Lovers of literature and history are invited to join a book discussion group reading three novels by some of Korea’s best known writers, each about
The Korea Society and KoreanAmericanStory.org co-host a literary conversation and reception with three accomplished Korean-American writers: Catherine Chung, Eugenia Kim, and Yuliana Kim-Grant.
James Church’s Inspector O novels have been hailed as “crackling good” (The Washington Post) and “tremendously clever” (Tampa Tribune), with Church himself embraced by critics
Join literary lion Young-ha Kim as he discusses the release of Black Flower. This powerful drama creates fiction from a little-known historical moment when a
Since the end of the Korean War, an estimated 200,000 children from South Korea have been adopted into families in North America, Europe,
What is it like to serve as one’s national representative in North Korea? How is one received, from leaders to ordinary North Koreans? How does
In the wake of the Asia-Pacific War, Korean survivors of the “comfort women” system—those bound into sexual slavery for the Japanese military—lived under
Author and journalist Blaine Harden speaks about his remarkable and harrowing account of refugee Shin Dong-hyuk’s birth into and eventual escape from the North Korean
University of Washington Korean Studies Director Clark W. Sorensen discusses Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979, his and Professor Hyung-a Kim’s edited
William Rhodes, retired senior advisor at Citigroup and board member of The Korea Society, will discuss his newly released Banker to the World on
