Past Programs

The Journals of Musan

Winner of “Best New Narrative Director” at 2011 Tribeca Film Festival!   The Tribeca Film Festival presents the New York premiere of the much-anticipated The Journals of

Making the Kimchi Chronicles

Join Eric Rhee, producer, and Marja Vongerichten, host and wife of world famous chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, for an evening of conversation and a behind the

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My Korean Deli

    Ben Ryder Howe, formerly of The Paris Review and a contributor to The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and Outside, discusses his recently published

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Contemplative Traditional Music Series: P’ungnyu Percussion (Changgo)

Enjoy a meditative performance of changgo, a traditional hour-glass drum, adapted for p’ungnyu, the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility and central theme of The

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Contemplative Traditional Music Series: P’ungnyu Percussion (Changgo)

Enjoy a meditative performance of changgo, a traditional hour-glass drum, adapted for p’ungnyu, the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility and central theme of The

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Book Café: The Women Divers of Jeju Island

    Award-winning author, editor and photojournalist Brenda Paik Sunoo presents images from Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies and the Sea. Jeju Island’s sea women,

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The Martyred Re-Released

    In marking the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean War, The Korea Society salutes the late Richard Kim, as Penguin Classics re-releases his National

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The Writings of Lee UFan

The Korea Society presents the writings of celebrated artist, poet, and philosopher Lee UFan, in conjunction with the Guggenheim Museum’s retrospective exhibition, Lee UFan: Marking

Contemplative Traditions Music Series: P’ungnyu Strings (Kayagum)

Enjoy a meditative hour of stringed kayagum set to p’ungnyu, the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility and central theme of our spring/summer performance series.

Special Screening of I Saw the Devil @ The Museum of the Moving Image

Director Kim Ji-woon’s latest film follows a bloody cycle of catch-and-release as the protagonist inflicts “equal sorrow” on his fiancée’s killer. Kim casts a distinctive mark