Podcasts/Videos 2023

A collection of original audio and video products made in-house by The Korea Society. |

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Is Sentiment Shifting on Foreign Policy, Alliances, and the US-Korea Relationship?

Thursday December 14, 2023 | 12 PM (EST)|

How does the US public view America’s place in the world? How strong are the bonds between the US and Korea? Conversely, how does the Korean public view the United States as a partner and an ally? How are these views changing and what are the implications for global geopolitics, the US-Korea Alliance... Read More

The Korean Wave: Where did it come from, and where is it going?
A Conversation with Korea's Ambassador for Cultural Cooperation Sohn Jie-ae

Friday, December 8, 2023 | 11:30 AM (EST)|

The world is captivated by Korean culture. This fascination and popular interest, once focused on K-drama and K-pop, have now extended into fashion, food, fine art, classical and various genres of music. So much so that various institutions are pondering the question... Read More

2023 Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture The Return of Industrial Policy: Lessons from Korea Munseob Lee

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | 6 PM (EST)|

The Korea Society is pleased to announce that the winner of the 7th Annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Competition is Dr. Munseob Lee, Assistant Professor at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Lee will address The Return of Industrial Policy: Lessons from Korea... Read More

YPN - Leading with Vision at Kakao Mobility: A Conversation with SVP Christopher Chang

Friday, December 1, 2023 | 12 PM (EST)|

On November 30th, our Young Professionals’ Network invites Dr. Christopher Chang (장성욱), the Senior Vice President of Kakao Mobility Corp, to discuss his significant contributions to mobility technology innovation. Join this conversation, moderated by Frank Bi... Read More

Tiki-Taka: Ways of Seeing Beyond Architecture with Design

Friday, November 17, 2023 | 6:00 PM (EST)|

Join us for this thought-provoking exploration of how both global and local emerging issues can be deconstructed, explored, challenged, and recontextualized through the distinct lenses of architecture and design. Drawing from their recent publications the architects and educators Dongsei Kim, Drawing Hwa-Chaeng: Mapping Contested Territories, and Dongwoo Yim... Read More

Beyond Boundaries: A Conversation with Sang A Im

Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 6 PM (EST)|

The Korea Society welcomes Sang A Im, fashion designer and former South Korean actress/singer, to the Young Professionals’ Network for a conversation about her unique journey to success in the cutthroat New York City design world. At Genesis House, a beautiful modern oasis influenced by Korean culture, Sang A Im met with Vivian Lee... Read More

The Korean Cookbook with Chef Junghyun Park

Monday, November 13, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EST)|

Acclaimed two-Michelin-starred chef Junghyun (JP) Park invites you to discover the delicious and joyful world of Korean cuisine known as Hansik. Together with Jungyoon Choi... Read More

New Horizons for US-Korea-Japan Trilateral Cooperation

Thursday November 9, 2023|

Join us for a program exploring the opportunities and limits for US-Korea-Japan trilateral cooperation. US President Joe Biden met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a landmark trilateral summit at Camp David in August.... Read More

E. J. Koh: The Liberators with Anton Hur

Wednesday November 8, 2023|

At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be married. The couple soon moves to San Jose, California, with an infant and Sungho’s overbearing mother-in-law. Adrift in a new country, Insuk grieves the loss of her past and her divided homeland, finding herself drawn into an illicit relationship that sets into motion a dramatic saga and echoes for generations to come... Read More

Djuna: Counterweight with translator Anton Hur

Tuesday November 7, 2023|

An “antic, madcap noir with flair" (Wired) and “fast-paced cyberpunk story” (The New York Times Book Review) from one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, whose identity remains unknown, Djuna's Counterweight is an absorbing tale of corporate intrigue, political unrest, unsolved mysteries, and the havoc wreaked by one company’s monomaniacal endeavor to build the world’s first space elevator... Read More

A Look at Korea as a Frog Outside the Well: An Outsider's Perspective on Korean History

Monday November 6, 2023|

Join us and explore with Prof. Mark Peterson the ideas advanced in his most recent book, Views of Korean History by a Frog Outside the Well. Written in a conversational style for the general public, in this book Dr. Peterson offers a unique take on Korean history that differs from the standard history taught in Korea since liberation from Japan... Read More

Author Talks: Yu Miri

Tuesday October 24, 2023|

In 2020, beloved Zainichi Korean writer Yu Miri and prize-winning translator Morgan Giles won the National Book Award in Translated Literature for Tokyo Ueno Station, a deeply emotional and unflinchingly bold novel that highlighted the socioeconomic injustices and devastating human cost of modernization... Read More

