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

Progress in US-Korea Relations

In the wake of recent security challenges on the Korean Peninsula and in advance of the US Presidential elections, USC Korean Studies Institute director and noted

Fault Lines in a Rising Asia

In his new release, Fault Lines in a Rising Asia, ambassador, scholar, and analyst Chung Min Lee addresses the downsides of Asia’s rise and the

North Korea’s 7th Party Congress and its Implications

Embed from Getty Images   Join the Hyundai Motor–Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy, the National Committee on North Korea, and The

The Legacy of General James Van Fleet

Joseph McChristian, president of the Van Fleet Foundation, discusses the life and legacy of Korean War commanding general James Van Fleet. McChristian, Van Fleet’s grandson, examines

Engaging North Korea

Stephan Haggard, author of Hard Target: Engaging North Korea, provides an assessment of a North Korea that is undergoing substantial economic and social change under

Kim Koo Professional Series

The Kim Koo Professional Series at the Korea Society brings together senior New York professionals for a timely discussion of events on the Korean Peninsula

Korea-Japan Relations: Potential and Progress

Frayed relations between Korea and Japan appear to be on the mend with the late December announcement aimed at drawing the comfort women issue to

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Political Forecast 2016: Korea and Its Neighbors

The United States and Korea see tremendous regional flux in 2016. Tensions in East Asia have grown with China’s military activities in the South China

North Korean Human Rights: Two Years beyond the COI Report

The Korea Society marks two years since the release of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry Report (COI) with a message from South Korea’s Ambassador on

Invisible Children: The Stateless Children of North Korean Refugees

Sylvia Kim, a human rights lawyer and policy advisor with the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea, offers an overview of the international