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Korea In Depth: New Perspectives: Women and the Chosǒn Dynasty with Dr. Michael Pettid
Duration: 55:37

Korea In Depth: New Perspectives: Women and the Chosǒn Dynasty with Dr. Michael Pettid

Filmed May 22, 2012 Dr. Michael Pettid offers new perspectives on the women of the Chosǒn Dynasty (1392-1910) and their roles in Confucian society. Known as a traditionally male-dominated culture, the Chosǒn Kingdom limited the roles of women in politics, education, and leadership. Using several ancient texts, Dr. Pettid will provide insights into the dynamic and sometimes misunderstood position of women of the time. For more information, please visit the link below: http://www.koreasociety.org/korean-studies/new_perspectives_women_and_the_choson_dynasty.html

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Honor Thy Parents: Filial Piety in Chosŏn Literature
Duration: 46:46

Honor Thy Parents: Filial Piety in Chosŏn Literature

Filmed June 7, 2012 Join Dr. Mark Peterson, Professor of Korean Studies at Brigham Young University, as he speaks about the representation of filial piety in the literature of the Chosǒn Dynasty. Mark Peterson is head of the Korean Section, Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University. Prior to his appointment at BYU in 1984, he was the director of the Fulbright program in Korea from 1978 to 1983. He is a member of the Association for Asian Studies, where he is the chair of the Korean Studies Committee, as well as the Royal Asiatic Society, the International Association for Korean Language Education, the International Korean Literature Association, and the American Association of Korean Teachers. He received a B.A. in Asian studies and anthropology from Brigham Young University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in East Asian languages and civilization from Harvard University in 1987. For more information, please visit the link below: http://www.koreasociety.org/korean-studies/lectures/honor_thy_parents_filial_piety_in_choson_literature_and_paintings.html

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All About K-Pop
Duration: 29:34

All About K-Pop

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 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 at Madison Square Garden, and 2NE1's Best New Band award from MTV Iggy. Panelists include: Nicole Curry, Contestant at 'K-Pop Star 2' Christina Love Lee, Contestant at 'Super Star K 3' Johnny Noh, Founder & CEO, Allkpop.com & Tokyohive.com Jeff Benjamin, Journalist, Billboard.com Moderated by: Jeff Yang, Columnist, Wall Street Journal

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Sharp on 60th Anniversary Korean War's End
Duration: 03:05

Sharp on 60th Anniversary Korean War's End

General (Ret.) Sharp, former Commander of U.S. Forces Korea and Honorary Chair of the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee, reflects on shared sacrifice and upcoming observances to commemorate the end of the War, in discussion with Dr. Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President of The Korea Society For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/policy/shifting_balance_forcing_change.html For more information on the 60th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War: http://www.koreanwar60.com/ https://www.facebook.com/KoreanWar60

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Sharp on Forcing Change in North Korea
Duration: 04:15

Sharp on Forcing Change in North Korea

General (Ret.) Walter Sharp, former Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, calls for enhanced international cooperation to shift balance in Northeast Asia and force change in North Korea, in discussion with Dr. Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President of The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/policy/shifting_balance_forcing_change.html

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Sharp on China's Change toward North Korea
Duration: 02:58

Sharp on China's Change toward North Korea

General (Ret.) Walter Sharp, former Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, speaks to China's change towards North Korea--cutting ties with North Korea's bank and backing UNSC resolutions on increased sanctions--in discussion with Dr. Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President of The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/policy/shifting_balance_forcing_change.html

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Sharp on Recent Tensions on the Korean Peninsula
Duration: 05:01

Sharp on Recent Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

General (Ret.) Walter Sharp, former Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, addresses North Korea's recent threats, in discussion with Dr. Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President of The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/policy/shifting_balance_forcing_change.html

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Sharp on New International Response to North Korea
Duration: 02:49

Sharp on New International Response to North Korea

General (Ret.) Walter Sharp, former Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, discusses new administrations in Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing and possibilities for enhanced international cooperation in dealing with North Korea, in discussion with Dr. Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President of The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/policy/shifting_balance_forcing_change.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4nHaDcYq9c&feature=youtube_gdata

Korea In Depth: Inside the Gate: An American Nun's Training Within Korean Buddhism
Duration: 57:33

Korea In Depth: Inside the Gate: An American Nun's Training Within Korean Buddhism

Filmed June 6, 2012 Bhikkuni Seon Joon Yale graduate and American Jogye Order Buddhist nun, discusses the essential elements of Korean Buddhism and the daily life of women training to become monastics in modern Korea through her personal experience and photos. Seon Joon Sunim was born outside of Denver, Colorado. She graduated from Yale University in 2002 with a B.A. in English Language and Literature and a concentration in Creative Writing. In 2003, she moved to South Korea to pursue monastic ordination. After a year working as an English teacher, exploring the country, and a three-month retreat at Mu Sang Sa International Zen Center, she was accepted as a candidate at Heungcheon Temple in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She received novice precepts in 2006 and was admitted to Un Mun Monastic College in 2008; she was the first foreign monastic to be admitted into the regular program for that particular college. She graduated in January 2012 and received full precepts in April. Currently the Project Director for Dharma Raft Translation Group and a representative for the International Monastic Students' Association of Korean Buddhism, she is also a translator and amateur photographer. For more information, please visit the link below: koreasociety.org/korean-studies/lectures/inside_the_gate_an_american_nuns_training_within_korean_buddhism.html

