Tami Overby, Vice President of the Asia Division of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and President of the U.S. Korea Business Council, reflects on the first two years of the Korea-U.S Free Trade Agreement (KORUS). Have Korean and U.S. firms gained increased market access? Ms. Overby addresses opportunities for investment and new partnerships. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Following on the historic Obama-Xi summit in California, in anticipation of the late June Xi-Park summit, and in marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, The Korea Society hosts several prominent voices on Asia. The National Committee on American Foreign Policy’s Don Zagoria, Evans Revere, Ambassador Winston Lord and The Korea […]
Hyundai is committed to corporate social responsibility and philanthropy in North America. Through its Hyundai Hope On Wheels program, Hyundai will donate over $14 million for pediatric cancer research to institutions across the U.S. in 2013. This will bring the organization’s total support to pediatric cancer research to over $72 million since its inception in […]
Recent headlines about high-profile cyber attacks on American and Korean corporations should prompt all companies to examine their procedures for recovering from a data breach. Expert Joseph V. DeMarco, Esq., provides an overview of the key laws and regulations that affect businesses and addresses the practical considerations for fulfilling those obligations. Those interested in receiving […]
The Japan Society and The Korea Society welcome U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, Ambassador Glyn Davies, for a discussion on U.S. diplomacy toward North Korea in the the wake of North Korea’s December 2012 missile launch, February 2013 nuclear test, and recent bellicose rhetoric. He will discuss U.S. policy toward North Korea and […]
