Past Events

New Narratives in Korea: Baek Sehee

  Part memoir, part self-help book, and completely engrossing, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee is a book

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Korea & FIFA World Cup

  South Korea holds the proud distinction of being the first independent Asian country to participate in a FIFA World Cup tournament in 1954. Still,

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Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture 2022

  Join us for the Sixth Annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture!   Eunbin Chung, Assistant Professor at the University of Utah and the 2022

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Three Futures: North Korea and the Korean Peninsula

  A discussion on the most likely scenarios for the future of the Korean Peninsula, featuring: Korea Risk Group CEO Chad O’Carroll, NK News Director

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Author Talks: Bora Chung

 Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the winner of a PEN/Heim Grant, Cursed Bunny  is the wildly original debut story collection from Bora Chung “Whether borrowing

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The Impact of the U.S. Midterms and the U.S.-Korea Alliance

Join The Korea Society and Former Members of Congress (FMC) & the Congressional Study Groups for a dialogue with a bipartisan pair of Former Members

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INTERVIEW with Seoul Mayor OH SE-HOON

Join us for a conversation with Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon moderated by The Korea Society President & CEO Tom Byrne. This interview is reintroduced under

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Young Professionals’ Network: Meet the Leaders of Venture Capital

Did you know that leading tech companies, namely Apple, Google, and Microsoft, started their journey with venture capital funding? As many success stories suggest, venture

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2023 New Year Greetings to the Alliance from Lee Jong-Sup, ROK Minister of National Defense

South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup gives his New Year greetings. Marking the year 2023 as the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Alliance, Defense Minister

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South Korea’s Demographic Challenge

Join us for a discussion on the causes and consequences of South Korea’s shrinking birth rate, including its impact on social and civic relations, the

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