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US-DPRK Summit: Too Big to Fail and Multiple Dimensions of Risk

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Dr. Jung H. Pak, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korean Studies and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, addresses the lead-up to the potential summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Dr. Pak speaks to areas of potential progress, provides cautionaries, and articulates the challenges associated with the historic meeting. Dr. Pak also addresses how a Kim-Trump meeting could possibly shift regional dynamics and what that would mean for US policy. Dr. Pak speaks with Dr. Stephen Noerper, Korea Society Senior Director.

US-DPRK Summit: Too Big to Fail and Multiple Dimensions of Risk

featuring  Jung Pak

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 | 12 PM

 

 

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Of Interest:

Transcript: Michael Morell, Jung Pak, David Sanger on “Face the Nation,” March 11, 2018

 

 

Ham Sup: Paper Dreams

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Ham Sup (b. 1942) has worked with hanji, traditional Korean paper made from the bark of mulberry trees, as his primary medium for over 30 years. Hanji is well known in Korea as a prized material for cultural and religious purposes, and has been an integral part of Korean daily life for centuries. While the traces of Korean history are immediately apparent in the medium and colors of his work, Ham’s unique artistic process reflects the visions of a true modern artist who effectively combines tradition and modern abstraction, celebrating dreams of Korea in both its past and future.

Born and raised in the Gangwon provincial capital, Chunchon, a rural area known for its natural beauty, Sup Ham has participated in numerous exhibitions at internationally renowned venues, including the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul), Hyundai Art Gallery (Seoul), and the Museum for Asiatische Kunst (Berlin), and collections including the Rockefeller Foundation (USA), Boeringer Collection (Germany), and Foundation Juan Marche (Spain).

Professor Kyunghee Pyun discusses the process of Hanji making with regards to sustainability and ecosystem of a Korean artisanal tradition. She also presents Ham Sup’s unique art making with Hanji to emphasize his innovative process that touched upon the cultural heritage of Korea. 

This exhibition participated in “Asia Week 2018” and it will run until April 12, 2018.

This exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Dongwha Cultural Foundation.

 

Ham Sup: Paper Dreams

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Gallery Reception | 6 PM
Gallery Talk with Kyunghee Pyun | 6:30 PM

 

Kyunghee Pyun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History of Art, Fashion Institute of Technology; Founder and Executive Director of the Bamboo Canvas

 

@ The Korea Society 
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, NYC

Gallery hours: 10 AM – 4:30 PM by appointment

For more information, please contact Jahee Yu, Art Exhibition Coordinator or call 212-792-7923.

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

Last Ship in the Harbor

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Description: With the enemy hot on his heels, Admiral J. Robert Lunney helped board 14,000 North Korean refugees onto the SS Meredith Victory as part of one of the most audacious humanitarian evacuations in history. Ultimately, 98,100 civilians were saved. There are over one million descendants of the Heungnam evacuees living in South Korea today. Among them, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, whose parents and sister were aboard the SS Meredith Victoria in 1950.  

Last Ship in the Harbor

 

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Sherman Family Emerging Scholar Lecture Series Awardee Announced

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The Korea Society hosts annually the Sherman Family Emerging Scholar Lecture Series, which encourages new American thought leadership on Korea. The inaugural awardee in 2017 was Dr. Katrin Katz, who completed a dissertation at Northwestern University and spoke on Korean nationalism and maritime issues.

The 2018 recipient is Dongsei Kim, Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Design at the New York Institute of Technology. He holds a Master in Design Studies with Distinction from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University, and a professional Bachelor of Architecture with honors from Victoria University in Wellington.

Professor Kim’s ongoing research examines how spatial practices construct plural understandings of the divided Korean Peninsula. His research offers an alternative way of thinking about nation state borders through spatial practices. Professor Kim speaks at the Korea Society in September 2018 on Imagining the Impossible: The DMZ as a Productive Territory. His lecture explores how the discipline of architecture and landscape architecture investigates the demilitarized zone, like most borders often portrayed as an exclusionary zone, a tensional space. He suggests that architecture and landscape architecture (spatial design) radically reformulate and transform regressive exclusionary border conditions into inclusive spaces that become synergistic and productive for all involved parties–especially relevant to recent improvements in inter-Korean relations.

The Korea Society opens competition from mid-December to mid-March, with a single awardee addressing the Society prior to its annual gala. Emerging scholars hail from academe, think tanks, research or analysis and from across disciplines. Applicants must be US-based. The award provides travel, hotel, and a $2500 lecture honorarium. The award is named for the Sherman family and Philip Sherman, who served as Citi representative in Korea in the 1970s.

The featured lecture streams live and is available on audio podcast and video.

 

Innovate and Attack: North Korea Doubles Down on Cyber

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North Korean cyber attacks are hitting the headlines on nearly a daily basis as the regime demonstrates an increased ability to innovate and expand the scope of cyber operations. Korea Society talks to AlienVault threat analyst Chris Doman, who teaches us about the North’s largest hacking group and Pyongyang’s latest foray – hacking cryptocurrency systems. 

Music courtesy of Elias Schutzman and Adam Bufano. 