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Confucian Ideals Reflected in Chosǒn Paintings
Duration: 20:40

Confucian Ideals Reflected in Chosǒn Paintings

Filmed June 7, 2012 Dr. Kumja Paik Kim, Curator Emerita of Korean Art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, offers an in-depth analysis of the Confucian ideals reflected in Chosǒn paintings. Kumja Paik Kim received her doctorate in Asian Art History from Stanford University in 1982. While teaching at San Jose State University, she was appointed in 1989 to the position of the first Curator of Korean Art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. On June 30, 2006 she retired from the AAMSF. During her tenure at the Asian Art Museum, she curated eight Korean art exhibitions. Besides her exhibition catalogues and her book, The Art of Korea: Highlights from the Collection of San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, her articles have appeared in Artibus Asiae, Oriental Art, Orientations, Korean Culture, Korea Journal, etc. In 2007, she served as the special consultant for the new Korean Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and coordinated the MFAH's publication of the Treasures from the National Museum of Korea. Currently she is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Korean Art and Archaeology published by the National Museum of Korea, Seoul. For more information, please visit the link below: koreasociety.org/korean-studies/lectures/honor_thy_parents_filial_piety_in_choson_literature_and_paintings.html

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Korean Temple Food with Venerable Dae Ahn
Duration: 45:18

Korean Temple Food with Venerable Dae Ahn

Filmed May 1, 2013 For over 1,700 years, in Buddhist temples across Korea, monks and nuns have prepared meals using only fresh, seasonal vegetables in accordance with Buddhist principles. Today, Korean temple food, the original "slow food," has a growing international following appreciative of the healthy and simple yet flavorful fare. To introduce Korean temple food, The Korea Society is most pleased to welcome Venerable Dae Ahn, noted temple-food expert and leading practitioner. She will demonstrate the preparation of several dishes while sharing the philosophy and principles behind Korean temple food, which she has described as, "a perfect meal, full of nature's goodness." For more information, please visit the link below: koreasociety.org/arts-culture/cuisine/korean_temple_food.html

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Successful Startups: "The Secret Sauce"
Duration: 01:33

Successful Startups: "The Secret Sauce"

Bernard Moon,CEO of Vidquik and Co-founder of SparkLabs, answers a question from the audience about 'the secret sauce' for a successful startup, in a discussion with Nikita Desai at The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/korean_entrepreneurship_global_reach.html For more information on SparkLabs: http://www.sparklabs.co.kr/en For more information on KnowRe: https://www.knowre.com/

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Startup Ideas and the Race to Execution
Duration: 04:20

Startup Ideas and the Race to Execution

Bernard Moon,CEO of Vidquik and Co-founder of Sparklabs, and David Joo, Co-founder and Co-CEO of KnowRe, address a question from the audience about protecting intellectual property while sharing ideas with venture capitalists in the race to execution of a startup, in a discussion with Nikita Desai, Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/korean_entrepreneurship_global_reach.html For more information on SparkLabs: http://www.sparklabs.co.kr/en For more information on KnowRe: https://www.knowre.com/

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KnowRe and the Education Tech Market
Duration: 02:08

KnowRe and the Education Tech Market

David Joo, Co-founder and Co-CEO of KnowRe, explains KnowRe's adaptive learning technology and the opportunities for growth in the education technology sector, in a discussion with Nikita Desai, Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/korean_entrepreneurship_global_reach.html For more information on SparkLabs: http://www.sparklabs.co.kr/en For more information on KnowRe: https://www.knowre.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mVSKXDK7do&feature=youtube_gdata

Advice FROM Entrepreneurs TO Entrepreneurs
Duration: 02:54

Advice FROM Entrepreneurs TO Entrepreneurs

Bernard Moon,CEO of Vidquik and Co-founder of Sparklabs, and David Joo, Co-founder and Co-CEO of KnowRe, offer some words of wisdom and lessons learned through their journey as entrepreneurs, in a discussion with Nikita Desai, Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/korean_entrepreneurship_global_reach.html For more information on SparkLabs: http://www.sparklabs.co.kr/en For more information on KnowRe: https://www.knowre.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8RTdfL149o&feature=youtube_gdata

Korean Startups: Taking it Global
Duration: 02:14

Korean Startups: Taking it Global

Bernard Moon,CEO of Vidquik and Co-founder of Sparklabs, discusses ways to expand Korean startups globally and explore strategic international partnerships, in a discussion with Nikita Desai, Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/korean_entrepreneurship_global_reach.html For more information on SparkLabs: http://www.sparklabs.co.kr/en For more information on KnowRe: https://www.knowre.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg7lZwdhddg&feature=youtube_gdata

