Past Events

Making the Kimchi Chronicles

Join Eric Rhee, producer, and Marja Vongerichten, host and wife of world famous chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, for an evening of conversation and a behind the

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China’s Approach to North Korea

Mansfield Foundation Executive Director Gordon Flake discusses the complexities of China’s role in dealing with North Korea. Though stating concern about North Korea’s nuclear and

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My Korean Deli

    Ben Ryder Howe, formerly of The Paris Review and a contributor to The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and Outside, discusses his recently published

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Contemplative Traditional Music Series: P’ungnyu Percussion (Changgo)

Enjoy a meditative performance of changgo, a traditional hour-glass drum, adapted for p’ungnyu, the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility and central theme of The

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Contemplative Traditional Music Series: P’ungnyu Percussion (Changgo)

Enjoy a meditative performance of changgo, a traditional hour-glass drum, adapted for p’ungnyu, the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility and central theme of The

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21st Annual Golf Tournament

The Korea Society is pleased to invite you to participate in The Korea Society’s 21st Annual Van Fleet Memorial Benefit Golf Tournament. Each year, this

The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea

Harvard University Professor Ezra Vogel visits The Korea Society to discuss the monumental new political history he co-edited, The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation

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Book Café: The Women Divers of Jeju Island

    Award-winning author, editor and photojournalist Brenda Paik Sunoo presents images from Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies and the Sea. Jeju Island’s sea women,

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Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art

  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

Korea Days: Chicago

The Korea Society brings to various cities public policy and business discussion, art, and film to broaden American knowledge of and grow appreciation for the