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

The Invitation-Only Zone with Robert Boynton

Robert Boynton, Director at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, discusses his new book, The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North

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North Korean Human Rights Revisited: Perspective of a Former North Korean Elite

Mr. Kim Hyung-Soo, a biophysicist from an elite cadre in North Korea, defected to South Korea in 2009. Though his wife was able to escape,

The Analysts

    In honor of ROK President Park Geun-Hye’s 2014 and 2015 autumn visits to New York and the United Nations, The Korea Society launched The

Reading the Two Koreas: Getting it Right

Robert Carlin, author, analyst and scholar at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, addresses how best to read Korean Peninsula developments, with an eye

Anti-Americanism in Democratizing South Korea: A Look Back

David Straub of Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center analyzed anti-US sentiments in Korea during his tenure at the US Embassy in Seoul

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North Korea and Information Access

Kang Cheol Hwan, author of Aquariums of Pyongyang and Sejun Park former DPRK refugee working for the North Korea Strategy Center, a Seoul-based NGO, spoke to the topic of

Korea’s Growing Role in Asia, Regional Cooperation, and National Unification

South Korea’s geopolitical position dictates maintaining a strong alliance with the U.S. while exploring a harmonious partnership with China to protect and pursue its national

Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

World leaders launched the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” at the United Nations Summit in September 2015. The Agenda was a plan of action for

Ambassador Kathleen Stephens, New Strides in U.S.-Korea Relations

Stanford University’s Kathleen Stephens discussed the recent visit by ROK President Park Geun-hye to the United States and United Nations, issues in bilateral affairs, and

Yeonmi Park: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom

Yeonmi Park, the 21-year-old North Korean defector and human rights activist, discussed her new book, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to

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