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 Honorable Han Sung Joo @ TKS

On February 25th, the Honorable Han Sung Joo met with senior policy analysts and the senior leadership of The Korea Society for a private roundtable

Human Rights and Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula

Marking a year since the release of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) Report on North Korea, Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Advisor and Korea

Decision in Korea: Six Decades On

Part of the Legacies in Korea-U.S. Relations and Media Perceptions of Korea Series Rutherford Poats, former United Press War Correspondent and Bureau Chief, discusses his

Korea and the Hill

Michael Schiffer, Senior Advisor and Counselor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, offers insights on the new 114th Congress and its effect on Korea policy.

Reflections on Korea: In Conversation with Ambassador Stephen Bosworth

Harvard Kennedy School-Belfer Center Senior Fellow Stephen Bosworth reflects on his years of professional and personal commitment to Korea. Belfer Center for Science and International

ROK Presidential Committee for Unification Preparation Briefing

Vice Chairman Chung Chong-Wook and distinguished members Ha Young-Sun and Kim Joo-Hyun of the ROK Presidential Committee for Unification Preparation discuss their mission and early

Slavery and Forced Labor: Beyond the UN Report on Human Rights in North Korea

The findings of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea (UN COI) outline in horrendous detail the crimes against humanity

Rifts and Bonds: Assessing North Korea-China Relations

Harvard Belfer Center’s John Park, one of the nation’s most eminent Korea analysts, speaks to relations between Pyongyang and Beijing, with an eye to emerging

Sanctions Fact and Sanctions Fiction

Former UN Panel of Experts member William Newcomb explains sanctions on North Korea, the current momentum for and against sanctions in the UN system and