<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">This may be yet another case of my being the last to know.<BR>
But a chance encounter at an Anglo-Korean society function<BR>
- the first I had ever attended - led me to this helpful site,<BR>
which I had never come across before:<BR>
<BR>
<B>www.londonkoreanlinks.net</B><BR>
<BR>
It's the work of Philip Gowman, who works for JPMorgan Chase<BR>
in London. An evident enthusiast for Korea, he provides basic<BR>
information and links in a range of areas: <BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">What’s new<BR>
What’s on in London<BR>
Books<BR>
Film & DVD<BR>
Music<BR>
Art & Archaeology<BR>
Food & Restaurants<BR>
Conference Reports<BR>
Newspapers & Journals<BR>
Academia<BR>
Cultural Organisations<BR>
Koreans in London<BR>
Traveling to Korea<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"><BR>
While obviously some of this is mainly for people in London or UK,<BR>
much of it (eg the useful weblinks) can be accessed by anyone.<BR>
<BR>
And while avowedly introductory, this may be less overwhelming<BR>
for the neophyte than (say) the rich cornucopia of <B>www.koreaweb.ws</B><BR>
- which of course they can move on to later.<BR>
<BR>
A similar enthusiast's site, which I noted here a while back, is<BR>
Tanguy Verraes' very full Brussels-based <B>www.korea.be<BR>
</B><BR>
Or again, those in the US will probably already know the <BR>
funky <B>www.newyorkseoul.com - </B>whose varied delights<BR>
include a fascinating recent piece on "Coreans in Cuba"<BR>
www.newyorkseoul.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=58&lang=<BR>
<BR>
All thanks and praise to these commendable initiatives.<BR>
<BR>
No doubt we all get asked to recommend websites on Korea.<BR>
Besides Frank's incomparable KoreaWeb, and the ROK government's<BR>
stodgy but comprehensive <B>http://korea.net</B>, I usually start with three,<BR>
each again the product of individual enthusiasm and commitment:<BR>
<BR>
For culture and much more, Brother Anthony: <B>http://anthony.sogang.ac.kr</B><BR>
<BR>
For North Korea and more, Leonid Petrov's <B>http://north-korea.narod.ru<BR>
</B>- and the collective effort that is <B>www.nkzone.org</B><BR>
<BR>
These are of course deservedly well-known. But perhaps other readers may<BR>
similarly care to share any less familiar sites that they have come across?<BR>
<BR>
Happy surfing!<BR>
<BR>
Aidan FC<BR>
<BR>
AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER<BR>
Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University <BR>
Home address: 17 Birklands Road, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3BY, UK <BR>
tel: +44(0) 1274 588586 (alt) +44(0) 1264 737634 mobile: +44(0) 7970 741307 <BR>
fax: +44(0) 1274 773663 ISDN: +44(0) 1274 589280<BR>
Email: afostercarter@aol.com (alt) afostercarter@yahoo.com website: www.aidanfc.net<BR>
[Please use @aol; but if any problems, please try @yahoo too - and let me know, so I can chide AOL]<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></HTML>