Past Events

Asia Week 2014

  Explore Korean fine art from The Korea Society vaults and new acquisitions, with an eye to Korea’s celebrated ceramics. This exhibition honors recent gifts

UN Commission of Inquiry Report on North Korea

Amnesty International’s Frank Jannuzi discusses the release of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) report of North Korean human rights violations. The report follows

An Evening of Contemporary Asian Art

Join us at Coohaus Art for a reception; private tour of the art exhibition, Camera Lucida Revisited; and an introductory talk on contemporary Asian art

Park’s Historic Dresden Address on Unification

On March 28, 2014, Korean President Park Geun-hye delivered a historic address on Korean unification at the Dresden University of Technology in Dresden, Germany.   Friday,

The Art of Ooh-Ree Floral Design

With Spring just around the corner, learn the basics of Korean flower arranging in this introductory course. Traditionally, flowers in Korea have been associated with

KOREAN CINEMA TODAY

A Conversation With Nicolas Archambault, Director of Asian Programming, Fantasia International Film Festival, and Tom Vick, Curator of Film Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution.

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Inside North Korea

In December 2011, Kim Jong-un took over for his father as supreme leader of North Korea. More than two years into Kim Jong-un’s reign, many

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Director’s Talk with Hark-Joon Lee

Director Hark-Joon Lee, long-time reporter turned filmmaker, discusses his amazing, and in some cases life-threatening, experiences making documentaries on two wildly different subjects: North Korean

9 Muses of Star Empire

Filmmaker Hark-Joon Lee chronicles the making of an all girl band in this insightful documentary on K-Pop—the multi-billion dollar South Korean musical entertainment industry. 9

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Remarks By President Obama and President Park of The Republic of Korea in Joint Press Conference

On April 25, 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke in a joint press conference with President Park of the Republic of Korea at the Blue House, Seoul,