1995 Van Fleet Award Honoree CHULSU KIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Chulsu Kim joined the World Trade Organization as its deputy director-general on July 1, 1995. Before coming to Geneva, Kim pursued a long and distinguished career with the Korean Government in the field of trade policy making and international trade […]
1996 Van Fleet Award Honoree JAMES T. LANEYAMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA During your extraordinary and wide-ranging career, there has been a strong and recurring theme: Korea. I remember, from our very first meeting in Atlanta in 1993, the enthusiasm with which you spoke of your […]
1997 Van Fleet Award Honoree PYONG HWOI KOOCHAIRMAN KOREA INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION Pyong-Hwoi Koo became chairman of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) in February 1994 after serving as its vice chairman from 1985. Chairman Koo’s business career with the LG Group began in 1951, as a manager at Lucky Chemical Company. During […]
1998 Van Fleet Award Honoree JEONG H. KIMPRESIDENT OF LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES’ CARRIER NETWORK GROUP Jeong H. Kim is president of Lucent Technologies’ Carrier Networks Group, where he is responsible for Lucent’s worldwide offering of data networking products to service providers. Kim assumed this key position in May 1998 upon Lucent’s $1 billion strategic acquisition […]
1999 Van Fleet Award Honoree WILLIAM J. PERRYSPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR U.S.-NORTH KOREA POLICY REVIEW FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE In 1998, having capped an outstanding career in public service by serving with distinction as U.S. Secretary of Defense, William J. Perry was asked by President Clinton to […]
2000 Van Fleet Award Honoree JIMMY CARTER39TH PRESIDENTUNITED STATES OF AMERICA In early summer 1994, a serious military crisis with nuclear implications was developing on the Korean Peninsula. Misunderstandings and mutual suspicions abounded between Seoul and Pyongyang, the rhetoric was heated, and the United States was preparing to increase its forces […]
At the 2020 Annual Dinner, the Korea Society will honor two distinguished groups as recipients of the Van Fleet Awards. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, the Korea Society will present a Van Fleet Award to the U.S. Korean War veterans, honoring their contribution and sacrifice to strengthen the defense alliance […]
2001 Van Fleet Award Honoree KIM KYUNG WONPRESIDENTINSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCESREPUBLIC OF KOREA Over the past quarter century, Kim Kyung Won has made an indispensable contribution to the Republic of Korea’s stunning rise to political prominence in Northeast Asia. Born in North Korea, Kim escaped to the South as a 15 year-old boy […]
The Seoul Forum 2022 was a perfect occasion to mark The Korea Society’s 65th anniversary by bringing together from the U.S. and Korea participants who value stronger bilateral ties. It was a great opportunity to address critical issues in the U.S.-Korea relationship with leading experts, notably with a moderated dialogue with former U.S. Secretary of […]
