K-pop & Social Media

[NEW TIME]
Social media advances K-pop’s reach around the globe, with YouTube and Twitter buzzing with the latest content from Korean artists. Tumblr Content Insights Associate and K-pop specialist, Beatrice Vantapool, and BuzzFeed’s Sarah Han, explore how technology has connected and created fans worldwide.

Talk followed by Q&A and reception with Korean food and drinks.

 

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K-pop & Social Media

Thursday, November 29, 2018 | 6:30 PM

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

 


About the Speakers

Beatrice Vantapool is a Content Insights Associate and runs K-pop partnerships at Tumblr. She works on Tumblr’s Fandometrics and specializes in fandom’s influence across social media. She has been featured in Billboard, Forbes, and Soompi, and interviewed artists including Pentagon, Infinite L, Tiffany Young, and Momoland.

 

Sarah Han is a BuzzFeed writer who loves gushing about K-Pop and all things related to makeup and skincare. Some of the artists she’s interviewed include: BTS, Red Velvet, Pentagon, NCT 127, K.A.R.D, Stray Kids, and Eric Nam. While she’s waiting for Red Velvet to recruit her as their sixth member, you can find her binging various K-dramas, watching K-pop stage mixes, and going down rabbit holes of variety shows/artist interviews/Vlives.


Women on Manhwa: The Future of Korean Comics

While male-focused narratives have led Western and American comics, manhwa (Korean comics) are leading the charge for women and gaining popularity as a cultural export, reaching fans worldwide via mobile apps. Artists Narae Lee, Ministry of Culture Grand Prize winner, and Kyungran Park discuss their craft at The Korea Society. Sun Bang, CEO of TappyToon, provides insight into this rapidly expanding global industry.

Talk followed by Q&A and networking reception.

 

 

Women on Manhwa: The Future of Korean Comics

Friday, November 16, 2018 | 6:30 PM

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

 


About the ArtistsAbout TappyToon

Narae Lee has created comics since 2007. Her original series Bloody Sweet, about a young moodang (traditional Korean shaman) who becomes linked to a vampire, won the 2016 Korean Ministry of Culture’s Grand Prize in manhwa. She is the artist of James Patterson’s The New York Times bestselling Maximum Ride original English-language manga adaptations since 2008.

 

Kyungran Park won the 2007 Haksan Publishing comics contest, and was artist for the four-volume series M.A.X. and multiple short series. She began serialization of her original comic Imitation in 2014, about a newbie K-pop idol’s romance and rise to stardom. The latest works of both creators have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, French, Indonesian, English and more, and are available digitally on major online comics portals.


Since 2016, TappyToon has offered a diverse range of manhwa (Korean comics) through its top-ranking smartphone apps and website, accessed daily by readers in over 190 countries. From novel adaptations to K-pop, TV drama originals to exclusive hits, TappyToon covers all genres of comics and is partnered with over a dozen publishers.

Sun Bang is CEO and co-founder of TappyToon. Previously, she led teams at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and has worked in North American film sales.


 

Kim Koo Professional Series: Fall 2018

 

Senior professionals from the United Nations, business and media meet for three sessions with senior thoughts leaders on Korea and Northeast Asia. The course aims to advance knowledge of Korea and the region. Past graduates include the current White House Senior Adviser on Asia, Associated Press UN Bureau Chief, an Emmy award-winning ABC Executive Producer, members of the UN Panel of Experts, and senior corporate analysts.

By Invitation.

 

Kim Koo Professional Series

Thursdays, October 25, November 8, and November 15 | 4 PM

 

 

 


 

 

Aggregation: Artist Talk & Closing Reception

The Korea Society invites you to the gallery talk and closing reception of the exhibition, Kwang Young Chun: Aggregation. Artist Kwang Young Chun discusses his craft and the techniques used to create his acclaimed artwork.

Followed by a networking reception with light lunch.

 

Aggregation: Artist Talk & Closing Reception

Thursday, November 15, 2018 | 12 PM

FREE with RSVP


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

Gallery hours: M-Th: 10 AM – 4:30 PM | F: 10 AM – 2:30 PM | by appointment

For more information, please contact Yoonjin (YJ) Choi or call (212) 759-7525 / Ext#307.

