Senior professionals from the United Nations, business and media meet for three sessions with senior thoughts leaders on Korea and Northeast Asia. The course aims to advance knowledge of Korea and the region. Past graduates include the current White House Senior Adviser on Asia, Associated Press UN Bureau Chief, an Emmy award-winning ABC Executive […]
Congressional Research Service Asia Affairs specialists Mark Manyin and Emma Chanlett-Avery speak about the US Congress and Korea issues. Authors of important CRS reports on US-South Korea relations and negotiating with North Korea, Manyin and Chanlett-Avery appear in conversation with Senior Director Stephen Noerper. Capitol Hill and Korea with Mark Manyin and Emma Chanlett-Avery Friday, November 9, […]
North Korea Reform Radio and the Korea Society co-host a special reading of letters from North Korean defectors now residing in South Korea to those whom they miss from their hometowns in the North. The letters depict the realities of separation and human rights violations suffered by North Koreans. A question and answer session with […]
US Naval War College Professor and Asia-Pacific Studies Group Director Terence Roehrig discusses the nuclear umbrella in Northeast Asia in the context of deterrence theory and US strategy. In conversation with the Society’s Stephen Noerper, Roehrig examines the role of the nuclear umbrella in South Korean and Japanese defense planning and security calculations, including the […]
The Diplomat’s Ankit Panda discusses North Korea nuclear weapons, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and diplomatic pathways aimed at mitigating these threats. Panda, also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists, joins Associate Director Jonathan Corrado in this Young Asia Policy Professionals event, which is open to the public. Nukes, Missiles, and Ways to […]
The 1988 Seoul Olympics represents South Korea’s first foray as international host and hub. Senior Director and Columbia Adjunct Professor Stephen Noerper leads a special lunchtime discussion marking the thirtieth anniversary of the closing ceremony of the ‘88 Summer Games, which proved vital for Korea’s global “coming out,” Seoul’s development, and democracy’s hold. This program […]
Asia business and policy veterans Philip Sherman and David Anderson convene an Old Asia Hands luncheon to discuss negotiations around the Korean Peninsula. This group of seasoned professionals weighs the prospects for success in current ROK-DPRK and US-DPRK negotiations, with remarks by Senior Director Stephen Noerper. By Invitation Korea at a Crossroads: Inter-Korean Relations and […]
Director Savanna Washington offers a sneak preview of Playing Frisbee in North Korea (2018) for a Korea Society audience. She appears after in conversation with Columbia Professor Charles Armstrong and the Society’s Stephen Noerper. This colorful documentary vividly depicts the challenges of North Korea and potential warming through person-to-person contact. Playing Frisbee in North […]
His Excellency Moon Jae-in, President of Republic of Korea, addresses the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s alliance with the United States and efforts to denuclearize North Korea. This event was produced in collaboration with Council on Foreign Relations and Asia Society. Our Greater Alliance, Making Peace: A Conversation with President Moon Jae-in […]
Architect and educator Dongsei Kim–recipient of the 2018 Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Series award–explores how the discipline of architecture and landscape architecture investigates the Demilitarized Zone. Through the prism of spatial design and with three concrete examples, Professor Kim argues for a reformulation of exclusionary border conditions into inclusive spaces that become synergistic […]
