Join the Children's Museum of the Arts (CMA) and The Korea Society for a celebration of Korean art and culture.  This festive day will feature a Korean folk tale reading from guest storyteller Heinz Inzu Fenkl, as well as dance and drumming performances by the Korean Traditional Performing Arts Association, and… MORE

March 6, 13, 20 / April 17, 24, 2010 Twelve educators from the New York metropolitan area learned about Korea in this introductory course for teachers held over the course of five Saturdays in March and April. Offered in conjunction with the New York City Department of Education's After School… MORE

August 3–7, 2009 Twenty-one metro New York teachers attended an intensive, five-day course on Korean history, politics, culture, geography, religion, language and literature at The Korea Society. The goal of this in-service course was to expose educators to Korea and provide them with a framework for bringing it into the… MORE

On August 4, 2008, Dr. Charles Armstrong, director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, presented a two-part overview of Korean history at The Korea Society in New York. In this second lecture, Dr. Armstrong discusses modern Korean history, beginning in 1876 with Korea’s first formal diplomatic treaty… MORE

On August 4, 2008, Dr. Charles Armstrong, director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, presented a two-part overview of Korean history at The Korea Society in New York. In this first lecture, he provides a general introduction to contemporary Korea before delving into Korean history, starting with… MORE

On November 6, 2007 The Korea Society hosted a lecture titled "The Case of Arirang: How the Anthem of Korean Resistance Became a Japanese Pop Hit" by E. Taylor Atkins, associate professor of history at Northern Illinois University. Atkins discussed the unique role of the quintessentially Korean folk song "Arirang" during… MORE