Experts reflect on President Park Geun-hye inauguration, promises of greater “economic democracy” at home and a new trustpolitik with the North, and relations with the U.S. Stanford University’s David Straub, The Council on Foreign Relations’ Scott Snyder, and Yonsei University’s John Delury address these issues, with an eye toward evolving regional dynamics. […]
On Monday, February 25, 2013, Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Chairman of The Korea Society, and Ambassador Mark Minton, President of The Korea Society, attended the Inauguration of South Korean President Park Guen-hye, the country’s 18th-term president. Ambassador Minton reflects on President Park’s Inaugural speech and a presidential banquet ceremony held at the Blue House.
Tom Byrne, Senior VP, and Asia-Pacific Manager of Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group, examines Korea’s sovereign credit rating on the eve of a new administration in Seoul. Mr. Byrne analyzes Korea’s economic and fiscal fundamentals, the government’s balance sheet, as well as levels of debt and the overall impact on Korea’s sovereign credit ratings for the […]
On February 12, 2013, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test in a show of defiance to the international community and the nuclear non-proliferation regime. President of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), David Albright; Executive Director of the Ploughshares Fund, Phillip Yun; and the Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at […]
The Korea Society and KoreanAmericanStory.org co-host a literary conversation and reception with three accomplished Korean-American writers: Catherine Chung, Eugenia Kim, and Yuliana Kim-Grant. These authors have written deeply personal and moving novels about loss, hope, and heritage and will share both their stories, as well as their characters’, with readings from their books. […]
North Koreans escaping regime repression employ escape channels similar to those used by Harriet Tubman to help American slaves, says author Melanie Kirkpatrick. Explore the network of ethnic Koreans, brokers and missionaries who seek to aid those fleeing the North with Kirkpatrick and human rights advocate and U.S. businessman Steven Kim, founder of 318 Partners, […]
What are the prospects for United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon’s second term? How will Korea exercise its two-year term on the UN Security Council? And what of the new Green Climate Fund, founded within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be based in Korea’s Songdo/Incheon? Michele Griffin of UN Policy Planning, ROK […]
Please join us for a special season preview taping session with Robert C. Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Secretary Orr will address Korea and UN Leadership and hopes for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s second term. This special session is a […]
This special conversation between Ambassadors Hill and Mark Minton, President of The Korea Society, weighs next steps for U.S. policy toward Korea given developments South and North; key issues for and possible areas of cooperation with President Park Geun-hye; growing the strong state of the Korea-U.S. “special relationship” further; Washington’s approach to any opening of […]
The Korea Society’s Dr. Stephen Noerper interviews Scott Thomas Bruce of CRDF Global on the Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt’s recent trip to North Korea. Mr. Bruce discusses the significance of Eric Schmidt’s visit, the implications of North Korea’s possible opening to information technology, opportunities for NGOs to engage with the the DPRK, and future […]