The Korean Economy Beyond the Crisis: Korea-US-China Economic Interdependence and Competition

Wednesday October 18, 2023 | 5 PM (EDT)|

Join us for an in-person program with former Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Energy of the Republic of Korea Duck Koo Chung, also the Founder and Chairman of the NEAR Foundation (North-East Asia Research Foundation), as he recounts his time as a Deputy Minister of Finance during the 1997 IMF Crisis... Read More

How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia

Friday, October 13, 2023 | 12 PM (EDT)|

Join us for this book talk with Dr. Aram Hur, who discusses Narratives of Civic Duty: How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia. At a time when nationalism appears to be stoking regional conflicts and democratic backsliding in Asia and beyond, Dr. Hur's book argues for the positive capacity of nationalism... Read More

Artist Talk | Three Clay Artists

Thursday, October 12, 2023|

Firing clay has been amongst the few mediums to have persevered through thousands of years. Three contemporary ceramic artists pursue their own exploration with clay while reshaping the tradition. Transcending the stereotype of the medium, Janny Baek, Steven Young Lee, and Sunkoo Yuh... Read More

Living a Balanced Life in a Capitalistic Society "A Veteran Wall Street Analyst's Views

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 |

The Korea Society, Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in New York are co-hosting the New York Korean Financial Forum. We are pleased to welcome Soonkyu (SK) Shin, who works on Wall Street as a credit analyst, to tell his newest story, an evolution of the theme of life's robustness that he has been writing about for the past few years... Read More

Korean and English Bilingual Poetry Reading

Friday, October 6, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EDT)|

Three poets. Three translators. One conversation. We invite you to join us for an evening of bilingual poetry readings. Three poets - Moon Bo Young, Kim Liyoun, Kim Sono - along with three translators - Soje, Eunice Lee, Jenny Jisun Kim - explore the power of language to connect us with one another... Read More

Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government

Thursday, October 5, 2023|

Join us for the launch of the Korean translation of Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government, a memoir written by the late Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. This program features William R. Rhodes, CEO of William R. Rhodes Global Advisors and author of “Banker to the World... Read More

The U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance at 70: Legacy and Future

Wednesday, October 4, 2023|

Signed on Oct. 1, 1953, in the wake of the armistice, the U.S.-South Korea alliance has matured into a dynamic partnership, deterring conflict and fostering cooperation with respect to trade, technology and people-to-people ties. This expert panel reflected on the legacy and future of the alliance... Read More

New Nuclear Dynamics of Northeast Asia

Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 10 AM (EDT)|

Join us for a program that addresses the new nuclear dynamics of Northeast Asia produced in cooperation with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center. This panel discussion investigates how regional shifts in nuclear weapons capabilities and evolving doctrines affect the Korean Peninsula and beyond... Read More

The Sister

September 15, 2023 | 12 PM (EDT)|

Join us for the New York City book launch of The Sister: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, The Most Dangerous Woman in the World. Hear from author Dr. Sung-Yoon Lee, Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars... Read More

Behind the Scenes: Writing a Picture Book with Frances Cha & Aram Kim

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EDT)|

Join two Korean-American picture book writers as they discuss the many different layers of consideration, introspection, and deliberation that go into conceiving and writing picture books, and the importance of humor and diversity in children's literature... Read More

Angie Kim: Happiness Falls with Susan Choi

Friday, September 8, 2023 | 6 PM (EDT)|

Full of shocking twists and fascinating questions of love, language, and human connection, Happiness Falls is a mystery, a family drama, and a novel of profound philosophical inquiry. With all the powerful storytelling she brought to her award-winning debut, Miracle Creek, Angie Kim turns the missing-person story into something wholly original... Read More

Chinese Views of North Korea's Uncertain Future

Friday, September 8, 2023 | 12 PM (EDT)|

Join us for a discussion featuring Dr. Sungmin Cho, professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, an academic institute of the US Department of Defense, based in Hawaii. Dr. Cho will present research that analyzes Chinese texts focusing on North Korea's regime stability... Read More

Interview with President and Global Chief Operating Officer, Hyundai Motor Company, José Muñoz

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 | 6 PM (EDT)|

Welcome to the latest installment of the Korea Society's Leadership Interview Series featuring José Muñoz, President and Global Chief Operating Officer of Hyundai Motor Company, who also serves as the President and CEO of Hyundai and Genesis Motor North America. President Muñoz is one of the most influential leaders in the auto industry... Read More

