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2026 Annual Gala · Van Fleet Award
Honoring Jensen Huang, Founder & CEO of NVIDIA COPY
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September 28, 2026

Venue

Cipriani South Street

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About Korea Society's Mission

Empowering American and
Korean Leaders.
Deepening Partnerships.
Shaping Our Shared Future.


The Korea Society  (TKS) strengthens the U.S.–Korea relationship by developing future leaders, connecting influential voices, and advancing the ideas, relationships, and cooperation needed for a more innovative, secure, and enduring partnership.

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2026 Annual Gala Recap

Thank you for making the 2026 Annual Gala a record-breaking night for the U.S.–Korea partnership. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

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AI Rewiring
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Artificial intelligence is quietly rewriting how venture capital firms operate, reshaping workflows that have remained largely unchanged for decades. This

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  • October 20, 2026
  •  | 6:00 pm

Author Talks:
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Mountains, rivers, trees, flowers, the dark, a cat, a train. In the elemental forms and figures of our world, Lee

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  •  | 5:00 pm

Korean American News & Media Forum

Korean American News & Media Forum | The Korea Society Welcome to the inaugural Korean American News & Media Forum,

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  • Arts & Culture
  • October 22, 2026
  •  | 6:00 pm

ENVY:

“What Stacy Kim understands, and what took me too long to appreciate myself, is that our darkest emotions often shed

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