The Korea Society Calendar Archive
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Thu, Jan 18th 2007
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Classic Movie Night - "Hand of Destiny"
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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more info
Movies will be screened at The Korea
Society in midtown Manhattan (950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor.)
Individual ticket price: $5 for members, $10 for non-members
All-Access" package for all 6 films (1 film per month): $25 for members, $35 for non-members
For more information contact Yuni Cho at (212) 759-7525, ext. 323 or yuni.ny@koreasociety.org.
January 18, 6:30 PM
운명의 손 (The Hand of Destiny) 1954
B&W, 85 min.
Director: Han Hyeong-Mo
Casting: Lee Hyang, Yoon
In-Ja, Joo Seon-Tae
One of the first Korean films to be
made after the end of the war, director Han Hyeong-Mo explored the painful and
gritty realities of a freshly divided Korea with his 1954 romantic drama The Hand of Destiny.
Jung-Ae (played by Yoon In-Ja) is a North Korean spy who keeps her
cover by working as a barmaid. Almost by accident she saves the life of
Young-Chul, a simple South Korean laborer. Love blossoms, but the
deeper it grows, the more complicated and painful Jung-Ae's espionage
becomes.
more info
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Sat, Feb 3rd 2007
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50th Anniv. Gala Dinner
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Grand Hyatt Hotel
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Republic of Korea
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Seoul, Korea
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1957-2007 : 50th Anniversary of The Korea Society
Gala Dinner, "Celebreating the Korean - American Partnership"
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Co-Hosts
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The Honorable Donald P. Gregg
Chairman
The Korea Society
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The Honorable Alexander Vershbow Ambassador
Embassy of the United States of America
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Keynote Speaker
His Excellency Roh Moo-Hyun
President of the Republic of Korea
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Dinner Chair
Lee Hee-Beom
Chairman & CEO
Korea International Trade Association
Korea-U.S. Economic Council
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Saturday, February 3, 2007
Grand Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Seoul
Tel: 02-3475-2669 Fax: 02-3475-2666 Email: koreasociety@ezpmp.co.kr
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Wed, Feb 7th 2007
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Hasung Jang
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Business Roundtable
with
Hasung Jang
Dean
Korea University Business School
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
11:30 AM-12:00 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
12:00-2:00 PM ♦ Luncheon and Presentation
The Korea Society, 950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
Up until 1997, Korea’s economic miracle was kept on track by a cozy
relationship between big business
and government; a relationship that brushed aside notions of good
corporate governance. The
IMF crisis and its aftermath revealed the dire need for transparency
and regulation. Since then, major
changes have been made in Korea’s corporate culture and Hasung Jang has
been at the forefront of
them. He will address his work at the Korean Corporate Governance Fund,
recent changes in Korean corporate governance and competitiveness
pressures in the Korean economy.
About the Speaker
Questions or registration? Tel: 212-759-7525 ext. 328; Fax: 212-759-7530; Email
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Wed, Feb 7th 2007
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Grace Lee
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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The Enchanted Sounds of Traditional Korean Music:
Kayagum Lecture/Demonstration
with
Grace Jong Eun Lee
Kayagum Composer & Soloist
Vancouver, British Columbia
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
6:30-8:00 PM
The Korea Society
Eighth Floor, 950 Third Avenue, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
Grace Jong Eun Lee will illustrate the rich heritage of Korean music through her mastery and knowledge of the
kayagum, a 12-stringed zither. Developed in the southern half of the Korean peninsula in the third century, the
kayagum has 12 silk strings supported by 12 movable bridges that produce a clear, delicate tone ranging over two
octaves. A staple of traditional Korean music, the kayagum is related to the Chinese sheng and the Japanese koto,
but its timbre and playing techniques are unique and its scales are more elaborate.
In her lecture, Lee will introduce the philosophical underpinnings of Korean music as well as the rhythmic patterns that
set Korean folk music apart from its Western counterpart. She will also discuss the technical aspects of the kayagum as
well as its scaling method and staff notation. During her demonstration, Lee will illustrate her lecture points by playing
a sanjo, a traditional Korean improvisational form, as well as one of her own compositions entitled “Dance of Sunrise”
(1998).
