North Korea

  • A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History

    Thursday, October 24, 2019 | 6:00 PM
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      Author Seth Berkman discusses the release of his new book on South Korea’s women’s hockey team at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. In conversation with Society Policy Director Jonathan Corrado, Berkman, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and SPIN and on ESPN, chronicles the tale of a group of young women who brought the Koreas closer in new ways. Followed by book sale and signing by the author.This program enjoys the support of Columbia University's Center for Korean Research (CKR).   A Team of... Read More

  • New Thinking from Korea and China

    Thursday, October 17, 2019 | 12:00 PM
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    New generation scholars from Korea and China join Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion on developments in regional politics and security, North Korea’s denuclearization, and visions for the Korean Peninsula. This National Committee on American Foreign Policy event offers unique insights from young professionals for members and media. Speakers include: Dr. Jihwan Hwang from the University of Seoul, Dr. Jina Kim from the Korea Institute for Defense Analysis (KIDA), Dr. Xiaoyu Pu from the... Read More

  • China-Korea Relations

    Wednesday, October 9, 2019 | 12:00 PM
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      Senior analyst Yang Xiyu, Senior Fellow at China’s Institute of International Studies, joins Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion of China’s role on the Korean Peninsula, its relations with South Korea, recent meetings between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and China’s commitment to denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. An experienced diplomat, Yang was the inaugural director of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Office for Korean Peninsula Issues.This... Read More

  • North Korea: Peace? Nuclear War?

    Thursday, October 3, 2019 | 12:00 PM
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    Harvard University’s William Overholt discussed the release of his new edited volume, North Korea: Peace? Nuclear War? with Society President Tom Byrne. Overholt tackled the range of approaches to North Korea, the interplay of development and security, leaders Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un, and challenges to alliance management. North Korea: Peace? Nuclear War?with William Overholt   Thursday, October 3, 2019 | 12 PM The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017   Join our... Read More

  • Korea-Japan Relations and the US Role

    Thursday, September 12, 2019 | 12:00 PM
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      Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Sheila Smith joined Korea Society Chairman Ambassador Thomas Hubbard for a discussion on the recent challenges to Korea-Japan relations posed by the dispute over Japanese export controls. Amid the growing discord, Smith and Hubbard weigh in on possible offramps and paths forward, as well as the nature of the US role in facilitating discussion among its two Northeast Asia allies. Co-sponsored with the Japan Society.   Korea-Japan Relations and the US Rolewith Sheila... Read More

  • Making North Korea Creditworthy: What Will It Take to Finance Its Post Nuclear Development?

    Wednesday, July 31, 2019 | 3:00 PM
    The U.S. and South Korea have promised a bright future for North Korea if it denuclearizes. Reform is fundamentally North Korea's choice. But a successful economic transition will take a long time given that North Korea remains stuck in a low-income trap. Pyongyang’s “marketization from below” and ring-fenced infrastructure projects will not be enough. North Korea will require substantial and sustained amounts of external financing, hence the need for it to establish creditworthiness. The path to a bright future... Read More

  • Hope For My People with Joseph Kim

    Monday, June 24, 2019 | 6:00 PM
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      Joseph Kim was born and raised in North Korea. At the age of 12, his father died of starvation and he was separated from his mother and sister. In 2006, Joseph escaped North Korea into China. A year later, he was resettled in the United States as a North Korean refugee. Since then, Joseph has shared his story from the TED stage, has published a memoir, "Under the Same Sky," has graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Bard College, and now works at the George W. Bush Institute as an assistant on the... Read More

  • Trauma Care and North Korea

    Thursday, June 20, 2019 | 6:00 PM
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      Harvard Medical School Global Surgery Scholar Kee B. Park, M.D. and Korea Foundation-Vrije Universiteit Brussel Korea Chair Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo examined North Korea’s growing injury burden and the regime’s ability to respond. They addressed marketization, affluence, political factors, domestic and international resource mobilization, sanctions impact, and roadmaps for a multistakeholder national system.   Trauma Care and North Korea with Kee B. Park and Ramon Pacheco Pardo Thursday, June 20, 2019 | 6 PM... Read More

  • Marketization and North Korea

    Thursday, June 13, 2019 | 12:00 PM
    • Podcast MP3: http://traffic.libsyn.com/koreasociety/2019-06-13_TKS_MarketizationAndNorthKorea_AndrayAbrahamian_YonhoKim.mp3
    • Podcast URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketization-north-korea-andray-abrahamian-yonho-kim/id210903888?i=1000441438020
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    Stanford University Visiting Fellow Andray Abrahamian and Korea Economic Institute Nonresident Fellow Yonho Kim join Society President Thomas Byrne to discuss how North Korea’s marketization has impacted social ties, communication, governance, and culture. Marketization and North Korea with Andray Abrahamian and Yonho Kim Thursday, June 13, 2019 | 12 PM The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017   Join our membership program here! E-News sign-up Read More

  • Korea-U.S.-China Relations: National Committee on American Foreign Policy Trilateral Dialogue

    Thursday, May 23, 2019 | 9:00 AM
    The National Committee on American Foreign Policy spearheads an all-day discussion among senior U.S., Korean and Chinese scholars, analysts, and former government officials at the Korea Society on North Korea’s missile and nuclear development and regional security. By Invitation.   Korea-U.S.-China Relations: National Committee on American Foreign Policy Trilateral Dialogue Thursday, May 23, 2019 | 9 AM The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017   Join our membership program... Read More

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