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Sijo Korean Poetry: Learn to Write Your Own

      Sijo is a unique form of Korean poetry. Explore sijo’s rubric and its contribution to world literature. Recite a few verses of

History of the Early Choson Kingdom

The new kingdom of Chosŏn began with the adoption of Confucianism. Explore this kingdom through poetic correspondence between loyalists and reformers, as well as King

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One Religion, Two Countries: Classical and Neo-Confucianism in Korea & Japan

    It isn’t a surprise that Korea and Japan adopted Confucianism in different ways. Discover which country used it for bureaucracy and governance, and

Confucian Personalities: Chong To-chun: the founder of a new kingdom

    Meet the prominent scholars of Confucianism during the Chosŏn period.    

History of the Choson Kingdom Part 2

Learn about:   Leaders featured on Korea’s currency Neo-Confucianism Admiral Yi Soon-Shin Effects of Ming China’s collapse on Korean society Introduction of Catholicism New religious

The Choco Pie-ization of North Korea

Join dynamic contemporary artist Jin Joo Chae in this Studio Korea session. Jin Joo Chae employs printmaking and mixed media and is concerned with American

Divided Families

Join us for a private screening of Divided Families, a recently completed documentary about Korean Americans’ search for lost relatives in North Korea, 60 years

Green Korea: Financing and Legal Aspects of the Green Climate Fund

Examine the growth of Green Korea through financing and legal aspects of the new Green Climate Fund. headquartered in Incheon; the UN-mandated GCF aims to

Celebrate the New Year, Celebrate Korea 2014

You’re Invited to Celebrate the Lunar New Year at our Annual Appreciation Party   Ring in the Year of the Horse, Gangnam-style! Enjoy cocktails, hors

Chang-rae Lee: On Such A Full Sea

Chang-rae Lee, the award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered, has written a fifth book, On Such a Full Sea, which is a highly