 

 

 


ABOUT THE ARTISTABOUT THE MODERATOR

Chun Kwang Young (Korean, b.1944) is a sculptor known for his constructions made out of Korean mulberry paper. He received his BFA from Hong-Ik University in Seoul in 1968, and his MFA from Philadelphia College of Art in 1971. Early in his career, Chun focused on painting, deeply influenced by Abstract Expressionism, before switching to the creation of large-scale sculptures in the mid-1990s.

The artist has received numerous awards, and was named artist of the year by the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul in 2001. In 2009, he was awarded the Presidential Prize in the 41st Korean Culture and Art Prize by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Korea.

His works can be found in the collections of Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Seoul National University Museum of Art, the Museum Kunstwerk in Germany, the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, D.C., the Malta National Museum, and the Busan Metropolitan Art Museum. Chun’s solo exhibition will also be showcased at the Brooklyn Museum from November 16 to July 2019. He currently lives and works in South Korea.


New York-based Gallery Director Susan McCaffrey has over twenty years of experience in the international contemporary art market. During her fifteen years at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, McCaffrey has mounted hundreds of exhibitions and supervised installations in museums, cultural venues, commercial spaces, government embassies and private residences around the world.

As the director of Sundaram Tagore’s two New York galleries, McCaffrey is responsible for shaping the gallery’s exhibition program, which mounts an average of ten shows a year, along with a rigorous international art fair calendar. Notable exhibitions include a recent solo show with Korean artist Chun Kwang Young, acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado and numerous group invitational shows featuring work by established artists from Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. McCaffrey was also the senior art consultant for Frontiers Reimagined, a Collateral Event of the Venice Biennale, organized by Sundaram Tagore in 2015.

In her role as Gallery Director, McCaffrey has been responsible for ascertaining new talent to bring into the gallery, such as Japanese artist Miya Ando, whose work was recently on view at the Noguchi Museum, New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and ArtPrize recipient, Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha.

Over the years, McCaffrey has been instrumental in developing the careers of the gallery’s artists, including working in collaboration on site-specific installations and placing photography, paintings and sculpture in significant private and public collections across the globe. In 2017, McCaffrey served on the fundraising committee for the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP).

McCaffrey lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter.


Capitol Hill and Korea with Mark Manyin and Emma Chanlett-Avery

Congressional Research Service Asia Affairs specialists Mark Manyin and Emma Chanlett-Avery speak about the US Congress and Korea issues. Authors of important CRS reports on US-South Korea relations and negotiating with North Korea, Manyin and Chanlett-Avery appear in conversation with Senior Director Stephen Noerper.

Capitol Hill and Korea
with Mark Manyin and Emma Chanlett-Avery

Friday, November 9, 2018 | 1 PM

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

 

 


 

Korean Flavors for the Holiday Season

Shin Kim, Founder of Banchan Story, demonstrates how to make simple and flavorful Korean-inspired holiday dishes you can make at home for gatherings such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years! For food enthusiasts interested in learning tips to incorporate Korean flavors in dishes for potluck parties, this event is not be missed!

Rainbow Salad
Kimchi Couscous
Green Tea Mochi Cake

This exclusive private event is limited to THIRTY-FIVE guests. Tickets must be purchased online in advance.

 

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Korean Flavors for the Holiday Season

Thursday, November 8, 2018 | 6:30 PM

Tickets: $30 for Members and Students, $40 for Non-members


If you have any questions, please email Kloe Byun or call (212) 759-5360.

 

 


 

About Shin Kim

Shin Kim, a native of Seoul, Korea, is the founder of Banchan Story , a culinary service company that shares stories of Korean culture through fun and delicious Korean dishes.

She completed her business education at the University of Chicago’s MBA Program and her culinary training at the Institute of Culinary Education, and subsequently refined her craft at some of New York’s finest Michelin-starred restaurants, including Jean Georges, Gilt, and Adour.

