Geopolitical Affairs Programs

2026 Gala

2026 Annual Gala

2026 Van Fleet Award Honoree
JENSEN HUANG
Founder & CEO
NVIDIA

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

China-Korea Relations

  Senior analyst Yang Xiyu, Senior Fellow at China’s Institute of International Studies, joins Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion of China’s role

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North Korea: Peace? Nuclear War?

Harvard University’s William Overholt discussed the release of his new edited volume, North Korea: Peace? Nuclear War? with Society President Tom Byrne. Overholt tackled the

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Korea-Japan Relations and the US Role

  Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Sheila Smith joined Korea Society Chairman Ambassador Thomas Hubbard for a discussion on the recent challenges to Korea-Japan

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Making North Korea Creditworthy: What Will It Take to Finance Its Post Nuclear Development?

The U.S. and South Korea have promised a bright future for North Korea if it denuclearizes. Reform is fundamentally North Korea’s choice. But a successful

ARMISTICE DAY SALUTE 2019

66th Anniversary of Signing of Korean War Armistice to be Commemorated Friday, July 26, 2019 at Noon in Battery Park Dozens of U.S. and South

Hope For My People with Joseph Kim

  Joseph Kim was born and raised in North Korea. At the age of 12, his father died of starvation and he was separated from

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Trauma Care and North Korea

  Harvard Medical School Global Surgery Scholar Kee B. Park, M.D. and Korea Foundation-Vrije Universiteit Brussel Korea Chair Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo examined North Korea’s

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Marketization and North Korea

Stanford University Visiting Fellow Andray Abrahamian and Korea Economic Institute Nonresident Fellow Yonho Kim join Society President Thomas Byrne to discuss how North Korea’s marketization

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Fashion and Power: Clothing of the Qing Dynasty Empresses

Dr. Chung Young Yang, a director on the Korea Society’s board, is Chair of the Society’s Arts & Culture Committee. Explore the intricate artisanship and

Korea-U.S.-China Relations: National Committee on American Foreign Policy Trilateral Dialogue

The National Committee on American Foreign Policy spearheads an all-day discussion among senior U.S., Korean and Chinese scholars, analysts, and former government officials at the