Tag: North Korea

Gallery Talk: Collecting art in North Korea w/ Katherine Zellweger

Feast or Famine features 23 original posters from the Katharina Zellweger Collection. Zellweger collected over 100 posters during her tenure as the director of the

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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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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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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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Knowing North Korea: Humanitarian Insights with Katharina Zellweger

The Korea Society continues its Knowing North Korea series covering economy and investment; nuclear and other security issues; refugees; NGOs and humanitarian affairs; energy, agriculture,

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2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: A Policy Discussion

Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, and Alexandra Toma, founder and co-chair of the Fissile Materials Working Group, examine the issues surrounding the upcoming

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After Kim Jong Il: A Policy Discussion

With the passing of North Korea’s Kim Jong Il, we have seen telecast images from Pyongyang of mass grief; South Korea offering sympathy to the

Refugee Insights

Marcus Noland, deputy director and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, addresses The Korea Society on his and Professor Stephan Haggard’s study of surveys conducted

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China’s Approach to North Korea

Mansfield Foundation Executive Director Gordon Flake discusses the complexities of China’s role in dealing with North Korea. Though stating concern about North Korea’s nuclear and

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North Korea’s Leadership Transition: The China Connection

Dr. John Park, formerly of Goldman Sachs and now director of the Korea Working Group at the U.S. Institute of Peace, explores North Korea’s leadership

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