This noon session serving policy and corporate leaders examines politics, stability and security on and around the Korean Peninsula. This session features Dr. Sue Mi Terry, who has assumed leadership of Korea programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Dr. Terry, who appears widely in media and was featured at a recent New Yorker event, speaks with Dr. Stephen Noerper, Korea Society senior director, and lends thoughts to likely developments in politics and security for Korea and her neighbors in 2018.
Forecasting Korean Politics and Security
with
Sue Mi Terry
Freefor Korea Society Fellow, Patron, and Corporate members with RSVP
Proclaimed by UNESCO in 2003 as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, p’ansori is a unique genre of Korean musical storytelling. Singer, Jin Wook Hong, performs traditional and contemporary pieces in this style, accompanied by musicians on the gayageum, bass, drums, and keyboard.
6:30 PM | Registration and Reception 7:15 PM | Performance
Korea Society Fellow, Patron, and Corporate members, please register HERE for complimentary tickets.
Jin Wook Hong is a p’ansori singer and an occasional gosu, p’ansori drummer. He began his musical training at the age of twelve, studying with masters, Woo Hyang Sung and Su Mi Kim and later trained as a p’ansori isuja, a successor, for Intangible Cultural Property No. 5. After completing his undergraduate studies at Seoul Institute of the Arts College, Hong relocated to the US to study Music Therapy at Molloy College.
In celebration of the holiday season, The Korea Society collaborates with YUNA YANG Collection to present an exclusive members’ event. Since its debut at 2010 New York Fashion Week, the luxury women’s wear brand has represented the quality of traditional couture with a modern vision. The collection is featured extensively in publications such as New York Times, Elle, Brides, New York Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue Taiwan, Vogue Korea, and Style.com. Numerous Hollywood stars including Carrie Underwood, Kendall Jenner, Danai Gurrira, Brittany Snow, Ann Curry, and Julianne Hough have worn pieces from the collection.
The event will take place at YUNA YANG Collection’s first ever pop-up store in the West Village. Yuna Yang, the Creative Director, will discuss her past collections which present a collage of her inspiration from Korean heritage to Western experience.
Join us and enjoy an evening of private shopping with discounts, drinks, and finger foods. Ten lucky guests will win YUNA YANG Collection’s signature cloud denim pouch as a gift.
If you have any questions, please contact Kloe Byun or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.
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YUNA YANG Collection is known for collaborations with various cultural influencers on productions such as the recent Umeda Hankyu Dept. Cherry Blossom Festival; Isetan Shinjuku Holiday Event; Met Gala with Maye Musk; Venice film festival winner ‘Mona Fastvold’ -‘The Thief’ Fashion film collaboration; 21st Century Fox films ‘Water for Elephants’ & ‘Red Tails;’ Duck Hyun Cho, respected Korean artist, for luxury department store ‘Avenuel’ Opening Event; and Nick Cannon’s Project Canvas..
Author Ned Forney and retired Admiral J. Robert Lunney discussed the Heungnam Evacuation and Lunney’s “Ship of Miracles” in this special holiday event commemorating the United Nation’s first humanitarian evacuation. Forney spoke to his major Seoul daily release profiling six descendants of those saved, including South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Lunney, who welcomed President Moon to Virginia during his first US visit as President, shares reflections on those harrowing days, acts of heroism, and the extraordinary flight to freedom.
A holiday reception follows, marking the December 1950 evacuation for members and guests, to include visitors from the United Nations nearby. The event also marks the 60th anniversary of the first Korea Society board meeting on December 12, 1957. Come celebrate the holidays and be touched by tales of sacrifice and the triumph of the human spirit and Korea-US friendship.
Thursday, December 14, 2017 | 4 PM
Heungnam Remembered
Korea Society Fellow, Patron, and Corporate members, please register HERE for complimentary tickets.
