The U.S. and South Korea have promised a bright future for North Korea if it denuclearizes. Reform is fundamentally North Korea’s choice. But a successful economic transition will take a long time given that North Korea remains stuck in a low-income trap. Pyongyang’s “marketization from below” and ring-fenced infrastructure projects will not be enough. North […]
66th Anniversary of Signing of Korean War Armistice to be Commemorated Friday, July 26, 2019 at Noon in Battery Park Dozens of U.S. and South Korean Veterans, Council Member Vallone, and Korean Consul General to Attend as Plaque with Updated Casualties Statistics Unveiled JULY 26, 2019 — NEW YORK —A ceremony to honor those who […]
Joseph Kim was born and raised in North Korea. At the age of 12, his father died of starvation and he was separated from his mother and sister. In 2006, Joseph escaped North Korea into China. A year later, he was resettled in the United States as a North Korean refugee. Since then, Joseph […]
Harvard Medical School Global Surgery Scholar Kee B. Park, M.D. and Korea Foundation-Vrije Universiteit Brussel Korea Chair Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo examined North Korea’s growing injury burden and the regime’s ability to respond. They addressed marketization, affluence, political factors, domestic and international resource mobilization, sanctions impact, and roadmaps for a multistakeholder national system. […]
Stanford University Visiting Fellow Andray Abrahamian and Korea Economic Institute Nonresident Fellow Yonho Kim join Society President Thomas Byrne to discuss how North Korea’s marketization has impacted social ties, communication, governance, and culture. Marketization and North Korea with Andray Abrahamian and Yonho Kim Thursday, June 13, 2019 | 12 PM The Korea Society 350 Madison […]
The National Committee on American Foreign Policy spearheads an all-day discussion among senior U.S., Korean and Chinese scholars, analysts, and former government officials at the Korea Society on North Korea’s missile and nuclear development and regional security. By Invitation. Korea-U.S.-China Relations: National Committee on American Foreign Policy Trilateral Dialogue Thursday, May 23, 2019 | […]
The Korea Society is happy to announce the selection of the 2019 Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture awardee, Dr. Ivanna Sang Een Yi, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, East Asian Studies Program, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr, Yi lectures early fall at the Korea Society on Pansori Mountain Pilgrimages: Land as Interlocutor in Contemporary […]
Professor Georgy Toloraya breaks down the DPRK-Russia summit, Russian support for South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s peace offensive, and support for peninsular development in conversation with Senior Director Stephen Noerper. Russia’s Role on the Korean Peninsula with Georgy Toloraya FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 | 12 PM The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor […]
These intimate Thursday afternoon classes connect senior professionals from media, business, and international organizations with thought leaders on the Korea and Northeast Asia. April presenters include the Council on Foreign Relations’ Scott Snyder, Georgetown University’s Victor Cha, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Katrin Katz. This private round table series is by […]
Author and Young China Group founder Zakary Dychtwald addresses generational dynamics affecting domestic politics and foreign policy in Northeast Asia. He examines aspirations, innovation and employment in conversation with Society associate director Jonathan Corrado. This event is co-hosted by the Columbia Business School’s APEC Study Center. New Generation Thinking in China and Korea with […]
