Tag: North Korea

In the Wake: Weighing Korean Options after the Cheonan Sinking

The Korea Society, the leading American organization dedicated to understanding and cooperation between the U.S. and Korea, will convene a panel of experts to discuss

North Korea as a Challenge to Security and Stability in Northeast Asia

On March 26, 2010, The Korea Society presented a panel discussion at the Association for Asian Studies annual meeting in Philadelphia on the security challenges

China-North Korea Relations: 60 Years Between Friction and Cooperation

Though once described by Mao Zedong as being as close as “lips and teeth,” the sixty-year history of the Sino-DPRK alliance has been littered with

Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth Keynote

On June 9, 2009, Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korea Policy, addressed members and supporters of The Korea Society at the organization’s

The Obama Administration and Korea: What’s in the Cards?

On Sunday, March 1, 2009, Evans J.R. Revere, president of The Korea Society, hosted a panel discussion entitled “The Obama Administration and Korea: What’s in

China’s Rise and the Two Koreas: Politics, Economics, Security

Entrenched relationships are being redefined across the Pacific, with China now South Korea’s number one trading partner and destination for foreign investment and tourism. What

Classic Movie Night: Films From the North

  South Korean films continue to set box-office records across Asia and win laurels in international film festivals. Meanwhile, little attention is given to the

The New York Philharmonic

A Panel Discussion When the New York Philharmonic became the first American orchestra to play in North Korea on February 26, 2008, decades worth of

North Korea: Market Opportunity, Poverty and the Provinces

When assessing the impact of the mid-1990s famine on the North Korean population, experts have been working on an assumption: that North Koreans living in

Human Rights and North Korea: Honoring the Anniversary of the UN Commission of Inquiry Report

The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) executive director Greg Scarlatoiu and Bush Institute senior fellow Victor Cha joined senior director Stephen Noerper

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