Ned Forney is a writer living in Seoul, South Korea. He is a former career educator and US Marine Corps veteran who has spent the past 8 years overseas, living in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, China, and most recently, South Korea. He is currently working on a non-fiction book about the Chosin Reservoir Campaign and Heungnam Evacuation. Ned frequently writes articles and gives lectures on the Korean War and Korean-American friendship. He is a graduate of The Citadel and is the grandson of the late BGen. Edward H. Forney, USMC, the control officer at Heungnam in December 1950. Ned’s articles and blog posts can be found at nedforney.com.
J. Robert Lunney enlisted in the United States Navy at 17 during the closing days of World War ll and served with the Naval Amphibious Forces-Pacific in the Mariana Islands operating out of Saipa,n for which he was awarded the Victory Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. During the Korean War he served aboard the SS Meredith Victory with the Military Sea Transportation Service at the Inchon Landing and Heungnam Evacuation. He was awarded the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and U.S. Gallant Ship Citation together with the Combat Action Ribbon. The Guinness Book of World Records cites the wartime action of his ship in December 1950 at Heungnam as “the greatest rescue operation ever by a single ship by evacuating 14,000 refugees” threatened with annihilation by communist forces. In 1997 and 1998 Bob having been designated by the Dept. of Defense observed the joint recovery of American war dead in North Korea and met with the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs on POW/MIA issues He received his Doctor of Law degree from Cornell University, and in 2006, in recognition of his humanitarian service during the Korean War, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Woosuk University, Jeonju, Korea.
Jeju is home to the world-famous haenyeo, female divers who gather marine goods for a living. These women have received considerable attention from around the globe. The haenyeo symbolize Jeju women, their unyielding spirit and lead role in boosting the Jeju economy. UNESCO designated Jeju haenyeo as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Magnum Photographer David Alan Harvey stayed in Jeju for about a month and found inspiration in the Jeju haenyeo.
David Alan Harvey (June 6, 1944) is an American Photographer based in North Carolina and New York City. Harvey has been a member of the Magnum Photos Agency since 1967. He has photographed extensively for National Geographic magazine and in 1978 was named Magazine Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association. Harvey is the publisher and editor of Burn Magazine, an online publication featuring the work of emerging photographers.
Photographer’s Afterword: “I was amazed every morning by these strong willed women, it’s clearly hard physical work and yet the women seem happy and are constantly joking and laughing with each other… I stayed in Jeju for about a month and continued to be inspired by haenyeo every day. I wanted to give a very special and humble thank you to all haenyeo who made me feel at home. I came to admire their resilience, free spirit, sense of humor, and warmth. These women divers showed me a whole new world. Bobbing around out there in the frigid Pacific on their little foam floats and then kicking down without oxygen tanks to pick up a few abalones of the ocean floor was simply something to witness. I was so honored to be in their presence.”
December 8 -22, 2017
Gallery Opening | 6 PM
Gallery Talk | 6:30 PM
For more information, contact: Jahee Yu, Art Exhibition Coordinator | 212-759-7525 ext. 301.
The Korea Society Gallery 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Gallery Hours: M-F, 10 AM-4:30 PM
Organized by (주최)
The Korea Society Jeju Special Self Governing Province
Supported by (주관) Euro Photos/Magnum Photos Korea Agent
Media Sponsor (미디어 후원) The Monthly Photo Art Magazine
Curators: Inhee Iris Moon, Ki-Myoung Lee Curatorial Assistant: Mijung Jo
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.
The Korea Society concluded its fifth class in the Kim Koo Professional Series in November 2017. The professional series brings together senior professionals from media, corporate and international organizations for intimate roundtable discussion with US thought leaders on Korea and Northeast Asia. The Fall 2017 class featured speakers Sue Mi Terry of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Washington’s Korea policy; Russian professor Anna Kireeva on Korea-Russia relations; and former UN Panel of Experts member and US analyst William Newcomb on North Korea sanctions and financial cut-offs. The program is supported by the generous commitment of the Kim Koo Foundation and builds professional knowledge on Korea and networks for future cooperation. A sixth class takes place in March 2018.
Have Olympic fever? You will. Curious about the first of the three successive Olympics Games in Northeast Asia beginning in 2018? Amazed by photos of PyeongChang ready to host the world?
