Literature
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Homer Hulbert: Crusader for Korea
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 | 6:30 PM- Custom HTML field content:
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The Korea Society presents Dong Jin Kim, author of Crusader for Korea, a biography of Dr. Homer B. Hulbert (1863-1949), a “hidden hero” of Korean independence. The publication is the culmination of years of effort by the author to secure a proper place in Korean history for the accomplishments of foreigners, such as Dr. Hulbert, who lived their lives in the service of Korea. Wednesday, April 6 Homer Hulbert: Crusader for Korea with Dong Jin Kimauthor of Crusader for Korea American-born Hulbert came to... Read More - Custom HTML field content:
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Please Look After Mom
Thursday, March 24, 2011 | 12:00 PM- Event Content: itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/corporate-views-on-korea-from/id210903888?i=97327274#
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Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea
Thursday, November 29, 2007 | 6:30 PM- Event Content: itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/corporate-views-on-korea-from/id210903888?i=121345686#
- Event Link: <p style="text-align: justify;">Cullen Thomas grew up in Port Washington, New York and graduated from Binghamton University in 1992 with a degree in English. While teaching English in South Korea in 1993, Thomas was convicted on a narcotics charge and served a 3 ½ year sentence. Released in 1997, he returned to New York, working as a writer, teacher and editor of The Princeton Review. From 2002 to 2005 Thomas served as a staff writer and assistant editor at Current Biography. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Salon, Rhythm, Chamber Music Magazine, and the Korea Times.</p>
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In 1993, Cullen Thomas was a young man who wanted to see the world and South Korea was one of his first stops. Convicted of smuggling hashish and sentenced to 3 ½ years in Korean prison, the world he ended up seeing—one in which the Confucian customs of Korean society take on a harsh character—wasn’t the one he expected. Reading from his new memoir Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea’s Prisons (published by Viking in March 2007) and taking questions, Thomas will share the gritty... Read More