SparkLabs: Korean Startup Incubator
Duration: 04:09

SparkLabs: Korean Startup Incubator

Bernard Moon, CEO of Vidquik and Co-founder of SparkLabs, discusses the Silicon Valley style startup accelerator [SparkLabs] that provides support for Korean startups to take their business global and how it has been based on the Israeli model for success, in a discussion with Nikita Desai, Director of Policy & Corporate Programs at The Korea Society. For more information about this event: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/korean_entrepreneurship_global_reach.html For more information on SparkLabs: http://www.sparklabs.co.kr/en For more information on KnowRe: https://www.knowre.com/

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Scott Snyder on the Obama-Park Summit
Duration: 05:04

Scott Snyder on the Obama-Park Summit

Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korean Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy at The Council on Foreign Relations, comments on the historic May summit between President Barack Obama and President Park Geun-hye. For more information, please visit the link below: http://www.koreasociety.org/policy/joint_press_conference_with_president_barack_obama_and_republic_of_korea_president_park_geun-hye.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzkdFSdBxOA&feature=youtube_gdata

Patents: Samsung versus Apple
Duration: 04:06

Patents: Samsung versus Apple

Mark Kresloff, Partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge answers a question from an audience member to explain design patents and copyright issues in the legal battles between Apple and Samsung over smartphone and tablet designs, in a conversation moderated by Nikita Desai, Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program:http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/patently_great_intellectual_property_patent_growth_and_koreas_global_lead.html#.UYAomKKG18E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KCPNchOIx8&feature=youtube_gdata

Korea's Innovation Economy
Duration: 04:41

Korea's Innovation Economy

Mark Kresloff, Partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge, addresses the question of patent applications equaling innovation, focusing on the telecommunications industry as part of Korea's innovation economy, in a discussion moderated by Nikita Desai, Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program:http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/patently_great_intellectual_property_patent_growth_and_koreas_global_lead.html#.UYAomKKG18E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks5GA9ZUYuc&feature=youtube_gdata

KORUS FTA and Korea's IPR Sector
Duration: 02:13

KORUS FTA and Korea's IPR Sector

Mark Kresloff, Partner, and Bumrae Cho, Associate, of McKenna Long & Aldridge explain the specific changes to Korean copyright law under the Korea - U.S. Free Trade Agreement, and make predictions about the broader impact the KORUS FTA may have on patent applications in Korea, in a discussion moderated by Nikita Desai, Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/patently_great_intellectual_property_patent_growth_and_koreas_global_lead.html#.UYAomKKG18E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6-aDu-o1cc&feature=youtube_gdata

Comparing Korean Patent Applications to Japan, China, & U.S.
Duration: 02:05

Comparing Korean Patent Applications to Japan, China, & U.S.

Mark Kresloff, Partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge, compares Korea's increasing proportion of patent applications vis-à-vis Japan, China and the U.S., and highlights the fact that Korea is the global leader in patent applications per GDP, in a discussion moderated by Nikita Desai, Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/patently_great_intellectual_property_patent_growth_and_koreas_global_lead.html#.UYAomKKG18E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dO7NYVTVRo&feature=youtube_gdata

Patent Growth in Korea
Duration: 04:41

Patent Growth in Korea

Mark Kresloff, Partner, and Bumrae Cho, Associate, at McKenna Long & Aldridge explain the rapid growth trend in patent applications in Korea from 1997 to the present, in a discussion moderated by Nikita Desai, Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/patently_great_intellectual_property_patent_growth_and_koreas_global_lead.html#.UYAomKKG18E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cta9smPXC4&feature=youtube_gdata

Patents and Intellectual Property Rights in Korea
Duration: 02:37

Patents and Intellectual Property Rights in Korea

Mark Kresloff, Partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge, explains patents and the importance of patent protection to South Korea, as a global leader in technology development, in a discussion moderated by Nikita Desai Director of Corporate and Policy Programs at The Korea Society. For more information on this program: http://www.koreasociety.org/corporate/patently_great_intellectual_property_patent_growth_and_koreas_global_lead.html#.UYAomKKG18E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFXR1ZwTGw&feature=youtube_gdata

Korea-U.S. Relations: From Allies to Global Partners
Duration: 28:31

Korea-U.S. Relations: From Allies to Global Partners

April 18, 2013 Brown Palace Club, The Brown Palace Hotel Denver, CO His Excellency YJ Choi, South Korea's Ambassador to the United States, and Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, The Korea Society Chair, dialogue on the remarkable relationship between Korea and the United States, and Korea's rise globally. Korea and the U.S. share a common security and vibrant business relations. Korea figures as a growing investor in the United States and a vibrant actor on economic, political and cultural stages. The Korea-U.S. (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement implementation has seen new opportunities and partnerships. With tensions rising on the Korean Peninsula and the first Obama-Park summit two weeks on, Ambassadors Choi and Hubbard address both challenges and gains on the Peninsula.

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