Prof. Jin Young Choi speaks with author Kyung-sook Shin about her novel ‘Please Look After Mom’ March 24, 2011
Join Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Chartis’ Jeffrey Hayman, J.P.Morgan’s Samuel Nam, and Citigroup’s Evan Alexander for a luncheon and panel discussion on the benefits of the KORUS FTA for the insurance industry and commercial and investment banks. The group will explore the the anticipated impact of the FTA on financial regulation relative to regulatory changes made […]
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 transition in the context of Chinese and North Korean party connections. Dr. Park addresses the impact of recent events and Chinese foreign policy toward the Peninsula for media and business […]
Dr. Colin Bradford, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and the Centre for Global Governance Innovation, addresses “hub” Korea’s recent success in hosting the G20 summit and offers insights into Korea’s growing global leadership role and the challenges still facing institutional and global governance. Dr. Colin Bradford and Dr. Stephen Noerper, senior vice president of […]
On December 10, 2010, The Korea Society hosted a panel discussion at the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta on the missionary experience in Korea. James T. Laney, former US ambassador to South Korea, led the panel, which included Donald Clark, professor of history at Trinity University, who gave an overview of the history […]
On December 9, 2010, The Korea Society and the World Affairs Council of Atlanta presented a panel on “Doing Business with Korea” at The Commerce Club in Atlanta, Georgia. Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Chairman of The Korea Society, moderated the panel, which included Ambassador Han Duk-soo, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States; […]
On November 18, 2010, Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Chairman of the Korea Society, hosted a discussion of the economic, trade, and regulatory issues covered at the G-20 Summit. The panel included Ambassador Young-Mok Kim, Consul General of The Republic of Korea in New York, William Rhodes, senior advisor to Citigroup and a G-20 participant, and James […]
Minji Park explores late autumn’s grasp and the onset of winter through a program of traditional six-string kǒmun’go. The evening’s selections pay tribute to the late season and highlight the masculine, deep sounds of one of Korea’s oldest native instruments. A winner at the 2010 World Korean Traditional Performing Arts Competition in New York, Minji […]
Dr. Colin Bradford, a leading voice on the “new dynamics of summitry,” returns for this third and final executive breakfast in our November G20 Seoul Summit series. Through a live call-in, Bradford will examine final preparations and innovations for the upcoming meeting of world leaders, as well as discuss Korea’s role as an innovation leader […]
This second in a series of executive breakfast sessions will address the November summit schedule with Dr. Marcus Noland, deputy director and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. After exploring the significance of the Seoul Summit and potential for institutional reform in our first breakfast of the series, this follow-up discussion will […]