Building on the momentum of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry Report on Human Rights in North Korea, The Korea Society has conducted a series of programs to shed light on North Korean Human Rights issue. Check out the latest programs below. North Korea Human Rights Join our membership program here! E-News sign-up Images […]
The Korea Society, the United States’ foremost non-profit dedicated to educating Americans about Korea, is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Sherman Emerging Scholar Lecture Series, an annual presentation for a scholar who has completed or nearly completed a Korea-related dissertation, but has yet to be appointed to a tenure-track professorship. Through the generous support […]
We at The Korea Society would like to bring to the attention of our friends and supporters that General James A Van Fleet, founder of The Korea Society, was himself a football champion. He received the Distinguished American Award in 1976, one the National Football Foundation’s and College Hall of Fame’s most prestigious honors; his […]
Featuring BowerGroupAsia managing director for Korea, Sue Mi Terry, and Park Strategies senior vice president Sean King, in conversation with senior director Stephen Noerper. Terry and King, two of the city’s hottest analysts of Korean and East Asian trends and shifts, speak to concerns about North Korea, China’s rise, and the early staking of the […]
January 20, 2017 The Korea Society would like to congratulate Ambassador Mark Lippert on his remarkable achievements in strengthening ties between the people of South Korea and the United States. His service as ambassador to the Republic of Korea, from October 2014 to January 2017, took the Korea Society’s mission of improving […]
Dr. Stephen Noerper, Korea Society senior director and Columbia University adjunct professor, opened by underscoring points made the day prior relative to the dangers of propaganda, trust deficit, and a lack of clear communication channels, which he felt appropriate in analyzing the growing threat posed by North Korea and problems confronting the United States, Russia, […]
Jieun Baek discusses North Korea’s Hidden Revolution, her new book on the information network growing within North Korea through exposure to foreign films, television, and books. Baek argues that access to information is sparking irreversible change in the social and political consciousness of North Korean citizens. A book signing follows. North Korea’s Information […]
Have a jOlly hOliday with Inspector O! The Korea Society offers its members and policy program participants a special gift in celebrating the release of the final Inspector O novel, The Gentleman from Japan, at 12 noon on December 12. Join us on 12-12 at 12 for the secretive and celebrated Church reading live (and […]
CSIS Korea Chair Victor Cha and Georgetown University Distinguished Professor Robert Gallucci release their advisory for the incoming President and next administration on how best to deal with issues and concerns on the Korean Peninsula. Advising the Next US President on Korea Victor D. Cha Director of Asian […]
Korea Society president Thomas Byrne, retired General Walter “Skip” Sharp, former U.S. commander in Korea, and Kathleen Stephens, former U.S. ambassador to Korea and William J. Perry Distinguished Fellow in the Korea Program at Stanford’s Shorenstein APARC , engage in discussion about the new U.S. president and political, economic and security options on Korea and East Asia. The New U.S. […]