About the Presenter
Grace J. E. Lee’s compositions are strongly infl uenced by sounds of nature that she routinely uses in her works to convey
a characteristically East Asian sense of space and emptiness. The music conveys a gentle, warm timbre, so smooth that
even the collision of tones and melodies results in harmony. Her work has been performed at the Vancouver Art Gallery,
the Canadian Society of Asian Arts, Festival Vancouver, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of
Canada, CBC and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She was honored at the International Festival of Women
in Music Today 2003 in Seoul. Lee received a B.A. and M.A. in music from the University of British Columbia where
she majored in piano and composition. Currently, she is teaching the kayagum and contemporary Korean music at
Vancouver Community College where she also directs and performs in the School of Music’s Korean Ensemble.
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Thu, Feb 15th 2007
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Classic Movie Night
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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more info
Movies will be screened at The Korea
Society in midtown Manhattan (950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor.)
Individual ticket price: $5 for members, $10 for non-members
All-Access" package for all 6 films (1 film per month): $25 for members, $35 for non-members
For more information contact Yuni Cho at (212) 759-7525, ext. 323 or email
February 15, Madame Freedom (1956)
description forthcoming
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Thu, Feb 22nd 2007
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Walter Keats
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Models for Economic Cooperation with North Korea:
Inside Kumgang and Kaesong
Thursday, February
22, 3:00 PM @ The Korea Society
Walter Keats, founder and
president of Asia Pacific Travel, Ltd.,will share his insights on how
the projects
to help modernize the DPRK's economy are working and what larger
lessons they contain, including Kumgang special tourism zone, the
Kaesong Industrial Complex, and other projects in Paektusan and
Pyongyang.
Full Details or Buy Tickets Online
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Sat, Mar 3rd 2007
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Getting to Know Korea
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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9:00 am - 4:00 PM.
Getting
to Know Korea will assist K-6 educators in bringing the richness of
Korean history, literature, language, art and culture into their multicultural
classrooms.
Continues on March 17. read more
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Sat, Mar 10th 2007
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Getting to Know Korea
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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9:00 am - 4:00 PM.
Getting
to Know Korea will assist K-6 educators in bringing the richness of
Korean history, literature, language, art and culture into their multicultural
classrooms.
Continues on March 17. read more
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Tue, Mar 13th 2007
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Joe Savitzky
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Forum
Photographic Memories: Snapshots of a Bygone Era
with
Joe Savitzky
Korean War Veteran
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
6:00 - 6:30 PM Registration and Reception
6:30 - 8:00 PM Presentation and Q&A
The Korea
Society, 950 Third Avenue,
Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue
and 57th Street)
Decades of stunning economic growth have left Korea a landscape of
office towers, freeways and flat screens. But not too long ago, it
looked very different.Korean War veteran Joe Savitzky will share his
slides of Seoul and its environs, taken in 1953 and 1954. Together with
his vivid memories, Savitzky's images capture Korea as it was-a
startling and evocative mix of unspoiled natural beauty and war ravaged
urban squalor. His images of Korean youth are particularly prescient of
the resilient generations that rebuilt South Korea.
Read more...
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Thu, Mar 15th 2007
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Classic Movie Night
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Thursday, March 15
지옥화 (Flower in Hell)
B&W,
100 min. 1958
Directed by
Shin Sang-Ok
Starring
Kim Hak, Choi Eun-Hee and Cho Hae-Won
The first
Korean movie to show an on-screen kiss, Shin Sang-Ok's classic drama Flower in Hell might ruffle contemporary
audiences for a different reason.
Read More >>
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Wed, Mar 21st 2007
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Soo im Lee
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Koreans in Japan: Ethnicity, Citizenship and Education
with Soo im Lee
Professor
Ryukoku University
March 21, 200, 6:00 PM
The Korea Society
Read more...
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Wed, Mar 28th 2007
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Investing in Korea
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Young Professional Forum
Investing in Korea
Panel Discussion and Networking Session
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
6:00 - 6:30 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
6:30 - 8:00 PM ♦ Presentations and Q&A
8:00 - 8:30 PM ♦ Networking Session
The Korea Society, 950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
South Korea is one of Asia’s biggest and most dynamic economies, so
potential investorshave a lot to consider before they put their chips
down. Fortunately, the panel of distinguished professionals at this
roundtable will analyze Korea’s investment opportunities from almost
every angle. They will address South Korea’s macroeconomics (GDP,
growth rate and inflation), its publicly-traded market structure
(capitalization, liquidity, performance historyand significant
industries) and its private equity environment (tax policy, free
economic zones and deregulation.) The panel will also debate the pros
and cons of investing in Korea’s publicly-traded securities versus its
private equity and the relative merits of portfolio investment versus
foreign direct investment. If there are any questions left at the end,
the panelists and participants will be mingling at a post-panel wine
and hors d’oeuvres networking session.
