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 of his visionary leadership and transformative contributions to the artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor industries — sectors central to the evolving U.S.–Korea economic partnership. Jensen Huang co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 […]
Korean visual entertainment—including films, K-dramas, and K-pop music videos—is the result of highly sophisticated planning and production. These productions captivate a global audience by synthesizing music, narrative, and styling to deliver striking visual aesthetics and compelling emotional narratives. Costume is central to this production system, and it plays an instrumental role in the aesthetic […]
The Korea Society warmly invites you to the 35th Annual Van Fleet Memorial Golf Tournament, taking place on May 18, 2026. We are pleased to return to Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey, a National Historic Landmark and distinguished host of multiple major golf championships. This year’s tournament will once again be held on the […]
Author Photo: Melmel Chung In If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light, Korean science fiction superstar Kim Choyeop leads us to places we never thought we’d reach, imagining worlds galaxies away and unfamiliar lifeforms with near-dizzying humanity. A stunning and poignant collection of literary speculative fiction stories that explore the complexities of identity, love, […]
Across Languages: New Voices in Korean Poetry brings together acclaimed South Korean poets Lee Jenny, Yoo Heekyung, Oh Eun, and Shin Hae-uk with award-winning literary translators Archana Madhavan and Stine An, for a Korean–English bilingual reading and conversation to share the dynamism and innovations of language in Korean poetry culture. Through poetry and discussion, […]
Author Photo Credit: Hyun Seok “Her fiction is a breath-taking piece of cinematic art itself. Reminiscent of the world we experienced in Matrix, Inception, and Dark City, still it leads us to this entirely original structure, which is a ground-breaking, mystic literary and cinematic experience. Indeed, powerful and graceful.”—Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of Parasite In […]
We invite you to The Korea Society’s Spring 2026 Happy Hour! Celebrate the arrival of spring with a cherry blossom–themed happy hour, inspired by Korea’s beloved cherry blossom festivals. This event will take place at The Korea Society (350 Madison Ave, Fl 24, New York, NY 10017) on Thursday, April 2nd at 6:00 PM. Connect […]
We invite you to The Korea Society’s Spring 2026 Happy Hour! Celebrate the arrival of spring with a cherry blossom–themed happy hour, inspired by Korea’s beloved cherry blossom festivals. This event will take place at The Korea Society (350 Madison Ave, Fl 24, New York, NY 10017) on Thursday, April 2nd at 6:00 PM. Connect […]
2025-2026 NYC PROJECT BRIDGE YOUTH AMBASSADORS Nadia Allahmorad Junior at Francis Lewis High School. I was born and raised in Queens and am passionate about learning. At school, I serve as the vice president of the Accounting, Commerce, and Economics club, participate in various other clubs, and tutor my peers. Outside of academics, […]
