Tag: Global Korea

Consequences of Korea’s Compressed Modernity

  Join our discussion about the consequences of Korea’s rapid economic development on the family unit and society at large, featuring Seoul National University sociology Professor Chang Kyung-Sup. This program is a collaboration with the Policy Department and the Education Department.   Consequences of Korea’s Compressed Modernity Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 7 PM (EST) […]

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The Impact of the U.S. Midterms and the U.S.-Korea Alliance

Join The Korea Society and Former Members of Congress (FMC) & the Congressional Study Groups for a dialogue with a bipartisan pair of Former Members of Congress to hear insights on the consequences of America’s midterm elections on the country at large and its dynamic relationship with South Korea. This conversation features former Representative Russ […]

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Three Futures: North Korea and the Korean Peninsula

  A discussion on the most likely scenarios for the future of the Korean Peninsula, featuring: Korea Risk Group CEO Chad O’Carroll, NK News Director and Professor at Kookmin University Andrei Lankov, NK News Lead Correspondent Jeongmin Kim, and NK News Senior Analytic Correspondent Colin Zwirko, in conversation with policy director Jonathan Corrado. Utilizing forecasts […]

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Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture 2022

  Join us for the Sixth Annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture!   Eunbin Chung, Assistant Professor at the University of Utah and the 2022 Sherman Family Korea Scholar Lecture awardee, will address National Identity Affirmation and Trust in Korea, Japan, and China from a unique perspective. Legacies of conflict and distrust have made it difficult […]

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Korean Peninsula Nuclear Update

  Join us for a discussion on North Korea’s domestic and foreign policy trends and how they tie in with the latest developments of nuclear weapons and missiles on and around the Korean Peninsula. The discussion features Open Nuclear Network (ONN) Senior Analyst Rachel Minyoung Lee and Analysts Jaewoo Shin and Tianran Xu, and Lauren […]

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Global Financial Leaders Forum 2022

The Maekyung Media Group, The Korea Society, Korea Finance Society, and Korea Investment Corporation are co-hosting the Global Financial Leaders Forum 2022 on October 12, 2022. This annual flagship event brings together leading figures from the finance community across the world to discuss emerging trends in today’s finance landscape and exchange insights on new pathways […]

Message in a Bottle: Broadcasting to North Korea

Join us for this discussion about the outside world’s attempts to reach the North Korean population through media, with Dong Hyuk Lee, Chief of Voice Of America’s Korean Service, and Dr. Jieun Baek, Fellow with the Korea Project and the Applied History Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, in conversation with Korea Society policy […]

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North Korea-China Relations after The Singapore Summit

Join us for this roundtable and podcast recording on North Korea-China Relations after The Singapore Summit, with Dr. Seong-Hyon Lee, senior fellow at the George H. W. Bush Foundation and a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. In conversation with policy director Jonathan Corrado, Dr. Lee’s talk explores the evolving relationship […]

State, Society, and Markets in North Korea

Join us for this discussion on North Korea’s evolving economy, state, and society with Dr. Andrew Yeo, the SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies at The Brookings Institution and Professor of Politics, Catholic University of America. Yeo’s new book, State, Society, and Markets in North Korea, examines the extent and limitations of reform and development […]

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US-Korea-China Relations

With strategic competition between the United States and China intensifying and a new South Korean President set to shift Seoul’s foreign policy preferences, join us for this discussion on US-Korea-China relations, featuring: Dr. Seong-Hyon Lee, Harvard University Fairbank Center visiting scholar and Former Director of Sejong Institute Center for Chinese Studies, Yun Sun, Senior Fellow […]

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