Past Events

Korea and the Politics of Identity II: The First Generation

Susan Cox, Holt International Vice President of Policy and External Affairs and Honorary Korean Consul General for Oregon, looks at how the first generation of

North Korea’s Prisoners: The Gender Dimension

Roberta Cohen, co-chair of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, and Jinhye Jo, a North Korean refugee, examine the violence against women in

Confronting the Human Rights Challenge in North Korea

During Kim Jong-un’s rule, North Korea’s unrelenting deprivation of fundamental human rights has, if possible, gotten even worse. North Koreans seek to flee the regime

Art Workshop-Sumukhwa: Korean Ink Brush Painting

Artist Sungsook Setton introduces Sumukhwa, Korean ink brush painting, in this four-session course. Learn brush stroke techniques, composition, and essential skills by painting the four

Media Perceptions and Korea

Ivan Zakharchenko, UN Correspondent for Russia’s Ria-Novosti, reflects on his decades of covering the Korean Peninsula—including time in Seoul and Pyongyang reporting for TASS—as well

Walter “Skip” Sharp

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP and The Korea Society invite you to meet Walter “Skip” Sharp, retired United States Army Four Star General, Senior Strategic Adviser, Korea

Han Gong-ju

  New York Premiere Praised by Martin Scorsese, who presented it with the Golden Star for Best Film at the Marrakech International Film Festival last

24th Annual Golf Tournament

The Korea Society held its 24th Annual Golf Tournament on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Westchester County’s Wykagyl Country Club , a prestigious private club

MOEBIUS

New York Premiere A playfully twisted black comedy with no dialogue, Moebius is an everyday tale of penectomy, rape, sadomasochistic sex, and incestuous love. It

ROUGH PLAY

  North American Premiere Rough. Raw. Real. The Kim Ki-duk school of filmmaking has given us several great projects produced and written by Kim and

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