Past Programs

Producing a Film across Seoul and New York: Making West 32nd

Hollywood makes lots of legal thrillers, but none of them speak so directly to the Korean American experience as the newly released West 32nd. While in

Exhibiting Korea

A New, Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs May 24 – November 16, 2007 Exhibiting Korea, a new monthly series of presentations on the fine

Korean Funerary Figures: Companions for the Journey to the Other World

Exhibition July 26, 2007 – December 18, 2007 “… eye-catching.” – New York Times Art Review, “Korea’s Extraordinary Send-Offs for Ordinary People”, August 17, 2007

Is the Korean Wave Dead? The Next Phase of Korean Pop Culture

Recent years have seen a wave of Korean pop culture—known as hallyu—sweep across Asia as consumers from Thailand to Japan became ardent fans of Korean

Film Panel: Finishing the Game

  When Bruce Lee died, he left behind 12 minutes of footage from his final film. The upcoming movie Finishing the Game imagines what would have happened

Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood

  Exhibition January 31–April 18, 2008 Toys are always more meaningful than the simple playthings they appear to be. They can embody the fantasies, values,

Our Toys, Our Selves: Robot Taekwon V and South Korean Identity

    On February 7, 2008, Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park, an assistant professor in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of

Reinventing Traditional Korean Music

Komun’go performance and master class with Heo Yoon-JeongKomun’go Performer and Composer Thursday, February 28, 2008 Legend has it that when Korean courtiers first played the

Inside North Korea with the New York Philharmonic

    Exhibition April 24–May 16, 2008 Opening Reception Wednesday, April 30, 2008 The Korea Society is pleased to present Inside North Korea with the

Lee Chang-Dong and Moon So-ri present “Oasis”

  With Director Lee Chang-Dong and Actress Moon So-ri.      Wednesday, May 5, 2008 | 7:00 PM Asia Society725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street)New York, NY 10021