Past Events

Evolution of the U.S.-ROK Military Alliance

The U.S.-ROK military alliance is strong, according to General B.B. Bell, commander of United States Forces Korea, and the time has come to make it

The Secret History of Capitalism

From 18th Century Britain to 20th Century South Korea Over the last two and half decades, most developing countries have experienced slowing growth, rising inequality

Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood

  Exhibition January 31–April 18, 2008 Toys are always more meaningful than the simple playthings they appear to be. They can embody the fantasies, values,

Our Toys, Our Selves: Robot Taekwon V and South Korean Identity

    On February 7, 2008, Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park, an assistant professor in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of

North Korea: Market Opportunity, Poverty and the Provinces

When assessing the impact of the mid-1990s famine on the North Korean population, experts have been working on an assumption: that North Koreans living in

Reinventing Traditional Korean Music

Komun’go performance and master class with Heo Yoon-JeongKomun’go Performer and Composer Thursday, February 28, 2008 Legend has it that when Korean courtiers first played the

The New York Philharmonic

A Panel Discussion When the New York Philharmonic became the first American orchestra to play in North Korea on February 26, 2008, decades worth of

The Republic of Bloggers

With some of the highest rates of broadband and wireless Internet penetration in the world, Korea and Japan are home to thriving online communities that

New Beginnings: Post-Election Prospects for U.S.-ROK Relations

New Beginnings Project: Post-Election Prospects for U.S.-ROK Relations During a press conference held in New York at The Korea Society, three members of the New

2008 Annual Dinner

  DINNER PROGRAM Grand BallroomThe PlazaNew York City April 15, 2008 WELCOMEMr. Evans J.R. ReverePresidentThe Korea Society REMARKSThe Honorable Carlos M. GutierrezSecretaryU.S. Department of Commerce