Detective Oh Byeong-ho investigates a murder at a local brewery and uncovers the secret history of violence, and tragedy, between the communist guerrillas and right-wing militias that fought in the area during the Korean War.
Traditional Korean folk music repertoire on the changgo (hourglass drum) Performance by Minji Kim 2009 MCST Korean Traditional Artist-in-Residence with introduction and commentary by Ju-Yong Ha Composer and Ethnomusicologist, CUNY
Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames examines the changing social realities of Korean society from the 1950s through the 1990s by reading its comic books. Featuring the works of seventeen of the best—known artists, the exhibition provides a running commentary that reflects the lives of ordinary people—at once joyful, satirical and penetrating. What shines most prominently through these works is an engaged and vigorous civil society in Korea, continuously challenging and energizing the status quo in whimsical and provocative ways. By so doing, they play an important role in characterizing and distinguishing the culture, sensibility and sentiment of modern Korea.
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The Korea Society is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea. (more...)