s Princess Bari at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival)

Tradition and the avant-garde clash in Korean choreographer Ahn Eun-me’s gender-busting new show, hears Mark Brown The Herald ARRIVING at a beautiful traditional Korean restaurant in the centre of Seoul to meet the renowned choreographer Eun-Me Ahn is a deeply … Continue reading

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Through a Filmmaker’s Lens, a View of Korea

By JANINE ARMIN Published: June 13, 2011 This spring, the art establishment in South Korea made headlines worldwide by selecting the Chinese artist, activist and now political prisoner Ai Weiwei to co-direct the coming 2011 Gwangju Design Biennial. The country’s … Continue reading

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Park Seo-bo: ‘Role of Art Is To Make People Worry’

Korean artist Park Seo-bo takes off his jaunty bowler hat. A ring on his hand with a purple gemstone the size of a small chicken egg catches the light of a late winter afternoon. At 80 years old, Mr. Park … Continue reading

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Mother of All Mothers

The leadership secrets of Kim Jong Il – B.R.Myers https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/09/mother-of-all-mothers/303403/ REVIEWS Kim Jong Il: North Korea’s Dear Leader By Michael Breen, John Wiley and Sons Korean Endgame By Selig S. Harrison, Princeton Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader … Continue reading

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Sun, Moon and Five Peak Screens

In an earlier issue of the Hong Kong Medical Journal ((Chadwick A. Sun, moon, and immortal peaches. HKMJ 1996;2: 234-5. )), I highlighted and explored the art, philosophy, and iconography of Korean screens in the Neo-Confucian Choson dynasty court. This … Continue reading

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