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U.S.-North Korea Relations from Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un

History plays a role in shaping current events all over our the world — but it seems to be especially alive in Korea. Scholars and

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

  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

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New Thinking from Korea and China

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

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2019 Sherman Family Emerging Scholar Lecture

University of Colorado Boulder Visiting Assistant Professor Ivanna Sang Een Yi addresses P’ansori Mountain Pilgrimages: Land as Interlocutor in Contemporary Korean Oral Performance and Literature.

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China-Korea Relations

  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

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North Korea: Peace? Nuclear War?

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

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Korea-Japan Relations and the US Role

  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

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

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

ARMISTICE DAY SALUTE 2019

66th Anniversary of Signing of Korean War Armistice to be Commemorated Friday, July 26, 2019 at Noon in Battery Park Dozens of U.S. and South

Hope For My People with Joseph Kim

  Joseph Kim was born and raised in North Korea. At the age of 12, his father died of starvation and he was separated from

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