North Korea

  • 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

  • New Generation Thinking in China and Korea with Zakary Dychtwald

    Thursday, April 11, 2019 | 6:00 PM
    • Podcast MP3: http://traffic.libsyn.com/koreasociety/2019-04-12_TKS_NewGenerationThinkingInChinaAndKorea_ZakaryDychtwald.mp3
    • Podcast URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-generation-thinking-in-china-korea-zakary-dychtwald/id210903888?i=1000434777035
    • Youtube Video:
    Author and Young China Group founder Zakary Dychtwald addresses generational dynamics affecting domestic politics and foreign policy in Northeast Asia. He examines aspirations, innovation and employment in conversation with Society associate director Jonathan Corrado.This event is co-hosted by the Columbia Business School’s APEC Study Center.   + - Tickets Click to collapse   The Korea Society Fellow, Patron and Corporate... Read More

  • Next Steps on the Korean Peninsula

    Wednesday, April 3, 2019 | 12:00 PM
    • Podcast MP3: http://traffic.libsyn.com/koreasociety/2019-04-03_TKS_NextStepsOnTheKoreanPeninsula_CommandersVincentBrooksAndWalterSharp.mp3
    • Podcast URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/next-steps-on-korean-peninsula-featuring-former-commanders/id210903888?i=1000434067127&mt=2
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    The Korea Society welcomes former United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/US Forces Korea Commanders Generals (ret.) Vincent Brooks and Walter “Skip” Sharp for an insightful hour of analysis on Korea and prospects for peace and confidence-building going forward. General Brooks, who recently completed his tenure in Korea and spoke at Stanford University in March, reflects on the state of the US-ROK alliance, US negotiations with North Korea, and progress in inter-Korea relations, in conversation with General... Read More

  • The Hanoi Summit – We Asked Stephen Noerper What Happens Next in U.S.-North Korea Relations

    Friday, March 15, 2019 | 4:13 PM
    • Summit External URL: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/hanoi-summit-%E2%80%93-we-asked-stephen-noerper-what-happens-next-us-north-korea-relations-47092
    In an article for The National Interest, Korea Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper writes, "The Hanoi Summit was not the unmitigated disaster many observers termed it. It is step two in a likely long and arduous process that will entail breakoffs, walkaways and other setbacks that accompany denuclearization." Read More

  • Photography of North Korea

    Thursday, March 7, 2019 | 6:30 PM
    • Podcast MP3: http://traffic.libsyn.com/koreasociety/2019-03-07_TKS_PhotographyOfNorthKorea.mp3
    • Podcast URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photography-north-korea-aps-lead-north-korea-photographer/id210903888?i=1000432400394&mt=2
    • Youtube Video:
      AP’s lead North Korea photographer Wong Maye-E shares images of North Korea and its people, in conversation with Society senior director Stephen Noerper.This program enjoys the support of Columbia University's Center for Korean Research (CKR). Photography of North Korea with AP’s lead North Korea photographer Wong Maye-E THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019 | 6 PM The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor New York, NY 10017   Join our membership program here! E-News sign-up     Read More

  • But many Korea experts welcomed Trump’s decision to walk away. “Better no deal than a bad deal,” said Thomas Byrne, the president of the Korea Society.

    Saturday, March 2, 2019 | 9:00 AM
    • Summit External URL: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/judith-miller-trumps-bad-week-it-could-have-been-a-lot-worse
    But many Korea experts welcomed Trump’s decision to walk away. “Better no deal than a bad deal,” said Thomas Byrne, the president of the Korea Society. A deal that would not lead to “full, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization,” one that would have accepted North Korea’s status as a nuclear power, would have weakened America’s alliance with South Korea and Japan and proven destabilizing, he said. Read More

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