2024-2025 NYC PROJECT BRIDGE YOUTH AMBASSADORS Nathaly Collahuazo Senior at MESA Charter High School Born and raised in Brooklyn, I come from an immigrant Ecuadorian household and was taught the values of hard work, dedication, and most of all, grit from a very young age. Growing up as a first generation Latina, I […]
Join us for the next installment of our “Local Leadership in a Global Context” series, as we delve into a discussion with the Governor of Jeollanamdo Kim Yung-rok, moderated by Tom Byrne, President & CEO of The Korea Society. Governor Kim and Tom Byrne explore the intertwining of history with contemporary globalization, especially as it […]
The Korea Society is pleased to announce that the eighth annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Awardee is Dr. David Krolikoski, assistant professor at the University of Hawai’i. In his lecture Dr. Krolikoski examines The Silence of Love (Nim ŭi ch’immuk, 1926), the acclaimed collection of eighty-eight poems by Han Yong-un (1879-1944), a […]
Image credit: MurphyMade | Inside a one-room apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, Oliver lives a happily quiet life, listening to jazz records and caring for his favorite plant. But what else is there to do when you’re a Helperbot 3, a robot that has long been retired and considered obsolete? When his fellow Helperbot […]
Author photo credit: © Han Sehee Rising Korean literary star Yeon Somin makes her English-language debut with The Healing Season of Pottery, a feel-good story about a young woman finding solace and a sense of self through art. The winner of the prestigious Korea New Writers Award (for Lazy Kinko), Yeon’s latest, translated by the […]
Welcome to Marigold Mind Laundry, where we wash away the stains from your heart. In this enchanting tale—a blockbuster bestseller in Korea—the enigmatic owner of a magical laundromat that erases people’s painful memories must learn to find her own peace before she can truly help others. Born with mysterious powers she does not know how […]
We are pleased to announce that Jiyoung Suh, Vice President of The Korea Society, has been awarded the ROK Prime Minister’s Citation (국무총리 표창) in recognition of her exceptional contributions to advancing the Korean American community and the enhancement of national Korean prestige in the United States. With over 11 years of dedicated service at […]
In the modern tradition of abstract art, artists look beyond what we physically see. Using color, shape, line, and texture, they express strong emotional content without constraints of representation. Hayoon Jay Lee uses rice as object, motif, metaphor and visceral biomorphic forms, meticulously and meditatively arranging individual grains of rice into a surface with modeling […]
NEW YORK, NY — Oct 22, 2025 — The Korea Society (TKS) is pleased to announce that Abraham Kim, Ph.D., will become its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 19, 2026. Dr. Kim succeeds Thomas J. Byrne, who will step down after a decade of distinguished leadership. Since joining The Korea Society in […]
The Korea Society, Maekyung Media Group, Korea Finance Society (KFS), and Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) are co-hosting the Global Financial Leaders Forum 2024 on October 23, 2024, in New York. The global economy and investment markets are at a turning point due to shifts in the financial policies of major countries and the U.S. presidential […]