Co-presented by Columbia Business School Asian Alumni Club of New York
Sponsored by Merrill Lynch, Korean Business Association of Columbia Business School, Tiger Asia Management, L.L.C.
speaker bios and more info
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Thu, Mar 29th 2007
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Marcus Noland
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Asia Society
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Marcus Noland
co-author
of Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform
moderated by
Barbara Demick
Seoul
Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times
Thursday,
March 29, 2007
Program:
6:30-7:30 PM
Book
signing and reception: 7:30-8:00pm
Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York
In Famine in North
Korea, Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland present the most comprehensive and
penetrating account of the famine to date, examining not only the origins and
aftermath of the crisis but also the regime's response to outside aid and the
effect of its current policies on the country's economic future. Famine in North Korea looks closely at
the root causes of the famine, weighing the effects of the decline in the
availability of food against its poor distribution. The authors follow with a
comprehensive study of the aid effort, addressing the difficulty of monitoring
assistance within the country, and conclude with an analysis of current
economic reforms and strategies of engagement.
A reading by Marcus Noland will be followed by a moderated
conversation with Barbara Demick.
co-presented with the Asia Society
speaker bio and more info
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Tue, Apr 17th 2007
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The Grace Lee Project
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Korean Diaspora Series
with
Winnie Tam
Lecturer
Hunter College
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
6:00 - 6:30 pm ♦ Registration and Reception
6:30 - 8:30 pm ♦ Screening and Lecture
The Korea Society, 950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
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Thu, Apr 19th 2007
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Classic Movie Night
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Thursday, April 19, 6:30 PM
벙어리 삼룡이 (Sam-Ryong the
Mute)
B&W, 86 min, 1964
Directed by Shin Sang-Ok
Starring Kim Jin-Gyu, Choi
Eun-Hee and Park No-Shik
Under a traditional feudal
system, Sam-Ryong, a mute farm-hand, lives obediently for his master. When he
falls in love with the master's daughter-in-law, he finds courage to fight
against society's conventions and to win her love. It won the Grand Bell (Daejong) Award in 1965 for Best
Picture.
Movies will be screened at The Korea Society in midtown Manhattan (950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor.)
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Tue, Apr 24th 2007
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Cho Se-hui’s "The Dwarf"
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Bruce Fulton
Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean
Literature and Literary Translation
University of British
Columbia
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
6:00 - 6:30 pm ♦ Registration and Reception
6:30 - 8:00 pm ♦ Lecture and Q&A
Wine and refreshments will be
served.
The dark side of rapid development emerges in The Dwarf, the
bestselling Korean novel by Cho Se-hŭi. Critically lauded since it was
first published in 1978, The Dwarf is a tale of breakneck
industrialization, the painful costs it imposes on a disoriented
working class and the spiritual malaise it brings to new elites. Cho's
deceptively plain narration with its rapidly shifting points of view
evokes the zeitgeist of South Korea in the late 1970s and his subject
resonates in a world still grappling with the consequences of
globalization.
At this VOICES program, professor Bruce Fulton
will read from The Dwarf, which he has translated into English with
Ju-Chan Fulton, and discuss its lasting significance.
more info
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Wed, Apr 25th 2007
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Wendy Cutler
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Japan Society
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USA
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New York, NY
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Speaker:
Wendy Cutler
Assistant United States Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC Affairs
Presider:
Leslie Norton
Foreign Editor, Asia, Barron’s
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
12:00 – 12:30 PM ♦ Registration & reception
12:30 – 1:00 PM ♦ Luncheon
1:00 – 2:00 PM ♦ Lecture & Q&A
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New York
The United States and South Korea recently concluded a comprehensive
free trade agreement (FTA) that stands to bring important commercial,
economic, political and strategic benefits to the two countries. If
ratified, the agreement would eliminate tariffs on nearly 95 percent of
consumer and industrial product trade within three years of entry into
force and add some $20 billion to bilateral trade. Immediate
benefactors of the deal include U.S. farmers and South Korean
automobile manufactures, but are there downsides? Will Japan be shut
out of lucrative trade opportunities with the U.S.? What are the
prospects of a U.S.-Japan FTA? Lead U.S. negotiator for the agreement,
Wendy Cutler, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Japan,
Korea and APEC Affairs, discusses the bilateral benefits associated
with the FTA, and implications for U.S.-Japan trade.
co-presented with Japan Society
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Wed, May 2nd 2007
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Making 'West 32nd'
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Producing a Film across Seoul and New York - Making West 32nd
FREE event!
