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Korean Homecomings: The Poetry of Origin
Wed. July 2 @ 6:30 PM
Join poets Lee Herrick, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, and author
Kim Sunée for a fascinating conversation about
Korean adoptee literature and the
link between writing and the quest for identity/origin.
Herrick and Sunée recently returned from
South
Korea, where they were conducting a
birth-family search. They will share stories from their journey and read from
their works with Jennifer Kwon Dobbs. Buy tickets
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The DPRK Today
Fri. July 11 @ 12:00 PM
John Everard, Great Britain's ambassador to the Demo- cratic
People's Republic of Korea since February 2006,
will discuss the current situation in North Korea, changes in its society and the problems that the country faces.
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| Joint Program |
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UN Global Initiatives and Contributions from North East Asia
Thu. June 26 @ 6:00 PM
Japan Society
SOLD OUT
United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon will address a joint
membership audience. The topics will include the important role Japan
and the Republic of Korea can play in fighting climate change, building
a more secure world, reaching the Millennium Development Goals and
reinvigorating the United Nations itself.
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Lee Myung-bak's First 100 Days in Office: The Roots of a Summer of Discontent?
Mon. June 23 @ 3:30 PM
What is the
current U.S. beef crisis really all about?
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anti-Americanism behind the outburst of Korean popular animosity? What does this crisis portend for the KORUS FTA and for U.S.-Korea relations? Charles K. Armstrong, Scott Snyder, David Straub and Youngshik Bong will address these questions, assess the first months of Lee Myung-bak's presidency and take a hard
look at what has been a remarkable period in Korea's domestic
politics.
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| Gallery Exhibit |
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The Kyopo Project
Free & Open to Public
Now Through August 15
The Kyopo Project, an exhibit of 171 photographic portraits, highlights the diversity of people of Korean descent who reside permanently
outside of the Korean Peninsula.
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| Language Classes |
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Summer 2008 Korean Language Classes
Registration ends June 30
Register now for Summer 2008 Korean language classes at multiple levels - Session II begins July 7. Limited class sizes allow more interaction with the instructor and other students.
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| Classic Movies |
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Classic Movie Night: Deep Blue Night
Thu. June 19 @ 6:30 PM
Abandoning his pregnant fiancée in Korea, Baek Ho-bin (Ahn Sung-ki)
starts a new life in America and marries Jane (Jang Mi-hee) for a green
card. Plans go awry when, despite his brutality, she begins to fall for
him.
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| New Beginnings |
 | New Beginnings
“New Beginnings,” a nonpartisan policy study group of former senior U.S. officials and other experts on Korea
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Get the Full Report from the April 15th press conference on recommendations for updating and strengthening the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
- Download the audio from the June 3rd panel discussion at the World Affairs Council of Northern California results of President Lee's recent visit to the United States and of the
prospects for forging a real partnership with South Korea.
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| Summer Course |
 | In-Service Courses for NY Area Teachers
Register Now!
Choose from Korea through Art and Korea for Beginners. Participants who complete the required coursework and final assignment
will be eligible for 3-P credit from the New York City Department of
Education's After School Professional Development Program (ASPDP).
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| Annual Dinner |
 | 2008 Annual Dinner
The Korea Society held
its 2008 Annual Dinner on April 15 in New York City in honor of President Lee
Myung-bak. The Korea Society would like to thank all its supporters and guests for making the evening such a
success.
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| Past Policy Forum |
 | Why Dialogue, Negotiations and Engagement with North Korea Can Be Worth the Effort
Wed. June 11 @ 12:00 PM
First as a member of Caritas Hong Kong, and now as country director for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Pyongyang, Zellweger has over 30 years of experience in humanitarian work and over 12 years of experience in the DPRK. In her talk, Zellweger will detail the strategies for successful negotiations with North Korea.
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| Past Conference |
 | Neo-Confucianism and Korea
Korean Studies Teachers' Conference
Thu. June 5 @ 9:00 AM
For K-12 Teachers in the Greater New York Area. Free Event, Register Early. With
Dr. John Goulde and Dr. Marjorie Bingham.
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| Past Forum |
 | Nationalism and Transnationalism in Korea
Wed. May 21 @ 6:30 PM
Katharine H.S. Moon, professor of political science at Wellesley College and author of Sex Among Allies: Military Prostitution in U.S. - Korea
Relations, will discuss the factors behind the growing perception
in the U.S. of South Korea's "new nationalism," and the current struggles with and explorations of transnational and pan-Asian identities among Koreans.
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| Past Film Series |
 | Films from the North
Mon - Wed, May 12 - 14
Discover the cinema from the other half of the peninsula. From May 12 to 14, 2008, three films from the DPRK's seldom-seen canon will be screened as a special presentation in the Classic Movie Night series: Hong Kil Dong, Bellflower, and My Look in the Distant Future.
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