Geopolitical Affairs Programs

2026 Gala

2026 Annual Gala

2026 Van Fleet Award Honoree
JENSEN HUANG
Founder & CEO
NVIDIA

This year, the Korea Society is honored to announce the 2026 Van Fleet Award recipient is Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, in recognition

China-North Korea Relations: 60 Years Between Friction and Cooperation

Though once described by Mao Zedong as being as close as “lips and teeth,” the sixty-year history of the Sino-DPRK alliance has been littered with

Cybercrime and the Global Economy: Implications for South Korea and the U.S.

At the leading edge of the digital revolution, both the U.S. and South Korea have been radically transformed by widespread Internet use. Not only has

The Obama Administration and Korea: What’s in the Cards?

On Sunday, March 1, 2009, Evans J.R. Revere, president of The Korea Society, hosted a panel discussion entitled “The Obama Administration and Korea: What’s in

China’s Rise and the Two Koreas: Politics, Economics, Security

Entrenched relationships are being redefined across the Pacific, with China now South Korea’s number one trading partner and destination for foreign investment and tourism. What

Lee Myung-bak’s First 100 Days in Office: The Roots of a Summer of Discontent?

The largest demonstrations in decades and political turmoil have beset South Korea since President Lee Myung-bak took office just a few months ago. Lee assumed

New Beginnings: Post-Election Prospects for U.S.-ROK Relations

New Beginnings Project: Post-Election Prospects for U.S.-ROK Relations During a press conference held in New York at The Korea Society, three members of the New

The Republic of Bloggers

With some of the highest rates of broadband and wireless Internet penetration in the world, Korea and Japan are home to thriving online communities that

The New York Philharmonic

A Panel Discussion When the New York Philharmonic became the first American orchestra to play in North Korea on February 26, 2008, decades worth of

North Korea: Market Opportunity, Poverty and the Provinces

When assessing the impact of the mid-1990s famine on the North Korean population, experts have been working on an assumption: that North Koreans living in

Evolution of the U.S.-ROK Military Alliance

The U.S.-ROK military alliance is strong, according to General B.B. Bell, commander of United States Forces Korea, and the time has come to make it