On October 20th, Christopher R. Hill, former U.S. Ambassador to Seoul and now Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, visited The Korea Society to talk about his recently published memoir, "Outpost, Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy."     Ambassador Christopher R. Hill’s Memoir: Outpost   Monday, October 20, 2014 | 6 PM 5:30 AM  |  Registration & Light Fare 6:00 PM… Read More

Author Euny Hong discusses, with The Wall Street Journal Online’s columnist Jeffrey Yang, her  first nonfiction book, The Birth of Korean Cool, which mixes stories from her childhood in Korea with in-depth reporting and exclusive interviews with government officials and cultural icons. The result is an entertaining look at how South Korea made an unprecedented leap into the 21st century to become a global leader in business, technology, education, and… Read More

A bestseller in Korea, with over 100,000 copies sold, The Samsung Way reveals the management principles driving one of the world’s most innovative Korean companies. Having conducted over 80 interviews with senior Samsung executives, Dr. Jaeyong Song discusses the compelling transformation of Samsung from a low-cost original equipment manufacturer to a global leader and industry competitor of Apple, Intel, GE and Microsoft.   Thursday, August 7, 2014 | 6 PM  … Read More

Kyung-sook Shin, one of Korea’s most acclaimed writers and author of the international bestseller Please Look After Mom, has written a seventh novel, I’ll Be Right There, a coming-of-age story set in South Korea’s turbulent 1980s. Following the June 3rd release of the English translation of I’ll Be Right There, Ms Shin visits The Korea Society to discuss her life and writing, as well as her latest book. A reception… Read More

Novelist Cho Chongnae’s How in Heaven’s Name focuses on a group of Korean youths conscripted and forced to serve across Asia and Europe in World War II. Translators Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton discuss this compelling work. Moderated by Dr. Stephen Noerper, senior vice president of The Korea Society. Korea and the Politics of Identity I: How in Heaven’s Name 5:30 PM | Registration & Light Fare 6:00 PM | Discussion… Read More

Chang-rae Lee, the award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered, has written a fifth book, On Such a Full Sea, which is a highly provocative, deeply affecting story of one woman’s legendary quest in a shocking, future America. Following the January publication of this much anticipated new novel, Chang-rae Lee sits down with fellow writer Susan Choi, whose most recent novel is the acclaimed My Education, to discuss his… Read More

Lovers of literature and history are invited to join a book discussion group reading three novels by some of Korea’s best known writers, each about a different time period in Korea’s modern history: the Japanese Occupation, the Korean War, and the post-War period.   October 1 | Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood by Richard E. KimOctober 29 | The Rainy Spell by Heung-gil Yun, translated by Ji Moon… Read More

The Korea Society and KoreanAmericanStory.org co-host a literary conversation and reception with three accomplished Korean-American writers: Catherine Chung, Eugenia Kim, and Yuliana Kim-Grant. These authors have written deeply personal and moving novels about loss, hope, and heritage and will share both their stories, as well as their characters’, with readings from their books. Each of these debut novels garnered critical acclaim: Forgotten Country (2012) by Catherine Chung"I was left utterly… Read More

James Church’s Inspector O novels have been hailed as “crackling good” (The Washington Post) and “tremendously clever” (Tampa Tribune), with Church himself embraced by critics as “the equal of le Carre” (Publishers Weekly). Now Church—a former Western intelligence officer who pulls back the curtain on the hidden world of North Korea in a way no one else can—comes roaring back with a new series featuring Inspector O’s nephew, Bing, the… Read More

Join literary lion Young-ha Kim as he discusses the release of Black Flower. This powerful drama creates fiction from a little-known historical moment when a thousand Koreans flee war and the loss of their nation before colonial annexation. The travelers endure harsh seas for the promise of land in Mexico, but soon discover they’ve been sold into indentured servitude. Aboard ship, an orphan, Ijeong, falls in love with the daughter… Read More