Tag: Business & Economics

9th Global Financial Leaders Forum

AT CAPACITY | The Maekyung Media Group, The Korea Society and Korea Finance Society host another informative forum, featuring leading figures in the finance industry from

8th Global Financial Leaders Forum

The Maekyung Media Group, The Korea Society and Korea Finance Society present a forum of top speakers for over 150 representatives from the US and

[YPN] Future of Fintech: Technological Advancements and Disruption of Incumbents

The Korea Society and the Korean Startups & Entrepreneurs Association (KSE) address the topics of fintech, financial services, and technology. Panelists explore how innovative technologies

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Building Together during the 1970s

This corporate legacy project presents a series of interviews with Americans and Koreans who worked in businesses, banks, and government during the 1970s in Korea.

Trade Talks: KORUS FTA at 5

Former ROK Minister for Trade Jong-Hoon Kim, Vice President and Managing Director of the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler,

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US-Korea-Japan Trade Relations: Recent Developments and Future Prospects

US-Korea-Japan Trade Relations: Recent Developments and Future Prospects, co-sponsored with the Japan Society and the Asia Society Policy Institute. Despite enduring frictions, Korea and Japan

Women in Tech: A Conversation with Altos Ventures’ Hee-Eun Park

Despite women blazing the trail at tech companies like Naver and Kakao, a deep divide remains among men and women at the top. Less than

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Forecasting for 2017: Key Economic Challenges for Korea and Asia

Changyong Rhee, Director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, and Alexander “Sandy” Wolfson, Managing Director and Head of Global Country Risk Management at Citi,

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Year in Review: Korea’s Economy and Regional Markets

Korea Society president Thomas Byrne facilitates a conversation with the International Monetary Fund’s Asia and Pacific Department’s Deputy Division Chief, Koshy Mathai, on how the

Seoul Man

Frank Ahrens, who served eighteen years as a journalist with the Washington Post, reflects on his experience living and working in Korea. Ahrens was the highest-ranking