THE KOREA SOCIETY

THE KOREA SOCIETY

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    • What is The Korea Society?
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    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Van Fleet Leadership Council Members
    • Publications
      • Annual Reports
      • Financials
      • Exhibition Catalog
    • Internships/Jobs
    • Calendar
    • Korea Society Strategic Plan
    • Visiting Fellows Program
  • Arts/Culture
    • Art & Artist
    • Contemporary Korea
    • Cuisine
    • Exhibitions
    • Films/ Media
    • Literature
    • Performing Arts
    • Y.T. Hwang Family Foundation Series on Ethics & Common Values
  • Business & Economics
    • Global Financial Leaders Forum
    • Korea and Global Health
    • Leadership Interview Series
    • Local Leadership in a Global Context
    • Partnership Events
    • Startup Scene: Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow
    • U.S.-ROK New Economic Paradigm
    • Young Professionals' Network
  • Education
    • Korean Language Program
    • Lectures
    • Project Bridge
      • Project Bridge Program Overview
      • Project Bridge Sponsors
      • 2025-2026 Youth Ambassadors
      • 2026 Youth Ambassador Community Presentations
    • Resources
  • Policy: Upcoming
    • U.S.-Korea Alliance and Relationship
    • Korea’s Regional Relations and Global Korea
    • Inter-Korean Relations
    • North Korea
    • The Korean War and Honoring Veterans
    • U.S.-DPRK Relations
    • New Approaches to Unification
    • Dynamic Korea
    • Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture
      • Presentations by Sherman Scholar Recipients
      • Application: Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture
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    • Annual Dinners, NYC
    • Anniversary Event, Seoul
    • Van Fleet Awardees
    • Golf Tournament
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    • The Korea Society in the News
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Cross-Cultural Leadership Initiative: U.S.-Korea Workforce Strategy Summit

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Thursday, September 10 , 2026 | 8:00 AM
Cross-Cultural Leadership Initiative U.S.–Korea Workforce Strategy Summit Date Thursday, September 10, 2026 Time 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Venue Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center250 14th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 The Korea Society has launched the Cross-Cultural Leadership Initiative (CCLI), an innovative leadership development program designed to strengthen workforce integration...

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Koreatown, NYC: The Consumption of a Transnational Brand with Jinwon Kim

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Thursday, September 24 , 2026 | 6:00 PM
In the past decade, Korean entertainment has gained global recognition, with Korean movies and TV shows winning Oscars and Emmys, and K-Pop groups becoming wildly popular. In Manhattan, Koreatown has become a popular destination for both locals and tourists, drawing them in with its bars, restaurants, and day spas. Jinwon Kim argues that Manhattan's Koreatown has become a new type of ethnic enclave, what she dubs a...

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Hand Taste: Cook Like a Korean Grandmother with Esther Choi

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Tuesday, October 27 , 2026 | 6:00 PM
We all know cooks whose fingertips seem to infuse every meal with deliciousness. In Korean, that magic touch is called sohn-mat, or "hand taste"―but you don’t have to be born with it. Esther Choi picked hers up from her halmoni, or grandmother, who used her hands for everything from smearing cabbage with pepper paste to make kimchi to crumbling tofu for mandu (dumpling) filling and tossing vibrantly flavored...

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Y. T. Hwang Family Foundation Series on Ethics & Common Values Taeku Lee

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Thursday, November 12 , 2026 | 6:00 PM
With the ever-growing need to understand ourselves and humanity as a whole, it is necessary to examine the concepts of morality, ethics and universal values as guiding principles of the human condition. With generous support from Y.T. Hwang Family Foundation, The Korea Society presents a Series on Ethics and Common Values.This series promotes the understanding of central themes of our human existence through a series...

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