 

Innovate and Attack: North Korea Doubles Down on Cyber

with Chris Doman

Friday, March 9, 2018

 

 

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Negotiating with North Korea, Inc.: A Breakthrough?

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Does the announcement of North Korea’s willingness to negotiate with the US represent a breakthrough? Did the maximum pressure campaign of sanctions and deterrence move Pyongyang to the announced inter-Korean summit and possibly the negotiation table with the Americans? Is there more at play or is this part of the strategy of North Korea Inc.? Are Seoul and Washington in alignment in dealing with North Korea Inc.?

Harvard University Kennedy School’s Korea Working Group Director, Dr. John Park, addresses media, members and other supporters on the breaking headlines, as well as on the evolution (and devolution) of North Korea’s external trade and commercial ties, notably with China. Dr. Park joins in dialogue with Dr. Stephen Noerper, senior director for policy at the Korea Society and adjunct professor at Columbia University.

In the event of a snow emergency and closing of New York Public Schools, this event will be rescheduled to 12-1 PM on Thursday, March 8. For this event, please arrive fifteen minutes in advance of the noon session and provide building security with a government issued photo ID on arrival at 350 Madison Avenue prior to going to Fl. 24. Arrive early for prime seating. Media may contact associate director jonathan.corrado@koreasociety.org

 

North Korea, Inc.: A Breakthrough?

A Rapid Reaction Conversation

featuring  John Park

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 | 12 PM

 

 

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Of Interest:

Why North Korea’s Overture to the U.S. Is Different This Time

 

 

Dialogue with a North Korean Defector

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Join an intimate conversation with defector Seongmin Lee, who escaped North Korea in 2009. Hailing from the border town of Hyesan, Lee witnessed the tumultuous social and economic change in the wake of the 1990s famine. Lee converses with associate policy director Jonathan Corrado in this event marking the fourth anniversary of the release of the UN Commission of Inquiry Report on North Korea human rights.

 

Dialogue with a North Korean Defector

featuring Seongmin Lee

Thursday, February 22, 2018 | 6 PM

 

 

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Korea’s Transition to Democracy: Thirty Years On

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Marking thirty years since the shift from authoritarianism to democracy in South Korea, the Korea Society hosts analysts and experts for an intimate discussion of the transition then, the flowering of democracy since, to include the Candlelight Movement, and the state of Korea’s democracy today. This is a small-group, special recording session.

 

PART 2

 

Thursday, February 15
 
3:00 PM
Special recording narration: Ms. Lauren Bernstein, Actors Equity
Introduction: Dr. Stephen Noerper, Korea Society
 
3:15 PM
Flowering of Korea’s Democracy: Mr. Philip Sherman, Citi (ret.)
 
3:20 PM
Evolution of Korea’s Democracy: Professor Sung-yoon Lee, Fletcher School
Discussion
 
4:00 PM
Coffee/Tea
 
4:15 PM
Korea 1987: Transitions Then and Since
Discussion
 
5:00 PM
Adjourn
Reception: Morton’s, 45th Street
 
 
Friday, February 16
 
10:00 AM
Korea’s Democracy and US-Korea Relations: Mr. Bruce Klingner, Heritage and Dr. Sue Mi Terry, CSIS, Mr. Scott Snyder, CFR, and Professor Sung-yoon Lee, Fletcher School, in conversation with Dr. Stephen Noerper, Korea Society
 
11:30 AM
Adjourn
 
 
 
Special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sherman, Actors Equity, and the Korea Foundation

 

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Politics, Policy, and PyeongChang 2018

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These first-Wednesday monthly roundtables draw members and supporters from policy, corporate, media, academe, and the United Nations to discuss and debate Korea’s leadership, regional relations or the North Korea challenge. The 2018 kickoff addresses issues of politics and policy in the lead-up to the Winter Games and takes place two days prior to the Opening Ceremonies. Korea Society senior director and Columbia adjunct professor Stephen Noerper addresses the lead-up to the Winter Games with a call-in from the Council on Foreign Relations’ Scott Snyder and the Center for a New American Security’s Patrick Cronin.

 

Politics, Policy, and PyeongChang 2018

with

Scott Snyder and Patrick Cronin

 

 

 

Of Interest:

Why Kim Jong Un Won’t Try to Upend the Olympics: Analysis

Lessons of Seoul Games’ triumph over terror 30 years ago – NBC News

South Korea’s Olympic Gains

 

South Korea at the Crossroads

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Against the backdrop of China’s mounting influence and North Korea’s growing nuclear capability and expanding missile arsenal, South Korea faces a set of strategic choices that will shape its economic prospects and national security. In South Korea at the Crossroads, Scott A. Snyder examines the trajectory of fifty years of South Korean foreign policy and offers predictions—and a prescription—for the future. Pairing a historical perspective with a shrewd understanding of today’s political landscape, Scott Snyder contends that South Korea’s best strategy remains investing in a robust alliance with the United States.

This event has been rescheduled from Wednesday, January 31 at 4 PM. It will now be held on Thursday, February 1 at 6 PM. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

 

South Korea at the Crossroads

with

Scott Snyder

 

Free for Korea Society Fellow, Patron, and Corporate members with RSVP