The Hon. Lee Hee-beom, President and CEO of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, speaks to Korea Society members, media and other dignitaries in advance of the XXIII Winter Games. The day after a United Nations resolution supporting the Games, President Lee shares insights into the path toward PyeongChang, final steps ahead of the February 9 Opening Ceremonies, and his hopes for PyeongChang and Korea as grand host of these historic events. The Korea Society invites dignitaries and guests to enjoy viewing a display of historic Winter Olympic memorabilia and light reception following President Lee’s remarks and Q&A. Join the Society in February 2018 as it features viewings of the Winter Olympics live at 350 Madison Avenue.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 | 11 AM
Arrivals | 10:30 – 10:45 AM Address and Q&A | 11 AM Light reception and historic Winter Olympic display | 12 Noon
Seating is limited and first-come. Pre-registration and a photo ID is required, no-same day registration, and no admittance after 10:45 AM.
PyeongChang 2018 Launch featuring Olympic Committee President Lee Hee-beom
Pacific Forum CSIS President Ralph Cossa discusses President Trump’s visit to Korea and East Asia, as well as the political and security landscape of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. Cossa reflects on Trump’s message on North Korea, concerns over missile and nuclear capabilities, and challenges to and opportunities for Korea-US coordination and trilateral cooperation. Senior director and Columbia professor Stephen Noerper facilitates this special news maker dialogue, which also affords a year-end wrap on politics and security around the Korean Peninsula.
Will Russia play a constructive role in helping stem tensions around the Korean Peninsula? Or will it play the role of spoiler given a decline in US-Russia relations? How do the approaches of Moscow toward Pyongyang and Seoul square with those of Beijing? How is South Korea responding? Noted Russian professor Anna Kireeva speaks to dynamics in Korea’s relations with Russia and China, as well as Russia’s Asia pivot, as part of the Society’s ongoing series on Korea’s regional relations in this special luncheon discussion.
The 15th Annual New York Korean Film Festival Announces Upcoming Program
for November 3rd to November 5th, 2017 at the Museum of the Moving Image.
The New York Korean Film Festival returns to the Museum for its yearly celebration of the best in Korean cinema. This 15th edition of the Festival includes a wide range of genres, with action thrillers, comedies, romance, documentary, social drama, melodrama, and the madcap science fiction and social critique of Bong Joon-ho.
Fabricated City (조작된 도시) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017 | 7 PM Dir. Park Kwang-hyun. 2017, 126 mins. DCP.
A paranoid thriller with a high-tech edge, Park Kwang-hyun’s (Welcome to Dongmakgol) latest film pits a team of skilled video gamers against a mysterious underworld organization in a battle that rages through both the physical and digital worlds. When Kwon Yu (Ji Chang-wook), a former tae kwon do star turned video game addict, is framed for murder, his gamer friends come to his aid and in the process uncover a vast, murderous conspiracy. This nonstop thrill ride of a movie mixes jaw-dropping action scenes with pointed commentary about socioeconomic inequality in today’s Korea. Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter calls it “an updated version of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy set in the world of online video games…. Featuring a fast-paced plot and a snappy visual style, Park’s absorbing third feature should appeal equally to high-tech enthusiasts and action film fans.” (Description by Tom Vick, film curator, Freer and Sackler Galleries)
A Quiet Dream (춘몽) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017 | 3 PM Dir. Zhang Lu, 2016, 98 mins. DCP
With Han Ye-ri, Yang Ik-june, Park Jung-bum, Yoon Jong-bin. In Korean with English subtitles. The loveable opening film of the 2016 Busan Film Festival follows three goofballs vying for the affection of the attractive owner (Han Ye-ri) of a dive bar in a scrappy Seoul neighborhood. The three wooers are well-known actor-directors riffing on their own films. Yang Ik-june plays a vagabond gangster (as in Breathless), Park Jung-bum is a defector from North Korea (as in The Journals of Musan), and Yoon Jong-bin’s character is reminiscent of the army private he played in Unforgiven. From this clever conceit, director Zhang Lu spins what Variety’s Maggie Lee called a “whimsical, frequently poetic urban rhapsody buoyed by its deadpan dropout protagonists.”
