Featured Programs
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Culture, Policy & Society | Monday, March 22, 3:00 pm  Roundtable on the Korean Immigration Experience: Arrival in HawaiiA wave of Korean immigrants arrived in Hawaii from 1903-1905, laying a foundation for the Korean diaspora in the United States. Although only numbering about 7500, Korean immigrants to Hawaii were tied in important ways to U.S. and Japanese policy toward Kore... |
Gallery | Tuesday, March 23, 3:00 pm  Shaping Beauty: Kotkoji, The Art of Floral ArrangementKotkoji is an ancient fine art that celebrates nature in all its turns and employs the heart and hands. Join The Korea Society's Meena Cho, who will host a special session on the fine art of floral arrangement. Up to six participants will learn techniques a... |
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Culture, Policy & Society | Wednesday, March 24, 6:00 pm  Broaching Borders: New Approaches to the Korean DivideJoin us as noted professor Valérie Gelézeau discusses the transformation of the inter-Korean border over the past six decades. Since the early 1990s, expansion of inter-Korean relations has seen change in the geographic border. Citing several case studies of... |
Culture, Policy & Society | Friday, April 2, 6:00 pm  Quick and Easy Korean CookingCecilia Hae-Jin Lee returns to The Korea Society to teach quick and easy Korean cooking to New Yorkers. Join us for an energized evening of cooking and tasting as Lee demonstrates easy everyday Korean dishes. Working from her cookbok Quick and Easy Korean Coo... |
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Gallery | Current Exhibition  Masks of Night: Faces from Traditional Korean Dance-DramasKoreans expressed their passion and fear through masked dance for hundreds of years. The dance-drama dates back to shamanic ritual aimed at warding off malevolent spirits and grew into a form of popular entertainment that poked fun at the establishment.CURREN... |
Performing Arts | Podcast  Rhythms to Make the Heart Beat FasterEnjoy the boundless energy of traditional Korean folk music with percussionist Minji Kim, as she performs selections from the folk repertoire on the changgo. This ancient drum, portrayed on the ancient murals of the Koguryŏ Kingdom and Buddhist temple bells of... |
Recent Programs
 Korean Film in Focus: A Conversation with Director Bong Joon-HoFilm | Just Appeared Director Bong Joon-ho has rapidly become one of the most powerful creative and commercial forces in the Korean film industry. After releasing the critically acclaimed Barking Dogs Never Bite and Memories of Murder, Bong stepped into the international spotlight with his 2006 monster movie ... |
 Haegum for the HeartPerforming Arts | Thursday, March 18, 6:30 pm Join us for an evening with the talented Leekyung Kang, as she performs court, folk, and contemporary selections on the haegŭm, a traditional two-stringed fiddle. Between selections, composer and ethnomusicologist Ju-Yong Ha will explain the use and history of the instrument, which was first introduced to Kor... |
 Classic Movie NightFilm | Wednesday, March 17, 6:00 pm Join us for a screening of Crossing, an eloquent expression of the emotional trauma of political division. Yong-soo escapes the grinding poverty of North Korea to China, hoping to find medicine for his pregnant wife, but ends up in South Korea, separated from his family forever. Years later, Yong-soo's orp... |
 Book Café - Studies in Colonialism and Popular Memory: The Imperial CruiseCulture, Policy & Society | Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 pm Author James Bradley's new book The Imperial Cruise weighs in on the debate surrounding the Taft-Katsura Agreement of 1905, widely seen as entree for Japan's colonial occupation of Korea. In the summer of 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft across the Pacific, w... |
 Ties that Bind: Facilitating Peace on the Korean PeninsulaCulture, Policy & Society | Tuesday, February 23, 8:30 am Small and medium-power states enjoy active, though often overlooked, relations on the Korean Peninsula and have potential to reinforce progress made by larger powers and foster new approaches to the Korean Peninsula. In confidence-building, agriculture, energy and environmental management, nations like Mongo... |
 What Makes Korea TickCorporate Affairs | Monday, February 22, 12:00 pm In addition to world class multinationals, advanced IT infrastructure, and competitive export industries, the Republic of Korea's social and business culture contribute to the country's reputation as a rewarding investment destination. Join us on Monday, February 22, for a luncheon with Chung Tong-Soo, head o... |
 The Winter of Their Discontent: Pyongyang Attacks the MarketCulture, Policy & Society | Wednesday, January 27, 12:00 pm North Korea's recent currency reform and subsequent ban on the use of foreign currencies come at an inopportune time for citizens already facing economic stagnation, spiraling prices, and the resurgence of food shortages. Marcus Noland, deputy director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, w... |
 Korean Ghost StoriesFilm | Thursday, December 17, 6:30 pm Since 1977, KBS’ television series Korean Ghost Stories (a.k.a. Hometown of Legend) has thrilled Korean audiences with spooky tales of the supernatural. Join the members of The Korea Society as we screen three hour-long episodes of this perennial Korean favorite on Thursday, November 19, and Thursday, Decembe... |
 Nobel Laureate-Led Delegation Seeks to Foster Academic Scientific Cooperation wiCulture, Policy & Society | Thursday, December 10, 7:12 pm December 9, 2009; Arlington, VA, U.S.– A non-governmental delegation led by Nobel Laureate Peter C. Agre, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), arrived in Pyongyang today for five days of talks with scientists and officials in the Democratic People’s Republic ... |
 Turning Crisis Into OpportunityCorporate Affairs | Thursday, December 10, 8:30 am Recent news reports have identified the South Korean economy as a bright spot for investors in these uncertain economic times. Chung Tong-Soo, head of Invest Korea, the Republic of Korea's agency for promoting foreign direct investment, will discuss the details of Korea's new plan to focus on green technologi... |
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