North Korea

  • Talking to North Korea with Glyn Ford

    Friday, January 25, 2019 | 12:00 PM
    • Podcast MP3: http://traffic.libsyn.com/koreasociety/2019-01-25_TKS_TalkingToNorthKorea_GlynFord.mp3
    • Podcast URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-to-north-korea-with-glyn-ford/id210903888?i=1000428474706&mt=2
    • Youtube Video:
    Track2Asia Director Glyn Ford discusses his new book Talking to North Korea with Society senior director Stephen Noerper. Informed by extraordinary access to the country’s leadership, Ford investigates the regime from the inside, acknowledging that North Korea is a deeply repressive state that nonetheless has sections of its leadership determined to end its isolation.   + - Tickets Click to collapse   The Korea Society Fellow,... Read More
  • Reading North Korea, with Chad O’Caroll and Jan Janowski

    Tuesday, January 15, 2019 | 12:00 PM
    • Podcast MP3: http://traffic.libsyn.com/koreasociety/2019-01-15_TKS_ReadingNorthKorea.mp3
    • Podcast URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reading-north-korea-with-chad-ocarroll-and-jan-janowski/id210903888?i=1000427723073&mt=2
    • Youtube Video:
    Korea Risk Group CEO Chad O’Carroll and German diplomat Jan Janowski examine how to navigate information deficits when communicating within or reporting on North Korea. Lean into the new year with this informative session aimed at policy and corporate supporters, members, and media. Reading North Koreawith Chad O'Carroll and Jan Janowski Tuesday, January 15, 2019 | 12 PM The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017   Join our membership program here! E-News... Read More
  • There was 'frustration' in Kim Jong Un's message: Expert

    Tuesday, January 1, 2019 | 10:45 PM
    • Summit External URL: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/01/01/there-was-frustration-in-kim-jong-uns-message-expert.html
    Thomas Byrne of The Korea Society says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's New Year address had an "underlying element of frustration" over a lack of progress in negotiations with the U.S. Read More
  • Podcasts/Videos 2017

    Tuesday, January 1, 2019 | 10:00 AM
    A collection of original audio and video products made in-house by The Korea Society in 2017. |                      2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |     Heungnam RememberedThursday, December 14, 2017 | 4:00 PMAuthor Ned Forney and retired Admiral J. Robert Lunney discuss the Heungnam Evacuation and Lunney’s “Ship of Miracles” in this special holiday event commemorating the United Nation’s first humanitarian evacuation. Forney speaks to his major Seoul daily release... Read More
  • Podcasts/Videos 2018

    Tuesday, January 1, 2019 | 10:00 AM
    A collection of original audio and video products made in-house by The Korea Society in 2018. |                      2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |     Negotiations, Denuclearization and Inter-Korean Progress |Thursday, December 20, 2018 | 11:00 AM |Join us for a discussion on opportunities and next-steps in negotiations on Korea. Eminent thought leaders David Kang and Thomas Hubbard keynote the discussion and appear in conversation with Thomas Byrne. A holiday... Read More
  • I am one American who would like to see South Korea in the lead of this process, bringing North Korea into the world...

    Thursday, December 20, 2018 | 6:00 PM
    • Summit External URL: https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-told-us-wants-experts-dramatic-year-1267538
    "I am one American who would like to see South Korea in the lead of this process, bringing North Korea into the world... and perhaps the U.S. advising caution here and there." - Korea Society Chairman Thomas Hubbard Read More
  • Kim Jong Un’s Puppy Diplomacy Pays Off With Korea Railway Study

    Wednesday, November 28, 2018 | 7:59 PM
    • Summit External URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-29/kim-jong-un-s-puppy-diplomacy-pays-off-with-korea-railway-study
    Stephen Noerper, senior director at the Korea Society in New York says, “Should South Korea request some sanctions relief aimed at economic aid that is part of inter-Korean easing, the U.S. should be able to live with that... North Korea has to show progress to give Moon the political space he needs to proceed.” Read More
  • Focus Now on Second Trump-Kim Summit (Radio)

    Wednesday, November 14, 2018 | 8:17 PM
    • Summit External URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2018-11-15/focus-now-on-second-trump-kim-summit-radio
    Thomas Byrne, President, Korea Society, joined Doug Krizner and Paul Allen on Daybreak Asia, discussing the latest on relations between the U.S. and North Korea, starting with President Trump’s reaction to reports of undeclared nuclear sites. Read More
  • Bluebird Post: Letters from North Korean Defectors to Those They Miss With North Korea Reform Radio

    Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | 3:00 PM
    North Korea Reform Radio and the Korea Society co-host a special reading of letters from North Korean defectors now residing in South Korea to those whom they miss from their hometowns in the North. The letters depict the realities of separation and human rights violations suffered by North Koreans. A question and answer session with defectors follows, moderated by Associate Director Jonathan Corrado. A limited number of books featuring a curated collection of the letters will be provided free of charge on a first... Read More
  • Japan, South Korea, and the United States Nuclear Umbrella, with Terence Roehrig

    Thursday, October 25, 2018 | 12:00 PM
    • Podcast MP3: http://traffic.libsyn.com/koreasociety/2018-10-25_TKS_KoreaAtACrossroads_JapanSouthKoreaAndTheUnitedStatesNuclearUmbrella_TerenceRoehrig.mp3
    • Podcast URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/korea-at-crossroads-japan-south-korea-united-states/id210903888?i=1000422584858&mt=2
    • Youtube Video:
    US Naval War College Professor and Asia-Pacific Studies Group Director Terence Roehrig discusses the nuclear umbrella in Northeast Asia in the context of deterrence theory and US strategy. In conversation with the Society’s Stephen Noerper, Roehrig examines the role of the nuclear umbrella in South Korean and Japanese defense planning and security calculations, including the potential for either the ROK or Japan developing its own nuclear weapons.Professor Roehrig also addresses US and South Korea efforts at North... Read More