The South Korea Nuclear Debate

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 | 8 PM (EDT)|

What motivates interest among the South Korean population and national security expert community in the potential development of an indigenous nuclear deterrent?... Read More

Korean War Armistice Day Commemoration 2023

Thursday, July 27, 2023 | 12 PM|

Watch our video commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953. The Korea Society gathered at The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Battery Park, Manhattan to honor Veterans who served in The Korean War... Read More

The Films of Kim Ki-young

Wednesday, July 19, 2023|

World-renowned South Korean directors, including Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho, cite Kim Ki-young as being the greatest Korean influence on their work. When Yuh-Jung Youn won the best supporting actress award at the 2021 Oscars, she thanked Kim Ki-young... Read More

Dress History of Korea

Thursday, July 13, 2023 | 6:00 PM|

Bringing together a wealth of primary sources and with contributions from leading experts, Dress History of Korea presents the most recent approaches to the interpretation of dress and fashion of Korea... Read More

Artist Talk: Janice Chung

Thursday, July 6, 2023|

In her HAN IN TOWN series, Janice Chung captures what was once the epicenter of the Koreatown in New York City—Flushing, Queens—and focuses on the various businesses that have continued to serve the Korean-American community... Read More

Author Talks: Cheon Myeong-kwan

Tuesday, June 27, 2023|

Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize and translated by Chi-Young Kim, Whale is the first novel by Cheon Myeong-kwan to be published in English, by Archipelago Books in the U.S. and Europa in the U.K... Read More

Behind the Headlines: Human Rights and Human Stories in North Korea

Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 12 PM (EDT)|

What’s really happening in North Korea right now? The regime’s pandemic border closures have left diplomats and aid workers outside the country, making it even more difficult than normal for the outside world to understand the Kim regime’s decision making and the daily lives of ordinary North Korean people... Read More

Project Bridge Youth Ambassador 30th Anniversary Celebration

Thursday, June 8, 2023 | 6 PM (EDT)|

Join us to celebrate the longest running education Program offered at the Society, the Project Bridge Youth Ambassador Project Program. The Program began in 1993 as a response to Sa-I-Gu—... Read More

Artist Talk: Emanuel Hahn

Thursday, June 1, 2023|

Emanuel Hahn's Koreatown Dreaming series was born out of a sense of urgency to document the stories of Koreatown LA during the Covid-19 pandemic and creeping gentrification... Read More

Interview with POSCO Group Chairman Jeong-Woo Choi

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EDT)|

The Korea Society welcomes you to the latest episode of its Leadership Interview Series with Jeong-Woo Choi, CEO of POSCO Holdings and Chairman of POSCO Group, an iconic Korean company. Chairman Choi will be in conversation with Ambassador Kathleen Stephens, Korea Society Board Chair and President of Korea Economic Institute of America... Read More

Make Break Remix: The Rise of K-style with Fiona Bae
Thursday, May 25, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EDT)

K-pop, K-fashion, K-drama, K-beauty: over the past decade, K-style has exploded onto the global scene. What is behind this phenomenon? Where does K-style go from here?... Read More

FLAWLESS
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EDT)

Seoul, South Korea makes Beverly Hills look like a one-stoplight town when it comes to the beauty rat race, and it’s getting more intense every year. Elise Hu spent four years in South Korea as NPR’s bureau chief, and during her tenure there, the K-beauty industry tripled to become a $10 billion industry. South Korea is home to more than 7,500 cosmetic and skincare manufacturers... Read More

Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program
Thursday, May 11, 2023 | 12:00 PM

Join us for a book talk with Dr. Siegfried Hecker, who discusses “his on-the-ground experience at the North's nuclear center at Yongbyon,” unpacking the ramifications of North Korea’s technical developments in the context of fateful foreign policy decisions by Washington, Seoul, and Pyongyang... Read More

Interview with FILA Holdings Corporation & Acushnet Holdings Corporation Chairman Gene Yoon
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EDT)

Join us for the latest episode of our Leadership Interview Series with FILA Holdings Corporation & Acushnet Holdings Corporation Chairman Gene Yoon, moderated by The Korea Society’s President & CEO Tom Byrne... Read More

US-Korea Summit Analysis
Friday, April 28, 2023 | 8 AM (EDT)

Join us for this conversation on the major diplomatic, security, and economic takeaways from the US-Korea Summit between US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. The Korea Society is joined by former ROK Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo, Van Fleet Nonresident Senior Fellow Dr. Katrin Katz and The Washington Post Seoul Bureau Chief Michelle Ye Hee Lee... Read More

