This year, the Korea Society is honored to announce the 2026 Van Fleet Award recipient is Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, in recognition
Learn about: Leaders featured on Korea’s currency Neo-Confucianism Admiral Yi Soon-Shin Effects of Ming China’s collapse on Korean society Introduction of Catholicism New religious
Meet the prominent scholars of Confucianism during the Chosŏn period.
Yi Hwang: one of two pillars of Neo-Confucianism during the Chosŏn period–a scholar, educator, and strict interpreter of Zhu Xi.
Yi I: philosopher, politician, writer, and promoter of the village contract and local government; opponent of central government.
Chong Yak-yong: innovative thinker of Neo-Confucianism with influences from Western thought; looked into how Confucianism can solve social problems.
Master Korean phonetics in 30 minutes! Learn how Korea’s alphabet was created then practice the consonant and vowel sounds. Dr. Mark Peterson, Professor of Korean
Sijo is a unique form of Korean poetry. Explore sijo’s rubric and its contribution to world literature. Recite a few verses of
The new kingdom of Chosŏn began with the adoption of Confucianism. Explore this kingdom through poetic correspondence between loyalists and reformers, as well as King
It isn’t a surprise that Korea and Japan adopted Confucianism in different ways. Discover which country used it for bureaucracy and governance, and
On January 22, 2011, dozens of families joined The Korea Society to celebrate sŏllal, Korean New Year. Participants enjoyed a day of fun-filled family activities
