Tuesday, July 23 @ 5:30 PM

War Stories: 1953

A Radio Tribute to Korean War Veterans on the End-of-War 60th Anniversary Join Korean War veterans for a Radio Days-style salute, featuring a program of recorded end-of-war stories on our vintage-1953...

Friday, June 14 @ 10:00 AM

Northeast Asia Regional Review

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...

Saturday, June 8 @ 12:00 PM

June Summits

On June 7 and 8, U.S. President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping met in Southern California to discuss bilateral and regional issues, including cooperation on dealing with North...

Thursday, May 23 @ 5:00 PM

Shifting Balance, Forcing Change

General (Ret.) Walter “Skip” Sharp calls for enhanced international cooperation and coordination to shift the strategic balance in Northeast Asia and force change in North Korea. As Honorary Chair of...

Thursday, May 9 @ 6:00 PM

Challenges to Building Stability on the …

The Japan Society and The Korea Society welcome U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, Ambassador Glyn Davies, for a discussion on U.S. diplomacy toward North Korea in the the...

Tuesday, May 7 @ 3:00 PM

Joint Declaration in Commemoration of th…

Tuesday, May 7 @ 3:00 PM

Joint Press Conference with President Ba…

Thursday, April 18 @ 6:00 PM

Korea-U.S. Relations: From Allies to Glo…

His Excellency YJ Choi, South Korea’s Ambassador to the United States, and Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, The Korea Society Chair, dialogued on the remarkable relationship between Korea and the United States,...

Thursday, April 18 @ 12:30 PM

Global Korea with Ambassador Hill and Am…

Korbel School Dean, Ambassador Christopher Hill and The Korea Society President Ambassador Mark Minton, addressed Korea's rising regional and global influence. From the Seoul G20 and Nuclear Security Summit to...

Thursday, April 18 @ 12:00 PM

The Korea Society @ Denver

The Korea Society brings policy and corporate programming to the Mile High City. The Korea Society @ Denver events focus primarily on the theme of the implications of Korea’s rise...

Thursday, June 27 @ 5:30 PM

Working for Korea Inc

Korean firms operating internationally employ non-Koreans at all levels. Don Southerton, CEO of Bridging Culture Worldwide and author of Korea Facing: Secrets for Success in Korean Global Business, shares insights...

Thursday, June 13 @ 5:30 PM

Korean Philanthropy: Hyundai’s Corporate…

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...

Wednesday, June 5 @ 8:30 AM

Surviving a Data Breach

Recent headlines about high-profile cyber attacks on American and Korean corporations should prompt all companies to examine their procedures for recovering from a data breach. Expert Joseph V. DeMarco, Esq.,...

Thursday, May 9 @ 12:30 PM

Korean Entrepreneurship, Global Reach

Bernard Moon, CEO of Vidquik, co-founded Sparklabs, a Silicon Valley style startup accelerator that provides Korean entrepreneurs access to funds, legal counsel, and high-profile mentors like Internet legend Vint Cerf...

Thursday, April 25 @ 5:30 PM

Patently Great: Intellectual Property, P…

Korea has emerged as Asia’s leading holder of patents and in the top-5 globally, behind only the United States and European powers. What has led to this tremendous step forward?...

Thursday, April 11 @ 5:30 PM

Striking Balance: SMEs, the Chaebol and …

A pressing issue in Korea, the growth of small and medium enterprises—alongside or with enhanced vigor relative to the large conglomerates—presents new opportunities for business development in Korea. Dr. Byunghun...

Tuesday, March 19 @ 12:00 PM

The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: One…

A year after implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Wendy Cutler, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC Affairs, and chief negotiator of the FTA, reflects on...

Thursday, February 21 @ 5:30 PM

Outlook 2013: Korea’s Sovereign Credit R…

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...

Thursday, December 13 @ 6:00 PM

Your Next Customer: Opportunities for Br…

The Korean market sees $4.5 billion annually in luxury good sales, an area that has grown at least twelve percent every year since 2006. In that time, Korea has emerged...

Thursday, November 15 @ 8:30 AM

Opportunities and Challenges in Korean E…

What are expectations surrounding Korea’s stock market and the current state Korean company valuations relative to other markets? How does Korea continue to maintain its competitive edge and has there...

Wednesday, January 1 @ 1:00 AM

Language Classes

Registration is now open for our Summer 2013 Korean-language classes. Summer Regular Session offers Introductory through Advanced Korean, with classes running from May 6 to August 2. Summer Intensive Session...

Sunday, August 18 @ 5:00 PM

2013 Fall Fellowship in Korean Studies

Application Deadline: August 18, 2013 (Postmarked)   The Korea Society is pleased to announce its 18th annual Fall Fellowship in Korean Studies program to be held in Korea over the 12-day period...

Monday, June 24 @ 8:00 PM

Conversational Korean 2

Focused on developing oral communication skills, Conversational Korean II provides students with many opportunities to listen to Korean spoken in a wide variety situations and on different topics. By engaging...

Monday, June 24 @ 2:00 PM

Conversational Korean 1

This five-week summer intensive course is designed to develop students’ conversational skills in daily life situations. While reviewing basic grammar, vocabulary, and expressions covered in the introductory Korean I &...

Thursday, June 6 @ 9:00 AM

The Korean War: Bilingual Resources

Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration   Registration is now open to K-12 educators for The Korean War:  Bilingual Resources for Language Arts & Social Studies. This one-day teachers’...

Wednesday, May 29 @ 6:00 PM

Project Bridge 2012-2013 Community Prese…

Over the past four months, 16 Youth Ambassadors in New York and Los Angeles have embarked on a journey of self-exploration and intercultural-leadership development that culminated with ten days of...

