It is with regret that I need to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances I will have to stop working on Daejeon What's On and Daejeon What's Where.
As many of you know, these two blogs grew out of an earlier project of mine KAIST What's On [which continues as a project of the KAIST Undergraduate Students Association]. The aim of the project was two-fold namely (1) to let people know in English what was happening in and around Daejeon and (2) to help in the economic growth of the city and its region by encouraging people to spend money here.
While work on the blogs has been surprisingly time consuming, I have always enjoyed doing it and hope it has been of some benefit to you.
For now, be good and happy,
best wishes,
Simon
p.s. For those of you who still want to keep up with what's happening in Daejeon, I would recommend to you the following websites:
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For movies:
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1. The Daejeon site for the Korean Language Movie site 'Cinecine.com'
http://www.cinecine.co.kr/playing_info.asp?state=4
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2. The site for the Daejeon Art Cinema:
http://www.cinei.org/
[once there scroll down to the 'cafe.naver.com/artcinema' link to see upcoming programs].
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For Concerts etc../
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1. The website for the Daejeon Cuture & Arts Center:
http://www.djac.or.kr/index.html
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2. The Daejeon site for the Interpark.com ticket purchasing website:
http://ticket.interpark.com/TiKi/Special/TPRegionReserve.asp?ImgYn=Y&Region=42061&RegionName=대전
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General Sites:
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In additon to these sites a number of other sites are worth keeping an eye on including:
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1. The ever present and reliable Socious in Daejeon site run by Kimberely Hogg:
http://www.socius.or.kr/
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2. the all Korean website Love Daejeon
http://lovedaejeon.kr/
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[Please keep an eye on this post over the couple of days as I will put up some links to some more resources as the week goes on]
Prominant Korean guitarist Seung Kook Oh will be performing at the in Daejeon at the Daejeon Centre for Arts & Culture of Sunday the 12th of October 2008 as part of the 2008 Daejeon Guitar Festival. Oh, born in 1957, was introduced to the guitar at the age of eleven. He debuted at the Sejong Center in Korea in 1979, studying abroad in Spain in 1982. He mastered the classical guitar at the Real Conservatorio de Madrid (Royal Conservatory of Madrid) under Professor Eugenio Gonzalo. He also earned a diploma from the David Russell Guitar Course. After graduating first in his class from the Real Conservatorio de Madrid in 1986, he received the Gran Premio (grand prize) in the Spanish Guitar Contest. He also won a prize at the Segovia Contest. He went on a recital tour to South America including Chile and Peru and participated in an invitational recital at the Canada Guitar Festival. Since returning to Korea in 1989, he has given dozens of guitar recitals. His recording of the Violin Sonata E Minor by Paganini was used as the musical theme for the TV drama “The Hourglass.” He also played crossover music in various concerts. In 2001 he played Concierto De Aranjuez with the New Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at the Seoul Art Center.
