Author Jang Jin-sung, on his first visit to the U.S., discusses his new book, Dear Leader Poet, Spy, Escapee—A Look Inside North Korea, which describes his life in North Korea as a psychological warfare officer and one of Kim Jong-il’s revered “court poets,” as well as his dramatic escape to China and South Korea. Jang […]
Celebrate Korea’s handicrafts and artistic traditions with adoptive parents Debbi Kent and Joan Suwalsky in a talk about their new book, 100 Thimbles in a Box: The Spirit and Beauty of Korean Handicrafts . The authors will share their experiences in researching and writing this beautiful book of nearly 500 photographs illustrating 44 traditional arts, […]
Donald P. Gregg, former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea and Chairman Emeritus of The Korea Society, discusses his fascinating new memoir, Pot Shards. The book relates experiences from a career that includes thirty-one years as a CIA operations officer and ten years in the White House, which culminated in an appointment as the National Security […]
Suki Kim, who has written about North Korea for Harper’s and The New York Review of Books,discusses Without You, There Is No Us, her fascinating new book which chronicles her six month stay in North Korea, where she taught English to the sons of the North Korean elite at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology […]
On October 20th, Christopher R. Hill, former U.S. Ambassador to Seoul and now Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, visited The Korea Society to talk about his recently published memoir, “Outpost, Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy.” Ambassador Christopher R. Hill’s Memoir: Outpost Monday, […]
Author Euny Hong discusses, with The Wall Street Journal Online’s columnist Jeffrey Yang, her first nonfiction book, The Birth of Korean Cool, which mixes stories from her childhood in Korea with in-depth reporting and exclusive interviews with government officials and cultural icons. The result is an entertaining look at how South Korea made an unprecedented […]
A bestseller in Korea, with over 100,000 copies sold, The Samsung Way reveals the management principles driving one of the world’s most innovative Korean companies. Having conducted over 80 interviews with senior Samsung executives, Dr. Jaeyong Song discusses the compelling transformation of Samsung from a low-cost original equipment manufacturer to a global leader and industry […]
Kyung-sook Shin, one of Korea’s most acclaimed writers and author of the international bestseller Please Look After Mom, has written a seventh novel, I’ll Be Right There, a coming-of-age story set in South Korea’s turbulent 1980s. Following the June 3rd release of the English translation of I’ll Be Right There, Ms Shin visits The Korea […]
Novelist Cho Chongnae’s How in Heaven’s Name focuses on a group of Korean youths conscripted and forced to serve across Asia and Europe in World War II. Translators Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton discuss this compelling work. Moderated by Dr. Stephen Noerper, senior vice president of The Korea Society. Korea and the Politics of Identity I: […]
Chang-rae Lee, the award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered, has written a fifth book, On Such a Full Sea, which is a highly provocative, deeply affecting story of one woman’s legendary quest in a shocking, future America. Following the January publication of this much anticipated new novel, Chang-rae Lee sits down with fellow […]