Friday, May 10 @ 8:00 PM

Introductory Korean I

This class introduces students to the fundamentals of Korean language. It covers the Korean alphabet (han’gul), basic grammar, and the vocabulary necessary for basic conversation, reading, and writing. Students will...

Friday, May 10 @ 8:00 PM

Introductory Korean II

This class builds additional basic conversation skills and vocabulary. It covers the grammar and vocabulary necessary for everyday conversation, such as expressing obligation/necessity and providing excuses/reasons as well as honorific...

Thursday, May 9 @ 6:15 PM

Reading & Discussion

This course aims to promote the active use of Korean in professional discourses in the business, arts, humanities, social sciences, and science. Upon completion of this course, students are expected...

Wednesday, May 8 @ 8:00 PM

Intermediate Korean III

Intermediate Korean III aims to promote the active use of Korean at work, museum, and travel - agency settings. As a continuation of Intermediate II, this course adds approximately 36...

Wednesday, August 7 @ 6:30 PM

Korean Traditional Music Group Ensemble …

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...

Wednesday, July 24 @ 7:00 PM

Exporting Enlightenment Korean Buddhist …

Famed scholar Robert D. Mowry introduces the development of Korean Buddhist art from its formative phase in the late Three Kingdoms (57BC–668AD) and Unified Silla (668–935) periods through its maturation...

Saturday, July 20 @ 12:00 PM

Mama O’s Premium Kimchi

The American Museum of Natural History’s current exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture explores the complex and intricate food system that brings what we eat from farm to fork....

Thursday, July 18 @ 6:30 PM

Journey to North and South Korea

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...

Saturday, June 29 @ 1:00 PM

The House

The Korea Society and MoMI (Museum of the Moving Image) have been presenting new  contemporary Korean cinema since 2011, and this season, we are proudly co-present Korean animation feature films....

Saturday, June 22 @ 1:00 PM

Green Days

The Korea Society and MoMI (Museum of the Moving Image) have been presenting new  contemporary Korean cinema since 2011, and this season, we are proudly co-present Korean animation feature films....

Thursday, June 20 @ 6:00 PM

The Hidden Beauty of Korea Captured by …

The exhibition features the etchings and woodblock prints produced by five artists from abroad: Kawase Hasui (1883–1957, Japan), Paul Jacoulet (1896–1960, France), Elizabeth Keith (1887–1956, Scotland), Lilian May Miller (1895–1943,...

Monday, June 17 @ 8:30 PM

Living Through the Forgotten War: Portra…

Living Through the Forgotten War: Portrait of Korea provides a new, human perspective on a war that forever changed the land and people of Korea and the many Americans who...

Wednesday, May 22 @ 6:30 PM

Talking about K-Pop

The Korea Society examines the growth of K-Pop and the landmarks for Korean wave in the United States, such as Psy starring in a Super Bowl ad, Girls Generation performing...

Wednesday, May 1 @ 6:30 PM

Korean Temple Food

(The Wednesday, May 1 program at The Korea Society is sold out. However, Venerable Dae Ahn will also be giving cooking classes at Contemporary Korean Kitchen on May 2, 4,...

Wednesday, January 1 @ 1:00 AM

JAMES A. VAN FLEET AWARD

The General James A. Van Fleet Award, given annually since 1995 by The Korea Society, is awarded “to one or more distinguished Koreans or Americans in recognition of their outstanding...

Wednesday, January 1 @ 1:00 AM

ANNUAL DINNER

The Korea Society’s premier event of the year is our Annual Dinner, attended by 600-900 dignitaries from the business,policy, academic, diplomatic, and media communities, celebrating the U.S.-Korea relationship and honoring...

Wednesday, January 1 @ 1:00 AM

GOLF TOURNAMENT

Each year, The Korea Society hosts its Annual Golf Tournament at a prestigious golf course near New York City. This event provides an opportunity for our individual and corporate members...

Wednesday, January 1 @ 1:00 AM

SEOUL DINNER

In 2007, we hosted our first Gala Dinner in Seoul, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of The Korea Society with 600 friends and supporters. For our 55th anniversary...

Monday, July 15 @ 10:00 AM

23rd Annual Golf Tournament

The Korea Society will hold its 23rd Annual Golf Tournament this summer, on Monday, July 15, 2013, celebrating “60 Years of Partnership and Shared Prosperity” between the U.S. and Korea....

Thursday, May 23 @ 9:02 PM

Test Copy of 2007 Annual Dinner

    {tab=Invitation} Keynote SpeakerH. E. Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General of the United Nations 50th Anniversary Commemorations Chair Lee Hee-Beom Chairman & CEO Korea International Trade AssociationKorea-U.S. Economic Council Dinner Chair William H. RhodesChairman, President & CEO, Citibank, N.A.Senior Vice Chairman,...

Thursday, May 23 @ 4:35 PM

16th Annual Golf Tournament

May 9, 2006 The only thing clouding the sky on the day of the 16th Annual Van Fleet Memorial Golf Tournament was the occasional wayward drive, sailing across the green....

Thursday, May 23 @ 4:34 PM

17th Annual Golf Tournament

After a long absence, the Van Fleet Memorial Golf Tournament returned to the Alpine Country Club in Demarest, New Jersey in 2007. If the 87 golfers, playing in 22 teams,...

Thursday, May 23 @ 4:34 PM

18th Annual Golf Tournament

The Van Fleet Golf Tournament returned to the beautiful Alpine Country Club in Demarest, New Jersey, on September 15, 2008. The 80 men and women, playing in 20 teams, tested...

Thursday, May 23 @ 4:31 PM

19th Annual Golf Tournament

The Korea Society’s 19th annual Van Fleet Memorial Golf Tournament, held on Monday, October 26, turned out to be one of the most successful in the event's nearly two-decade run....