© David Alan Harvey / Magnum Photos / EurophotosJeju 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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Members, professors, students and Ewha Woman University alumni gather to hear Ewha Womans University President Heisook Kim. Among the forefront of Korean educators, President Heisook Kim speaks to the challenges and opportunities in higher education and the growth of women leaders. An alumni reception follows.Arrivals: 3:30 PM - 3:45 PMAddress and Q&A: 4 PM - 5 PMReception: 5 PM -5:30 PM Advancements in Higher Education for Women featuring Ewha Womans… Read More

In the course of his career, painter Po Kim worked in three distinct modes, gestural abstraction, realist still-life and symbolist figuration. This talk will examine each of these periods and look at how Po Kim's work related to the art of the period, especially that of other artists working in New York. I will also seek to understand the motives that sparked his stylistic restlessness, and ask whether his early… Read More