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South Korean Business and the DMZ in an Era of Climate Change
Wed. Sept. 10 @ 12:00 PM
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Hall Healy, president of The DMZ Forum, Inc., argues that the pristine environment of the DMZ
could provide drinking water to millions of Koreans, trillions
of won in income and an untold number of jobs. Healy will discuss strategies that could help South Korean industries
re-tool for the future with landscape ecologist John Mickelson, William B. Shore, secretary of The DMZ Forum, and Christine Kim (Yale University).
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| Upcoming Event |
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18th Annual Van Fleet Memorial Golf Tournament
Mon. Sept. 15
Alpine Country Club,
Demarest, NJ
Please join The Korea Society’s 18th Annual Van Fleet Memorial Golf
Tournament. The tournament provides an
opportunity for our members and friends to get better acquainted in a
beautiful setting. It is also an opportunity for our generous sponsors
to show their support for our programs. The success of this tournament
over the years has helped us to build and transform The Korea Society
into a major player in the promotion of even closer relations between
Americans and Koreans.
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| Language Classes |
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Fall 2008 Korean Language Classes
Register today!
Register now for Fall 2008 Korean language classes at multiple levels. Fall classes begin September 16. Limited class sizes allow more interaction with the instructor and other students.
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Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
Fri. Sept. 19 @ 12:00 PM
In a conversation with The Washington Times' Barbara Slavin, longtime CNN correspondent Mike Chinoy will talk about his new book, Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis. Chinoy will share the perspective he has gained
from more than two hundred interviews with key players in Washington,
Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing—including Colin Powell, John Bolton and Kim Dae-jung.
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| Performance |
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Singing with 12 Strings
Wed. Sept. 24 @ 6:30 PM
Join us for an
exciting evening of traditional Korean music with celebrated musician Oh
Jung-Hee, who will perform on the 12-stringed Korean zither (kayagŭm)
and speak about her passion for this instrument. The contemporary vitality of
an ancient tradition of music and storytelling will be demonstrated in a
performance including both solo instrumental (kayagŭm sanjo) and accompanied vocal (kayagŭm pyŏngch'ang) pieces.
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| NASDAQ |
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The Korea Society @ NASDAQ
On August 22, Evans J.R. Revere, president of The Korea
Society, presided over the Closing Bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite
in Times Square in New York
City. The ceremony cele- brated the opening
of the eighth annual New York
Korean Film Festival.
Read on to see more pictures from the event.
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| Past Forum |
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A Korean Actor on the World Stage: Ahn Sung-ki
Wed. Aug 27 @ 6:30 PM
Ahn
Sung-ki, the “people’s actor” of Korea, will speak about his long and
rich acting career as well as his own life history that very nearly
coincides with the history of contemporary Korean cinema. As president of the
Korean Actors’ Guild, Ahn also will address the relationship between
actors and the national film industry, inter- Asian cinematic projects,
and the “globalization” of Korean cinema.
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Co-sponsored by yKAN
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| New Beginnings |
 | New Beginnings
“New Beginnings,” a nonpartisan policy study group of former senior U.S. officials and other experts on Korea
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Get the Full Report from the April 15th press conference on recommendations for updating and strengthening the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
- Download the audio from the June 3rd panel discussion at the World Affairs Council of Northern California results of President Lee’s recent visit to the United States and of the
prospects for forging a real partnership with South Korea.
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| Screening & Panel |
 | Cinema Korea: The Past, Present and Future of Korean Films
Thu. August 28 @ 6:00 PM
Join The Korea Society for a screening
of the exciting new documentary, Cinema Korea, and a panel discussion on the
current state of Korean cinema. Oscar-nominated director Christine Choy will introduce
her film, and field questions from the audience with Jung-Bong Choi (Tisch School of the Arts, NYU) and
Jina Kim (Smith College).
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Co-sponsored by yKAN
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| Past Forum |
 | Fashion: The Next Korean Wave?
Wed. August 20 @ 6:30 PM
Join The Korea Society for a discussion moderated by luxury marketing consultant Susan Shin of Shin Advisors, with fashion designers Gemma Kahng and Jean Yu, and menswear designer Hyden Yoo, as they address their creative processes,
their influences and the unique cultural and commercial challenges they
face in marketing their fashion in the U.S., Korea and a globalized
society.
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| Past Policy Forum |
 | The DPRK Today
Fri. July 11 @ 12:00 PM
John Everard, Great Britain’s ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since February 2006, will discuss the current situation in North Korea, changes in its society and the problems that the country faces.
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| Past Book Café |
 | Korean Homecomings: The Poetry of Origin
Wed. July 2 @ 6:30 PM
Join poets Lee Herrick, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, and author
Kim Sunée for a fascinating conversation about
Korean adoptee literature and the
link between writing and the quest for identity/origin.
Herrick and Sunée recently returned from
South
Korea, where they were conducting a
birth-family search. They will share stories from their journey and read from
their works with Jennifer Kwon Dobbs.
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| Past Joint Program |
 | UN Global Initiatives and Contributions from North East Asia
Thu. June 26 @ 6:00 PM
Japan Society
SOLD OUT
United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon will address a joint
membership audience. The topics will include the important role Japan
and the Republic of Korea can play in fighting climate change, building
a more secure world, reaching the Millennium Development Goals and
reinvigorating the United Nations itself.
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| Past Policy Forum |
 | Lee Myung-bak's First 100 Days in Office: The Roots of a Summer of Discontent?
Mon. June 23 @ 3:30 PM
What is the
current U.S. beef crisis really all about?
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anti-Americanism behind the outburst of Korean popular animosity? What does this crisis portend for the KORUS FTA and for U.S.-Korea relations? Charles K. Armstrong, Scott Snyder, David Straub and Youngshik Bong will address these questions, assess the first months of Lee Myung-bak’s presidency and take a hard
look at what has been a remarkable period in Korea’s domestic
politics.
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| Business Roundtable |
 | The Future of Korean International Competitiveness
Thu. June 12 @ 12:00 PM
Monitor Group CEO Joe Fuller will draw on his expertise in governance and corporate strategy, as well as his extensive dealings with Korea's largest and leading companies, to highlight issues of global governance and strategy that will impact the future development of Korean international competitiveness.
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| Annual Dinner |
 | 2008 Annual Dinner
The Korea Society held
its 2008 Annual Dinner on April 15 in New York City in honor of President Lee
Myung-bak. The Korea Society would like to thank all its supporters and guests for making the evening such a
success.
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| Past Policy Forum |
 | Why Dialogue, Negotiations and Engagement with North Korea Can Be Worth the Effort
Wed. June 11 @ 12:00 PM
First as a member of Caritas Hong Kong, and now as country director for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Pyongyang, Zellweger has over 30 years of experience in humanitarian work and over 12 years of experience in the DPRK. In her talk, Zellweger will detail the strategies for successful negotiations with North Korea.
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