[eccr] Re: Korean Film symposium 20 May

>Hallyuwood:
>Korean Screen Culture Goes Global
>
>Friday, 20 May 2005
>Senate House, London 10.00-17.00
>
>Largely unknown in the global backwaters of Europe, Korean popular culture
>is the success story of the last decade. K-dramas, or Korean television
>dramas, are emptying the streets not only of East Asia, but also from
>Mexico City to Cairo. Korean boy bands and Korean fashion trends are
>ultra-chic throughout East Asia. And Korean cinema has the distinction of
>being the only national cinema to claw back from losing 80% of its box
>office to Hollywood and regain a majority of the domestic market, at the
>same time as it is exported globally. This symposium introduces the Korean
>Wave (hallyu), as this phenomenon is known.
>
>£ 10 Standard. £5 Concessions (Students/Unemployed)
>
>Enquiries and Advance Bookings: Deans Office, School of Advanced Study
>Tel: 020 7862 8659; Fax: 020 7862 8657; Email: (Tine.Hansen /at/ sas.ac).ukUTH

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