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2013 11 20  TKS-Sarasota-Tampa iconThe Korea Society’s national programs took place in Florida’s dynamic centers for arts, security and international trade. The Korea Society Chairman and senior director at McLarty Associates addressed 25 senior military and corporate leaders of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce on The Korean Peninsula and Strategic Risk. The President of The Korea Society, Ambassador Mark Minton addressed a university class of U.S. and the World at New College, Florida followed by a sit-down between The Korea Society and New College presidents. The Korea Society hosted a screening of two Korean films, Sleepless Nights and In Another Country (from TKS’s 2012 and 2013 MoMA series), at Sarasota’s Historic Asolo Theater for the Ringling Museums Friends of Asian Art and over 70 cineastes, with an introduction by The Korea Society’s Dr. Stephen Noerper. The Friends of Asian Art also hosted a dinner where Ambassador Mark Minton offered congratulatory remarks on the groundbreaking of the new Asian Art wing followed by a post-screening reception on the Ringling grounds.