The
Korea Society invites you to attend a panel discussion with Michael Kang, the
Korean American filmmaker and Humanitas Award-winning director of the hot new
movie West 32nd on May 2 at
6:30 PM.
Join
Kang, along with West 32nd executive producer
Jamin O'Brien and actor Jun Kim as they discuss their new film, which premieres
on April 28 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Moderated by William Phuan, program associate
at Asian Cinevision, the conversation will include personal, behind-the-scenes
production stories, career advice for Asian American film talent and
information on the prospects for marketing Asian American films internationally.
When: May 2, 2007 at 6:30 PM
Where: The Korea Society (950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New
York, NY)
full details
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Tue, May 8th 2007
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A Corpse in the Koryo
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Tues., May 8, 5:00 PM
Writing under the pseudonym James Church, the
author implicitly asks how can North Koreans - under
unrelenting political and social pressure - still function with family,
friends and co-workers and retain their essential humanity? Discussion with South Korea’s Ambassador to the United Nations Choi Young-jin, Fletcher
School dean Stephen Bosworth and international lawyer Lucy Reed.
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Tue, May 15th 2007
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Annual Dinner
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Waldorf=Astoria
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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2007 Annual Dinner
Keynote Speaker
H. E. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General of the United Nations
50th Anniversary Commemorations Chair
Lee Hee-Beom
Chairman & CEO
Korea International Trade Association
Korea-U.S. Economic Council
Dinner Chair
William H. Rhodes
Chairman, President & CEO, Citibank, N.A.
Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup, Inc.
2007 Van Fleet Awardees
Houghton and Doreen Freeman
The Freeman Foundation
and
The Korea Foundation
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel
301 Park Avenue
New York City
Reception • 6:30 PM • Basildon/Jade Room
Dinner • 7:30 PM • Grand Ballroom
black tie/traditional attire
more info
For further information, contact
Christine Kang at 212-759-7525 ext. 311
or email by
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Thu, May 17th 2007
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Classic Movie Night
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Thu., May 17, 6:30 PM
Vintage Korean Cinema on every third Thursday of each month! The Korea
Society will be screening films from the golden age of Korean cinema in
the 1950s and ‘60s.
A Seashore Village (1965) - Journeying into a dark moral thicket, A Seashore Village
follows Sang-soo, the lucky fisherman who managed to avoid his
comrades’ fate. Sang-soo wants to do more than provide solace to
Hae-soon, the widow of one of his crewmates. The only thing more
transgressive than his feelings for her are hers for him.
more info
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Thu, May 24th 2007
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Exhibiting Korea
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Korea Society Auditorium
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USA
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New York, NY
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Map
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Exhibiting Korea
A New,
Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs at The Korea Society
The Forgotten Legacy of the Minjung Art
Movement in South Korea
with Soyang
Park
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University
Thursday,
May 24 at 6:30 PM
The 1980s were a turbulent
period in South Korean politics, with society rebelling against the military
government and demanding democratic reform. But the pro-democracy movement
wasn't limited to politics. South Korea in the 1980s also saw the rise of the minjung (grassroots) movement in the arts.
Throughout the decade, and into the early ‘90s,
leading minjung artists worked around
the theme of han (a uniquely
Korean sense of lingering grievance) to create pieces which critically examined
deep, often unpleasant, cultural realities and echoed the political calls for
change.
At a powerful gallery talk,
Soyang Park, a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for the Arts in Society at
Carnegie Mellon University, will explore the minjung movement and the accomplishments of its leading artists,
such as Lim Ok Sang and Oh Yoon, as they materialized the ghosts of
contemporary Korean society.
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Wed, May 30th 2007
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Hwang Byungki
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