Yourself and Yours (당신자신과 당신의 것) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017 | 5 PM Dir. Hong Sang-soo, 2016, 86 mins., DCP
With Kim Joo-hyuk, Lee Yoo-young. In Korean with English subtitles. The prolific Hong Sang-soo boldly and wittily continues his ongoing exploration of the painful caprices of modern romance that was inspired by Luis Buñuel’s That Obscure Object of Desire. Painter Young-soo (Kim Joo-hyuk) hears secondhand that his girlfriend, Min-jung (Lee Yoo-young), has recently had (many) drinks with an unknown man. This leads to a quarrel that seems to end their relationship. The next day, Young-soo sets out in search of Min-jung, while she—or a woman who looks exactly like her and may or may not be her twin—has a series of encounters with strange men, some of whom claim to have met her before. Yourself and Yours is a break-up/make-up comedy unlike any other, suffused with sophisticated modernist mystery.
Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017 | 7 PM Korea, Jung Yoon-suk, Korea, 2017, 120 min., DCP
An audience favorite at the recent Rotterdam and New York Asian Film Festivals, Jung Yoon-suk’s appropriately irreverent documentary follows the anarchic exploits of the Bamseom Pirates, a politically outspoken, gleefully nonconformist two-man punk band. Performing mainly at street protests and political rallies, their satirical antics, which include blasting through one hundred songs in ten minutes in their first gig and titling one of their songs “All Hail Kim Jong-il,” take aim at the absurdities, inequality, and corruption of South Korean society. But they learn just how far they can go when their manager is arrested for posting allegedly pro-North Korean tweets.
Come, Together (컴, 투게더) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2017 | 4 PM Dir. Shin Dong-il, Korea, 2016, 122 min., DCP
With Im Hyeon-gook, Lee Hye-eun, Chae Bin. In Korean with English subtitles. An “assuredly executed drama with fiery performances” (Maggie Lee, Variety), Shin Dong-il’s engaging film illustrates the toll Korea’s hyper-competitive society can take on an ordinary family. When middle manager Beom-gu (Im Hyeon-gook) is fired from his job after eighteen years, his violent rage throws his family into turmoil. His wife Mi-young (Lee Hye-eun), now the sole breadwinner, starts cutting ethical corners in her job selling credit cards. Meanwhile, their daughter Ha-na (Chae Bin) frets over her college entrance exam. Shin’s psychologically astute film is a well-crafted combination of social critique and tense drama that movingly makes the case for following one’s passions rather than succumbing to societal pressures.
Okja Followed by live video call with Bong Joon-ho SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2017 | 7 PM Dir. Bong Joon-ho, Korea/United States, 2017, 120 mins., DCP
With Tilda Swinton, Ahn Seo-hyun, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal. In English and Korean with English subtitles. Hailed visionary Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) returns with a typically twisted, vegetarian-friendly blockbuster about the friendship between a young girl named Mija (Seo-Hyun Ahn, Monster) and her “super-pig” Okja. In the guise of a family movie, this madcap anti-corporate satire follows the duo’s fight against a villainous corporation—led by the always superb Tilda Swinton, who plays both a hypocrite CEO and her scheming twin sister. En route to freedom, Mija and Okja encounter a plethora of quirky characters, including a cadre of eco-terrorists led by a courteous troublemaker (Paul Dano) and a “Sir Attenborough” from hell (Jake Gyllenhaal).
ABOUT THE KOREA SOCIETY
The Korea Society is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.
ABOUT MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE
Museum of the Moving Image (movingimage.us) advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. In its stunning facilities—acclaimed for both its accessibility and bold design—the Museum presents exhibitions; screenings of significant works; discussion programs featuring actors, directors, craftspeople, and business leaders; and education programs which serve more than 50,000 students each year. The Museum also houses a significant collection of moving-image artifacts.
Major support provided by the Korea Foundation.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.
