On March 28, 2014, Korean President Park Geun-hye delivered a historic address on Korean unification at the Dresden University of Technology in Dresden, Germany. Friday, March 28, 2014 Park’s Historic Dresden Address on Unification
Dr. Park Jin, former Member of Parliament and Chair Professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, examines the opportunities and challenges for Korea’s foreign policy at a time of increased regional tensions. Moderated by Ambassador Mark Minton, President of The Korea Society. Korea’s Foreign Policy Initiatives under Park Geun-hye […]
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. […]
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 […]
Korean sinawi music originally accompanied propitiatory rites presided over by a female shaman, or mudang. The word sinawi is also synonymous with musical improvisation based on various rhythmic and melodic devices–the most important characteristic of this genre. This group of sinawi performed by five performers and varying instrumentation evokes the otherworldly sonic space of the […]
In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris has published North Korea and South Korea, books that capture the two drastically different realities of the divided peninsula. Thursday, July 18, 2013 6:00 PM | Registration and Refreshments6:30 PM | Gallery Talk and Q & A Journey […]
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 […]
