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Po Kim: Making Impossible Demands on Art
Monday, October 23, 2017 | 6:00 PM
In the course of his career, painter Po Kim worked in three distinct modes, gestural abstraction, realist still-life and symbolist figuration. This talk will examine each of these periods and look at how Po Kim's work related to the art of the period, especially that of other artists working in New York. I will also seek to understand the motives that sparked his stylistic restlessness, and ask whether his early…
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King of Spies with author Blaine Harden
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | 6:00 PM
Best-selling author and former Washington Post Northeast Asia bureau chief Blaine Harden discusses his riveting King of Spies on its date of release. His third work on Korea recounts the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in US history working on the Peninsula during the Korean War. Books are available for purchase and signing. King of Spies with author Blaine Harden with Blaine Harden Join our membership…
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Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 | 4:00 PM
The Korea Society celebrates sixty years since its founding with a public and press presentation on September 27 by Katrin Katz of Northwestern University. Ms. Katz served on the National Security Council in the George W. Bush administration. The Korea Society selected Ms. Katz, whose dissertation addresses maritime conflict in Northeast Asia and the dynamics of nationalism in Korea, as the recipient of the Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture…
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Bringing the Flavors of Cote and Danji to The Korea Society
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 | 6:30 PM
Chef Hooni Kim, the owner of Danji, a Michelin-starred Korean restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, and Simon Kim, the proprietor of Cote, a modern Korean steakhouse in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, share their remarkable and challenging experience promoting Korean cuisine in New York City and globally. Marja Vongerichten, host of the PBS TV series “Kimchi Chronicles,” and the author of a companion cookbook titled, “Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an…
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How I Became a North Korean
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 | 4:00 PM
Award-winning author Krys Lee speaks to the release of her debut novel, How I Became a North Korean, at this first cultural event at the Korea Society’s new location at 350 Madison Avenue at 45th Street. A Yonsei University assistant professor of creative writing, Krys Lee is a recipient of the Rome Prize and finalist for the BBC International Short Story Award. This captivating new release tells the story of…
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Korea-China Relations: Part II
Thursday, May 11, 2017 | 12:30 PM
Korea Society President Thomas Byrne convenes a discussion on Korea-China Relations, with former Newsweek Beijing Correspondent Isaac Stone Fish and Stimson Center Senior Associate Yun Sun, formerly with the International Crisis Group's office in Beijing. This session follows on the Society's March Korea-China session with Harvard's John Park and focuses on the twists and turns of South Korea's economic and political relations with China, and examines the complexity of China's…
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