Seoul Céilí: Irish Music and Dance Festival September 15, 2012

Get your dancing shoes warmed up as you are being served with advanced notice, the Irish Association of Korea’s 2012 Seoul Céilí: Irish Music and Dance Festival has been scheduled for September 15.

Once again, we have the very generous support of Daesung to thank for the use of their excellent facilities at the new D-Cube Center in Sindorim Seoul.

Here’s our update from the event last September.

Please visit our official event pages on Facebook and Meetup for full details and updates as they happen for both events.

K-Pop Hits Dublin!

Some of you may be interested in seeing this.

Not long ago, a flash mob took place at the top of Grafton Street in Dublin. As you can see from the video below, it’s fairly specific to Korea!

The event was organised to by The Korean Show, a radio programme on 103.2 Dublin City FM (Facebook link). Also worth saying hello to is K-Pop Ireland, a group of Korea enthusiasts based in Ireland who are quite active!

Well done to everyone involved.

Perhaps we could organise an Irish flash mob in Korea…or was Paddy’s Day enough already?

Embassy message – Asia Pacific Irish Business Forum

“Many of you will remember that last October Korea played host to the Asia Pacific Irish Business Forum. This Friday, 13 July the second Irish based Forum will be held at Croke Park with the keynote address delivered by the Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny, T.D.

Korean speakers at APIBF include  H.E. Mr. Chang Yeob Kim, Ambassador of Korea and Gwang Young Chung, Director General, KOTRA London and Irish business experts with proven success in Korea at APIBF  include Colin Lawlor from BiancaMed and  Kevin O’ Leary from Qumas.

We at the Embassy expect that this will be another excellent opportunity for Irish businesses working in Korea to network with others working in the region and to learn more about the opportunities now opening up.

Further details on how to register can be found www.apibfireland.com.

The next Asian based APIBF is expected to be in Kuala Lumpur on the eve of the Asian Gaelic Games in October.”