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PROJECT BRIDGE YOUTH AMBASSADORS 2024 Community Presentation

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Join us to celebrate the 2023-2024 participants of the longest running education program offered at the Society, the Project Bridge Youth Ambassador Program.

Eight New York City public high school students were selected last fall, via a competitive competition, as the 2023-2024 Youth Ambassadors. Since November these students, who represent a range of NYC schools, have participated in 16 workshops in which they explored Korean culture, cuisine, history and language as well economics, current events on the peninsula and the importance of the US-Korea alliance. Further, numerous activities focused on leadership and intercultural competence skill development.

In addition to the workshops, the youth ambassadors spent ten-days exploring Korea in-person. The annual study tour to the Republic of Korea, a major highlight of the program, provided the participants with significant exposure to many people, activities, and places in Korea of historical and social significance. They had the privilege to meet with leaders in government, business, education, and the arts and to spend time at Korean high schools interacting with students their own age.

This Community Presentation is another highlight of the program as it provides the students with the opportunity to share with you and a broader audience what they have learned, insights they have gained and to celebrate an academic year of hard work and exploration. We hope you can join us. A reception follows the presentations.

For more information about the Project Bridge Youth Ambassador Program, click here. Our 2024-2025 competition will open this September.

 

PROJECT BRIDGE YOUTH AMBASSADORS 2024 Community Presentation

Friday, June 21, 2024 | 6 PM (EDT)


 The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017

 

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Korean Through Cuisine Workshop

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Korean Through Korean Cuisine Workshop

Date: Thursday, May 14, 7:00-9:00 PM (EDT)
Mode: Online (Zoom) 
Instruction will be provided in both English and Korean.


This workshop explores Korean cuisine beyond the idea of a single, unified tradition, highlighting the diversity of hansik and introducing Key Korean culinary expressions! Participants will learn how history, rice cultivation, and social structures have shaped food culture, from royal court cuisine to everyday meals, while also being introduced to key Korean language vocabularies and phrases throughout each topic. The session examines the influence of trade and cultural exchange, along with practices such as fermentation and kimjang. Finally, it considers Korean cuisine in a global context, reflecting on tradition, adaptation, and authenticity.

How many did you get right? Level up your Korean language, etiquette, and K-drama knowledge—register for our 2026 Fall Korean Language Class!

2026 KLP Fall Term 

If you have any questions, please contact language@koreasociety.org.


Korean Travel: Survival Language & Tips Workshop

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Korean Travel: Survival Language & Tips Workshop

Date: Tuesday, March 3rd, 7:00-9:00 PM (EDT)
Mode: Online (Zoom) 
Instructor: Yurim Oh, Linda Tobash
Material will be provided. 
Instruction will be provided in both English and Korean.

Planning to travel to Korea soon? In this fun and engaging workshop, you learn how to navigate around Korea. You will learn how to introduce yourself, ask for directions, order in a restaurant, and ask the price of things as well as how to say hello, thank you, excuse me in Korean and much, much more! And, you explore key etiquette practices including: greetings and bowing, dining protocols, passing items and gift giving. Suggestions on what to do and see, where and how to get a taxi, and maneuvering public transportation are also provided. Language instruction is in English and Korean. Etiquette and tip instructions are in English. This workshop is open to ages 16+

 For any inquiries, please email us at language@koreasociety.org.

Korean Through K-Pop Workshop

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Korean through K-pop Workshop

Date: Tuesday, February 10th, 7:00-9:00 PM (EDT)
Mode: Online (Zoom) 
Instructor: Suji Kwon
Material will be provided. 
Instruction will be provided in both English and Korean.

Dive into the K-pop songs as authentic materials to learn Korean grammar, expressions, and culture. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, we will explore love-themed songs and talk about dating culture in Korea. Lyrics will guide us in uncovering everyday language, cultural references, and advanced grammar patterns. This workshop features songs different from those covered in the previous 2025 K-pop workshops. Featured artists include: Straykid’s “좋아해서 미안해”(Sorry, I love you), Nmixx’s “블루 발렌타인” (Blue Valentine), Soyou and Junggigo’s “썸”(Some), Melo Mance’s “사랑인가봐” (It Must Be Love), Jannabi’s “사랑의 이름으로” (For the name of love)

 For any inquiries, please email us at language@koreasociety.org.

Korean Through Folktale Workshop

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Korean Through Folktale Workshop
For learners who can read Korean alphabet.

Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 6:30-8:30 PM (EDT)
Mode: In person, At The Korea Society
Instructor: Sabina Rowe
Material will be provided. 
Instruction will be provided in both English and Korean.


This interactive workshop introduces learners to two classic Korean folktales of “청개구리 (The Green Frog) ” and “호랑이와 곶감 (The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon).” The grammatical focus is on the basic past tense forms, taught within meaningful story contexts. Learners will also practice connective expressions as well as simple emotion-related expressions. Through these activities, participants will develop the ability to follow the flow of a story and understand its meaning. Ultimately, the goal of the workshop is to support learners in expressing their own thoughts in Korean using short, meaningful sentences.


For any inquiries, please email us at language@koreasociety.org.

