North Korea

  • The Society in Outside Podcasts

    The Society in Outside Podcasts

    A collection of audio podcasts featuring mentions of the Korea Society and its team. 6/4/20 |  CSIS | CENTER for STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES| CSIS Korea Chair Capital Cable #3 In a CSIS Korea Chair program, Ambassador (ret) Mark Lippert said, "Tom Byrne, president of the Korea society, and a long time financial analyst at Moody’s who really knows his way around finance and economics issues, wrote a piece on foreign policy at the end of April about the dire financial and economic state of the regime in... Read More
  • The Korea Society Reflection

    The Korea Society Reflection

      The Korea Society joins the nation in mourning the senseless killing of George Floyd and stands in solidarity with those who peacefully exercise their constitutional rights in demanding justice. The Korea Society has been, and remains, committed to bridging cultural and racial divides. After the 1992 Los Angeles riots that exposed deep divides between black, Korean, and other communities in Los Angeles, the Society established a long-term educational project for high school students. The program focuses on... Read More

  • Becoming Kim Jong Un with Jung Pak

    Thursday, May 14, 2020 | 12:00 PM
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    Dr. Jung H. Pak discusses her new book on the rise of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, in conversation with Society President Tom Byrne. Pak, a Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and former CIA analyst, provides a behind-the-scenes look at Kim’s character and motivations and chronicles his nuclear ambitions and summitry with President Trump. The book is available for purchase at Penguin Random House.      To buy Becoming Kim Jong Un, please... Read More

  • China’s Foreign Policy and Relations on the Korean Peninsula

    Friday, April 3, 2020 | 12:00 PM
    • Podcast MP3: http://traffic.libsyn.com/koreasociety/2019-04-12_TKS_NewGenerationThinkingInChinaAndKorea_ZakaryDychtwald.mp3
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    Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on US-China Relations at the Asia Society, examines developments in China’s foreign policy toward the Korean Peninsula in conversation with senior director Stephen Noerper. Schell discusses China’s commitment to denuclearization, orientation toward Pyongyang and Seoul, views on Korean unification, and the current news cycle, to include the geopolitics of the coronavirus response. Due the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), this program will now be conducted... Read More

  • Regaining Lost Ground in the North Korean Human Rights Movement with Victor Cha and Lindsay Lloyd

    Thursday, March 26, 2020 | 1:00 PM
    CSIS Senior Adviser and inaugural holder of the Korea Chair Victor Cha and Bradford M. Freeman Director of the Human Freedom Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute Lindsay Lloyd discuss Cha’s report, Regaining Lost Ground in the North Korean Human Rights Movement, in conversation with Korea Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper.     Regaining Lost Ground in the North Korean Human Rights MovementwithVictor Cha and Lindsay Lloyd   THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 | 1 PM The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th... Read More

  • Changes in the North Korean Economy and what has yet to change

    Thursday, January 30, 2020 | 1:00 PM
    This public roundtable dialogue explores recent changes and pathways for reform in the North Korean economy, with special focus on transitions and lessons learned in Cuba. Jaime Reusche, Vice President and Senior Credit Officer for the Sovereign Risk Group at Moody’s Investors Service and Peter Ward, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Vienna and NK Pro analyst, join Korea Society President Tom Byrne to share insights and analyses. Changes in the North Korean Economy  and what has yet to change Roundtable... Read More

  • Covering North Korea

    Thursday, January 30, 2020 | 12:00 PM
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    North Korea challenges reporters’ efforts at providing clarity and revealing hidden dynamics given information gaps and a lack of access. Korea Risk Group CEO Chad O’Carroll, NK News Podcast host Jacco Zwetsloot and freelance journalist and outgoing Asian American Journalist Association New York President Hannah Bae speak with Society Policy Director Jonathan Corrado on how reporters overcome these obstacles to gain credible and durable insight. Covering North Koreawith Chad O’Carroll, Jacco Zwetsloot and... Read More

  • Podcasts/Videos 2019

    Wednesday, January 29, 2020 | 3:47 PM
    A collection of original audio and video products made in-house by The Korea Society. |                      2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |    Korea’s Regional Relations|Thursday, December 5, 2019 | 12:00 PM|John Park, Korea Project Director at Harvard’s Kennedy School, joins Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion on Korea’s current relations with Japan, China and the United States. Concluding a year that saw discord between Seoul and Tokyo and a... Read More

  • Korea in 2020: Politics, Policy and Unification Dialogue Insights

    Thursday, January 9, 2020 | 3:00 PM
    AT CAPACITY | ROK Presidential Adviser and Yonsei University Distinguished Professor Chung-in Moon shares roundtable insights on the year ahead in Korean politics, policy and unification dialogue with select policy and corporate members. This event is by-invitation only at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Korea in 2020: Politics, Policy and Unification Dialogue Insights Thursday, January 9, 2020 | 3 PM The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor... Read More

  • Korea’s Regional Relations

    Thursday, December 5, 2019 | 12:00 PM
    • Youtube Video:
    John Park, Korea Project Director at Harvard’s Kennedy School, joined Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion on Korea’s current relations with Japan, China and the United States. Concluding a year that saw discord between Seoul and Tokyo and a pause in Washington-Pyongyang dialogue, Dr. Park addresses next-steps on the Peninsula and prospects for dialogue, denuclearization and enhanced regional relations. This program enjoys the support of Columbia University's Center for Korean Research... Read More

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