Tag: Geopolitical Affairs

Biden in Korea

REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE IN A BILATERAL MEETING    

The Korea Society @ Sarasota

The Korea Society’s national programs took place in Florida’s dynamic centers for arts, security and international trade. The Korea Society Chairman and senior director at McLarty Associates addressed 25 senior military and corporate leaders of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce on The Korean Peninsula and Strategic Risk. The President of The Korea Society, Ambassador Mark […]

The Korean Peninsula and Strategic Risk with Bruce Klingner

Heritage Senior Research Fellow in Northeast Asia and blog-force Bruce Klingner opines on recent challenges on the Korean Peninsula and implications for those assessing strategic risk on the Peninsula and in Northeast Asia. Klingner is a former intelligence official, Intellibridge executive and Eurasia Group analyst, and is a frequent voice on Capitol Hill and in […]

Women’s Leadership and Higher Education in Korea

One of Korea’s foremost educational leaders, Ewha Womans University President Kim Sun Uk shares insights into the role of higher education in fostering female leadership and transforming Korean society. Ewha, founded by an American Methodist missionary with a single student in 1886, has grown into the world’s largest, most comprehensive and prestigious women’s university, and […]

Korea and Media Perceptions

Washington, DC-based Thomson Reuters Asia correspondent Paul Eckert joins in conversation with The Korea Society’s Stephen Noerper for discussion of U.S. media perceptions and the Korean Peninsula. With rich exposure around Asia to the White House, and with Korean, Chinese and Japanese languages to boot, Eckert weighs good stories and good reporting, examines the how’s […]

The Korean Peninsula and Strategic Risk

Korea’s Ambassador for International Security, the Honorable Chung Min Lee, addresses changes on the Korean Peninsula, recent challenges from North Korea, attendant market impacts, and the evolving investment climate for U.S. and international business. This special Studio Korea session lends insight into immediate security concerns, as well as mid and long-term opportunities and challenges. Lee […]

Tyranny of the Weak

Columbia University Professor Charles Armstrong unveils his latest work, Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950-1992, for members and media. Armstrong exposes the motivations, processes and effects of DPRK Cold War foreign relations. Drawing from Soviet, Chinese and East German archives, he reveals how North Korea managed fellow communist states, maintained independence […]

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A Veterans Tribute

Join Korean War veterans for a Radio Days-style salute, featuring a program of recorded end-of-war stories on our vintage-1953 stage set. Serving those who served, The Korea Society offers a special Korean dinner, with end-of war tunes to round out this special commemoration. Many participants attending will venture to Washington, DC for a Saturday gathering […]

Korea’s Public Diplomacy

The Korea Society Senior Vice President, Dr. Stephen Noerper, speaks to a Brookings Institution gathering on the evolution and scope of South Korea’s public diplomacy efforts. He charts the beneficial impacts of the follow-on to Korea’s political, economic and business success, Korea’s cultural flowering of the last decade, and Korea’s branding efforts across public and […]