Note: Korea Society membership discounts apply only to 8-week or 10-week courses, and not to this workshop


Project Bridge

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Project Bridge

2025-2026 New York City Youth Ambassadors at The Korea Society
Posing with the Society’s Exhibition Dyadic | Annette Hur & Hayoon Jay Lee

The Project Bridge Youth Ambassador Program is the longest running program offered by The Korea Society’s Education Department. It was started in 1993 as a response to the 1992 Los Angeles uprising to introduce African-American urban students to Korean people, history and culture in an effort to promote greater understanding.

Since its inception Project Bridge has engaged urban youth in New York City and Los Angeles and over time has expanded student diversity in these two urban groups. In fall 2019 the Program added a rural and Indigenous youth perspective and voice with the addition of students from Montana. Project Bridge is geared to inner-city junior and senior public high school students in New York and Los Angeles and to juniors across Western Montana. Students hail from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.

The Korea Society works in conjunction with the Los Angeles-based Pacific Century Institute and the Missoula-based Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana to offer many exciting opportunities for youth ambassadors to not only learn about Korea but to develop leadership and intercultural competence skills, improve their public-speaking ability and grow their personal and professional networks. The academic year-long program consists of three key components: bi-monthly workshops, a ten-day study tour to the Republic of Korea and individual research culminating in a spring community presentation. Each site selects eight students annually through a highly competitive application process.

Project Bridge goals are to ensure students develop insights and skills needed to “bridge” the gaps between people of divergent cultural heritages, to empower them to view social and cultural differences as a pathway – not a barrier – and to exercise their responsibilities as emerging young leaders in an increasingly interconnected and richly diverse world. More specifically, it aims to build an understanding of and appreciation for Korea and the importance of the US-Korea relationship, an understanding that they hold for a lifetime and also share with their respective communities.

 

   

Use the following links for further information:

Project Bridge Sponsors and Contributors
Program Overview
Project Bridge New York City Community Presentation 
Most recent New York City Youth Ambassador cohort
More information on the Los Angeles Pacific Century Institute Program
More information on the Missoula, Montana Mansfield Center Program

 If you want more information about the Project Bridge Youth Ambassador, please click here.

 

Project Bridge

 

Biases blind us to the risk of Chinese military intervention in Korea 

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8/16/2023 

In an article published by the Atlantic Council, Biases blind us to the risk of Chinese military intervention in Korea, Korea Society policy director Jonathan Corrado examines the historical record to highlight the cognitive biases that have plagued US intelligence assessments, with a particular focus on failures preceding China’s intervention in Korea over 70 years ago. Corrado warns that the “alchemy of cognitive and organizational biases is uniquely suited to advantage a PRC self-defensive counterattack strategy,” and offers some suggestions for how to avoid those pitfalls.

Korea-America Student Conference Final Forum

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Join us for the Korea–America Student Conference (KASC) Final Forum which is being co-hosted by The Korea Society and the International Student Conferences (ISC). ISC facilitates three academic and cultural exchange programs per year which are organized by university students in the U.S., Japan, Korea and China. For KASC, now in its 18th year, an equal number of US and Korean students have spent the summer together exploring US-Korea relations and meet both Seoul and New York City for in-person collaboration. 

Organized around round table themes—Cooperative Perspectives on Human Rights and Protest Culture, Art & Identity, Economy and Trade, Politics & Technology, and Environment and Climate Change—students report on the culmination of their research. They would love to share their insights with you! Click here to register for the KASC Final Forum.

Following the Forum, The Korea Society will host at 12:30 PM,  Remembering the Korean War, the Society’s annual armistice memorial event. Click here for more information and to register for this event.

 

 

Korea-America Student Conference Final Forum 

Friday, July 25, 2025 | 10:00 AM (EDT)

The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017

 

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Indo-Pacific Strategies and Foreign Policy Challenges The US-China Strategic Competition

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6/30/2023

Indo-Pacific Strategies and Foreign Policy Challenges
The US-China Strategic Competition

In a new Routledge book titled Indo-Pacific Strategies and Foreign Policy Challenges: The US-China Strategic Competition, Korea Society policy director Jonathan Corrado contributes a chapter, “Strengthening Indo-Pacific Chip Supply Chain: Opportunities and Obstacles for a Tech Alliance.”

Project Bridge Youth Ambassador 30th Anniversary Celebration

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Come join us to celebrate the longest running education Program offered at the Society, the Project Bridge Youth Ambassador Project Program.

The Program began in 1993 as a response to Sa-I-Gu—when growing unrest between the African American and Korean American communities triggered widespread destruction in LA’s Koreatown in the wake of the 1992 Rodney King incident and subsequent LA riots. The goal of the Program, at that time known as Kids to Korea, was to have inner city youth in New York and Los Angeles gain a better understanding of, appreciation for and engagement with the Korean community.

The Program has evolved over the years. While a ten-day study tour continues to be a highlight, youth ambassadors also engage in academic year-long workshops to learn about the Program’s roots as well as Korean history, culture, and the importance of the US-Korea alliance.

At this celebration you will hear from individuals who launched the initiative as well as Project Bridge alumni. A special video showcasing highlights from the past 30 years reinforces their remarks. Further, our current youth ambassadors, who represent a range of NYC public high schools, share insights on what they have learned and experienced this year.

A reception follows the discussion. Hope to see you there!

 

 

 

Project Bridge Youth Ambassador 30th Anniversary Celebration

Thursday, June 8, 2023 | 6 PM (EDT)


 The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017

 

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