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Roads to Human Prosperity and Coexistence: "Saemaeul Undong"
Fri. May 9 @ 12:00 PM
The Saemaeul Undong (New Village Movement) began in
1970 as a major state-run rural-development campaign under president Park Chung
Hee. Kim Kwan Yong, Governor of North Gyeongsang Province, argues that the Saemaeul Undong "top-down" model for transforming
the farming sector has relevance today for developing nations. RSVP
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| Book Café |
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Ch'oe Yun's "There a Petal Silently Falls"
Fri. May 9 @ 6:30 PM
Prize-winning Korean author Ch'oe Yun explores trauma, history and the vagaries of remembrance in her collection of three stories. Elegantly crafted and quietly moving, she portrays the
psychological and spiritual reality of contemporary Korea against a
backdrop of past state-sanctioned violence, hope
for reconciliation, and rampant consumerism. With translators Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton.
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| Film Series |
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Films from the North
Mon - Wed, May 12 - 14
Discover the cinema from the other half of the peninsula. From May 12 to 14, 2008, three films from the DPRK's seldom-seen canon will be screened as a special presentation in the Classic Movie Night series: Hong Gil Dong, Bellflower, and My Look in the Distant Future.
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| Annual Dinner |
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2008 Annual Dinner
The Korea Society held
its 2008 Annual Dinner on April 15 in New York City in honor of President Lee
Myung-bak. The Korea Society would like to thank all its supporters and guests for making the evening such a
success.
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| Gallery Exhibit |
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Inside North Korea with the New York Philharmonic
Free & Open to Public
Only through May 16!
Inside North Korea with the New York Philharmonic includes over 45 behind- the-scenes photos taken by award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris during the orchestra's historic trip to the DPRK.
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| Language Classes |
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Summer 2008 Korean Language Classes
Registration closes May 9!
Register now for Summer 2008 Korean language classes at multiple levels - Two sessions are available. Limited class sizes allow more interaction with the instructor and other students.
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| Upcoming Conference |
 | Neo-Confucianism and Korea
Korean Studies Teachers' Conference
Thu, Jun. 5 @ 9:00 AM
For K-12 Teachers in the Greater New York Area. Free Event, Register Early. With
Dr. John Goulde and Dr. Marjorie Bingham.
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| New Beginnings |
 | New Beginnings
Apr. 15 @ 10:00 AM
Members of New Beginnings, a nonpartisan policy study group made up of former senior U.S. officials, aca- demics and other experts on Korea, will release their recommendations for up- dating and strengthening the U.S.-South Korea alliance at a press conference at The Korea Society in New York.
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| Past Forum: Korean Leaders |
 | Gangwon: Symbol of Division and Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Tue. May 6 @ 12:00 PM
After World War II, Gangwon- do – one of the original eight Chosun provinces – was split between North Korea and South Korea.
Governor Kim Jin-Sun discusses the importance of economic and political
reconciliation at the local level, and prospects for national
integration projects.
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| Film |
 | Lee Chang-Dong and Moon So-ri present "Oasis"
Mon. May 5 @ 7:00 PM
Asia Society
725 Park Ave (at 70th St)
Jong-du Hong (Sol Kyung-gu) is just
out of prison for manslaughter and decides to call on the family of the victim.
When he meets the victim's daughter Gong-ju, a young woman disabled by cerebral palsy, the two misfits form a fragile but supportive
relationship. Actress Moon So-ri will join director Lee for audience Q&A after the screening.
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| Fellowship |
 | Fall Fellowship 2008
Apply by May 5.
The Korea Society is pleased to announce its 13th annual Fall Fellowship in Korean Studies program to be held in Korea over the 12-day period of October 11-22, 2008.
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| Past Digital Forum |
 | The Republic of Bloggers
Thu. Apr. 10 @ 6:30 PM
With some of the highest rates of broadband and wireless Internet
penetration in the world, Korea and Japan are home to thriving online
communities that affect politics, shape public opinion, and forge new forms of social bonding.
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| Past Gallery Exhibit |
 | Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood
January 31 - April 18, 2008
Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood includes a veritable toy box of over 90 flamboyantly colored action figures, robots, miniature tanks and paper dolls from 1970's and 1980's Korea.
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| Past Forum |
 | New York Philharmonic’s Journey to North Korea
Americans in Pyongyang
Tue. Apr. 1 @ 6:30 PM
On February 26, the New York Philharmonic
played in the heart of the DPRK.
This historic concert, televised, had an unprecedented resonance reaching
an international audience. Philharmonic president and executive director Zarin Mehta, New York Times classical music reporter Daniel J. Wakin and ABC News Foreign News Director Chuck R. Lustig
traveled with the orchestra.
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