Shin shares her passion for Korean food and its stories in recreational cooking classes at select locations in New York City as well as private workshops for corporate clients and educational institutions interested in Korean heritage, culture, and food. She also applies her bi-cultural Korean-American expertise through various projects including translation of recipes and on-site interpretation of cooking demos.

She also expresses her passion for Korean culture through her writing of articles about hidden Korean gems in New York City that have appeared in The Korea Times, The Korea Herald and Yonhap News.


Intro to Korea: Teachers’ Conference

Educators are invited to explore Korea’s rich premodern and dynamic contemporary history. Dr. Michael Pettid, Professor of Premodern Korean Studies at Binghamton University, chronicles core societal values, belief systems, and dynastic changes in premodern Korea. Dr. Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies at Columbia University, outlines the 20th century events which have shaped contemporary Korea. The conference ends with a classroom activities workshop to help educators incorporate this unique topic into their curriculum.

 

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Intro to Korea Teachers’ Conference

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 | 9 AM – 2:30 PM

Schedule


8:30 AM   Registration
 
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM   Premodern Korea
Dr. Michael Pettid, Binghamton University
 
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM   20th Century Korea
Dr. Charles K. Armstrong, Columbia University
 
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM   Korean Lunch (provided)
 
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM   Curriculum Workshop

For more information, please contact Ms. Luz Lanzot or by phone at (212) 759-7611

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

 


About the Speakers

Michael Pettid is Professor of Premodern Korean Studies in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies and also serves as the Director of the Translation Research and Instruction Program at Binghamton University (SUNY). He received his Ph.D. in premodern Korean literature from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and teaches courses on premodern Korean history, literature, religion and Confucianism. He has published widely on premodern Korea including several books, the most recent of which is a co-edited volume entitled Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in Korea: Critical Aspects of Death from Ancient to Contemporary Times (with Charlotte Horlyck, University of Hawaii Press, 2014). His current research projects include a translation of the 18th century Kyuhap ch’ongsŏ [Encyclopedia of women’s daily lives] and a co-edited anthology of premodern Korean prose.

Charles K. Armstrong is The Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History at Columbia University. He is the former Director of Columbia’s Center for Korean Research and former Acting Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Professor Armstrong is the author, editor or co-editor of five books, including most recently Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950 – 1992 (Cornell University Press, 2013) and The Koreas (Routledge: second edition, 2014). His current research projects include a history of modern East Asia (forthcoming from Wiley-Blackwell publishers), a study of American cultural policy in East Asia during the early Cold War, and the interaction between urbanization and the environment in North Korea and Northeast China. Professor Armstrong holds a B.A. in Chinese Studies from Yale University, an M.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago. He has taught at Princeton, the University of Washington, and Seoul National University, and joined the Columbia faculty in 1996.


8th Global Financial Leaders Forum

The Maekyung Media Group, The Korea Society and Korea Finance Society present a forum of top speakers for over 150 representatives from the US and Asian financial firms.

• Speech I
Asset Allocation of KIC in Current Market Environment
      Heenam Choi, Chairman and CEO, Korea Investment Corporation

• Session I
Global Asset Management in the Age of Growing Protectionism and Rising Interest Rates
      Scott Kapnick, CEO, HPS Investment Partners
      Daniel Simkowitz, Managing Director, Head of Investment Management, Morgan Stanley
      Jae S. Yoon, moderator, CIO, New York Life Investment Management

• Speech II
Korea Eximbank and Challenges Ahead
      Sung-soo Eun, Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of Korea

• Session II
International Financial Market Response to Changes in Korean Peninsula
      Jahangir Aziz, Managing Director, Chief Emerging Market Economist, J.P. Morgan
      Thomas Byrne, moderator, President, The Korea Society


 

8th Global Financial Leaders Forum

Monday, November 5, 2018

5:30 PM | Registration
6:00 PM | Program

Members Only

If you have any questions, please email Yoonjin Choi or call (212) 759-7525 (ext. 307).


 


 

[YPN] Future of Fintech: Technological Advancements and Disruption of Incumbents

The Korea Society and the Korean Startups & Entrepreneurs Association (KSE) address the topics of fintech, financial services, and technology. Panelists explore how innovative technologies and influential tech entrepreneurs are disrupting and redefining the traditional finance industry.