North Korea: Lessons Learned and Creative Thinking
Thursday, April 27, 2023 | 12 PM (EDT)

Join us for a discussion that aims to cultivate fresh ideas on America’s policy toward North Korea and coordination with ally South Korea by mobilizing a nuanced understanding of past lessons. The discussion includes consideration of developments to the approach addressed in the summit meeting between US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol... Read More

Kyung-Sook Shin with Jenny Wang Medina
Thursday, April 13, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EDT)

An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After Mom, I Went to See My Father by Kyung-Sook Shin centers on a woman’s efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held family secrets. More than just the portrait of a single man, I Went to See My Father opens a window onto humankind, family, loss, and war... Read More

The North Korean Cyber Threat
Thursday, April 13, 2023 | 12 PM (EDT)

Join us for a discussion about North Korea’s cyber threat, with Jean Lee, co-host of the BBC’s Lazarus Heist podcast and public policy fellow with the Wilson Center, and cybersecurity expert Michael Barnhart, who is currently with the threat intelligence firm Mandiant and was formerly Cyber Team Lead at the US Senate and signals intelligence collector in the intelligence community... Read More

Gina Chung: Sea Change
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 | 6:30 PM

A novel about a woman tossed overboard by heartbreak and loss, who has to find her way back to stable shores with the help of a giant Pacific octopus. Author photo by S. M. Sukardi One of "22 Works of Fiction to Read This Spring"—The New York Times A novel about a woman tossed overboard by heartbreak and loss, who has to find her way back to stable shores... Read More

Minhwa: Korean Paintings of the People, by the People, and for the People
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 | 6:30 PM

Tiger with Two Cubs and Two Magpies, Late Joseon Dynasty (18th or 19th Century), Mattielli Collection. Image courtesy of jstor.org | In this lecture, Professor Sunglim Kim explores Korean folk painting, minhwa, and examines its origin and development, the different genres within it, and their meanings and functions... Read More

Artist Talk: Seongmin Ahn with Eleanor Hyun
Friday, March 24, 2023

In her solo exhibition at The Korea Society, Seongmin Ahn presents a series of paintings and wall installations that fuses her insight in the relativity of perception with a deep regard for traditional Korean art, especially minhwa–folk painting. In her work, Ahn begins with traditional forms and themes... Read More

Global View Series: Agents of Subversion with Professor John Delury
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Join us for a conversation with Dr. John Delury, Professor of Chinese Studies at Yonsei University, on his new book, Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China.This roundtable and pre-recorded video explores a Korean War era mission in China that went wrong... Read More

The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 12 PM (EST)

Join this discussion with Dr. Henry W. Brands, Professor and Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, about his book The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War. The book explores the tensions between President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur as the Korean War escalates, threatening to boil over into another World War... Read More

Consequences of Korea's Compressed Modernity
Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 7 PM (EST)

Join our discussion about the consequences of Korea’s rapid economic development on the family unit and society at large, featuring Seoul National University sociology Professor Chang Kyung-Sup. This program is a collaboration with the Policy Department and the Education Department... Read More

Heinz Insu Fenkl - Skull Water
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EST)

Twenty-five years in the making, Heinz Insu Fenkl's ambitious, darkly funny, sweeping novel SKULL WATER is a haunting inter-generational coming-of-age story that grapples with identity and displacement in South Korea in the 1950s and 1970s... Read More

A Very Asian Guide to Korean Food
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 | 6:00 PM (EST)

Introduce children to Asian cuisine and the #VERYASIAN movement! Written by Michelle Li, A Very Asian Guide to Korean Food introduces young readers to classic and modern Korean dishes and provides fun facts about the foods and culture of Korea... Read More

Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema with Karen Han
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | 6 PM (EST)

Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema by culture writer and screenwriter Karen Han is the first definitive critical and visual survey of the Academy Award–winning South Korean writer/director who has been making critically acclaimed feature films for more than two decades. Brilliantly illustrated and designed... Read More

South Korea’s Demographic Challenge
Thursday, January 12, 2023 | 8 AM (EST)

Join us for a discussion on the causes and consequences of South Korea’s shrinking birth rate, including its impact on social and civic relations, the economy, and the military, as well as an exploration of efforts to reverse the trend. This discussion features Washington Post reporter Min Joo Kim, Wall Street Journal reporter Dasl Yoon... Read More

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