The Korea Society is pleased to announce a rare opportunity for a guided tour of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s special exhibit, Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art. Soyoung Lee, the exhibition’s curator and the MET’s associate curator of the Department of Asian Art will be our guide to this exhibition of a bold and dynamic ceramic art that flourished in Korea during the… Read More

Dr. Marie Jhin, author of Asian Beauty Secrets: Ancient and Modern Tips from Japan, Korea and China discusses the history of beauty in the Far East and shares centuries-old customs and timely tips and treatments for health and beauty. Join us afterwards for refreshments and book signing - and take home a gift bag! Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:30 PM Read More

Special Fashion Week Event @Museum of Arts and DesignLie Sang Bong: Fashion, Art, and Korean Culture Thursday, February 9, 2012 | 7:00 PM@ The Theater at The Museum of Arts and Design (“MAD”) Meet acclaimed Korean designer Lie Sang Bong, whose worldwide clientele for avant-garde clothing includes celebrities like Lady Gaga and Beyonce. He will discuss a career that spans more than two decades, in which he has combined a… Read More

Ambassadors Thomas Hubbard and Mark Minton, the Board of Directors, and staff of The Korea Society Invite you toCelebrate the New Year at our Annual Membership Appreciation Party! Thursday, February 23, 20126:00PM - 8:00PMThe Korea Society 950 Third Avenue, @ 57th Street, 8th Floor, NYC **Make new friends and reconnect with old ones!****Taste delicious cuisine from New York’s top Korean restaurants!****Groove to the sweet sounds of Korean music!****Imbibe trendy soju… Read More

The Korea Society and AMOREPACIFIC invite members—current and new—to a morning of beauty at the AMOREPACIFIC Counter at Neiman Marcus in The Mall at Short Hills, New Jersey. Join fellow members for an intimate reception with AMOREPACIFIC’s signature green tea and other refreshments. FREE Delux kits, featuring samples from the TIME RESPONSE collection, skincare consultations, and facial gift certificates, will also be available. Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:30 AM -… Read More

The Classic, as delicate as it is unabashedly romantic, is a sentimental and refreshingly sincere valentine to the traditional Korean melodramas of old (famously satirized in director Kwak Jae-yong’s previous film, My Sassy Girl). It was a 2003 box-office blockbuster in Korea and all over Asia. Kwak has also made a film that, on a deeper level, poignantly illustrates the aspirations of parents for their children, as well as South… Read More

You’re Invited to Celebrate the Lunar New Year at our Annual Appreciation Party Meet and mingle with others with a shared interest in Korea,and stay for makgeolli, mandu, and much, much, more! Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:00 - 8:00 PM The Korea Society950 Third Avenue, @ 57th Street, 8th Floor, NYC Members (including one guest per member): FreeRegister by Monday, January 28, 2013 Not a member? Click here to join.… Read More

If you haven’t seen K-Horror, then you don’t know what scary is! To set the mood for Halloween, we will be screening Epitaph, a Korean horror film famous for its intricate plot and visually stunning cinematography. The film begins in 1979, as an old doctor reminisces about his days as a medical student at the famous Ahn Seng Hospital in Seoul during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Through flashbacks, three… Read More

For our first Members’ Free Film Night, The Korea Society and CJ Entertainment are pleased to invite our members to an Exclusive Advanced Screening of My Way. Directed by Kang Je-Kyu, and starring Jang Dong-gun, Joe Odagiri, and Fan Bingbing, the film tells the story of two bitter marathon-running rivals, Korean native Kim Jun-shik and Japanese aristocrat Tatsuo Hasegawa, who find themselves in the Japanese army fighting the Chinese and… Read More