Tag: Geopolitical Affairs

Feeding North Korea: Food Security and Nutritional Assistance

What is the current state of malnutrition in North Korea and need for food? How should the international community respond? What measures are in place

Reading North Korea

How does one analyze North Korea developments? Is it possible to get a clear read and, if so, in what areas? Is North Korea a

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Corporate Views on Korea: From FTA Implementation to the Presidential Election

  Now that the KORUS FTA has been in effect for three months, what has changed in the business environment between the United States and

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Knowing North Korea Book Event: Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea

What is it like to serve as one’s national representative in North Korea? How is one received, from leaders to ordinary North Koreans? How does

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Covering North Korea

What is it like to be posted in Pyongyang? What are the limitations and opportunities of reporting from a closed state? What are myths or

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The Korea Society Welcomes ROK National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-Hwa

The Honorable Chung Ui-Hwa is the ROK National Assembly Speaker (Acting), a member of the 18th National Assembly, Vice Speaker, member of the National Defense

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Negotiating North Korea

What is the current trajectory of U.S.-DPRK relations? Should denuclearization continue to be the central focus of U.S. approach? Joining us for this next installment

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Asian Development Outlook 2012: Confronting Rising Inequality in Asia

 Dr. Changyong Rhee, Chief Economist for the Asian Development Bank, will unveil the ADB’s annual flagship publication, Asian Development Outlook 2012, at The Korea Society,

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Korea and the World: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

Intra-regional trade and investment between Asia and Latin America have tripled since the 1990s. According to the Inter-American Development Bank, Mexico absorbs more than 25

Book Cafe: Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Author and journalist Blaine Harden speaks about his remarkable and harrowing account of refugee Shin Dong-hyuk’s birth into and eventual escape from the North Korean

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