Followed by a networking reception with light snacks and cash bar with $5 beer and wine.

 

[YPN] Future of Fintech: Technological Advancements and Disruption of Incumbents

Thursday, November 1, 2018 | 6:30 PM

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

$10 Students (with valid student ID)
$15 The Korea Society Members & Non-members

If you have any questions, please email Yoonjin Choi or call (212) 759-7525 (ext. 307).

 


PanelistsModerator

Dan Kraut

Dan Kraut leads MarketAnalyst Corp, an innovation consulting practice working with both incumbents and venture-funded companies on growth strategies. MarketAnalyst helps financial institutions accelerate their digital product delivery –sometimes through internal efforts and other times through partnerships– and helping retail FinTechs and SaaS companies with strategy, business launches, and new products. Prior to that, Dan has 20 years of operating experience in retail fintech and B2B2C SaaS. Dan has run a $90 million P&L at E*TRADE and product management at Fidelity.com, as well as several early-stage payment companies. Dan also founded a robo-advice company (before robo was a term) and sold it to Intuit. Dan received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and his MS in Management from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.


Wilson Lin

Wilson Lin leads CyberNYC, a $100 million flagship initiative to build the cybersecurity ecosystem in New York City. CyberNYC is establishing a leading global cyber accelerator, creating and growing dozens of companies, driving VC investment, and generating thousands of jobs. CyberNYC is also increasing access and diversity in tech for women and people of color. Wilson was previously a Director at Tideline, an impact investing consulting firm where he managed priority projects with KKR, Ford Foundation, and the Environmental Defense Fund. Prior to Tideline, Wilson was an experienced Manager in the Strategy and Operations practice at Deloitte Consulting. He also worked at UBS in their Strategy group and began his career with IBM. He has committed his life towards working at the intersection of economic flourishing, social justice, and achieving a greater good. Wilson received his BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He is also currently a Fellow at Chestnut Street Ventures, a VC firm.


Gary Miller

Gary Miller is the Investment Banking lead at GB Capital Markets Inc., a broker-dealer focused on the digital asset space. He is also Senior Advisor to Intain Fintech Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based technology company using artificial intelligence and blockchain to manage the asset-backed securitization lifecycle. Gary has an extensive background in structured finance having had roles spanning the entire securitization process for both consumer and commercial financial assets. He pioneered new asset classes in the asset-backed commercial paper conduit space while at Credit Agricole where he was a Managing Director and Head of Originations. Prior to that he worked in the term ABS banking sector at Banc One Capital Markets after a tenure in CMBS and Fixed Income Sales at Bank United Texas. He began his career at Chrysler Credit Corp. Gary obtained a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Iowa.


 

 


Sang H. Lee

Sang H. Lee is the CEO and co-founder of DarcMatter, the global award winning fintech platform for alternative investments. Formerly an investment banker at BNP Paribas, Sang has significant experience in the advisory and execution of more than $10.0 Bn equivalent of investment banking transactions in North America. He has been recognized as an ‘Under30CEO Entrepreneur to Watch in New York City’ and a ‘GOOD100’ fellow.

Sang is also an international keynote speaker on various topics within FinTech and Cross Border investments and featured in key publications such as Forbes, Bloomberg Radio, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNBC, and many more.

As a pioneer within the Financial Services and Technology industries, he has worked to push forward necessary regulatory changes throughout the industry.


Bluebird Post: Letters from North Korean Defectors to Those They Miss With North Korea Reform Radio

North Korea Reform Radio and the Korea Society co-host a special reading of letters from North Korean defectors now residing in South Korea to those whom they miss from their hometowns in the North. The letters depict the realities of separation and human rights violations suffered by North Koreans. A question and answer session with defectors follows, moderated by Associate Director Jonathan Corrado. A limited number of books featuring a curated collection of the letters will be provided free of charge on a first come, first serve basis to program attendees

 

Bluebird Post: Letters from North Korean Defectors to Those They Miss
with North Korea Reform Radio

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | 3 PM

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