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    • Board of Directors
    • Van Fleet Leadership Council Members
    • Publications
      • Annual Reports
      • Financials
      • Exhibition Catalog
    • Internships/Jobs
    • Calendar
    • Korea Society Strategic Plan
    • Visiting Fellows Program
  • Arts/Culture
    • Art & Artist
    • Contemporary Korea
    • Cuisine
    • Exhibitions
    • Films/ Media
    • Literature
    • Performing Arts
    • Y.T. Hwang Family Foundation Series on Ethics & Common Values
  • Business & Economics
    • Global Financial Leaders Forum
    • Korea and Global Health
    • Leadership Interview Series
    • Local Leadership in a Global Context
    • Partnership Events
    • Startup Scene: Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow
    • U.S.-ROK New Economic Paradigm
    • Young Professionals' Network
  • Education
    • Korean Language Program
    • Lectures
    • Project Bridge
      • Project Bridge Program Overview
      • Project Bridge Sponsors
      • 2025-2026 Youth Ambassadors
      • 2026 Youth Ambassador Community Presentations
    • Resources
  • Policy: Upcoming
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    • Korea’s Regional Relations and Global Korea
    • Inter-Korean Relations
    • North Korea
    • The Korean War and Honoring Veterans
    • U.S.-DPRK Relations
    • New Approaches to Unification
    • Dynamic Korea
    • Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture
      • Presentations by Sherman Scholar Recipients
      • Application: Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture
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    • Van Fleet Awardees
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New Thinking on Korea's Aging, Shrinking Society with Professor Youngtae Cho

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Wednesday, June 10 , 2026 | 7:00 PM
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Join us for a virtual program exploring new thinking on Korea’s aging, shrinking society with Dr. Youngtae Cho, Director of the Population Policy Research Center and professor of demography at the School of Public Health at Seoul National University (SNU). Although South Korea’s total fertility rate rebounded slightly to reach 0.8 babies per woman, it remains the lowest in the world and well below the replacement...

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Okdongsik

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Tuesday, June 09 , 2026 | 5:00 PM
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  With a philosophy rooted in simplicity, precision, and balance, Chef Dongsik Ok has reframed traditional Korean comfort food through a minimalist and modern lens. His eponymous restaurant Okdongsik’s signature dish is an elegant yet deeply comforting pork broth, dwaeji gomtang. Since its launch in Seoul’s Seogyo-dong neighborhood in 2017, Okdongsik has earned critical acclaim and recognition with the Michelin...

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Closing the Korea Discount: Capital Market Reform and the Macro Outlook

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Monday, June 01 , 2026 | 4:00 PM
The Korea Society and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) are pleased to present a timely discussion on South Korea's capital market reforms. South Korea is undertaking its most ambitious capital market reform in years—an agenda to strengthen corporate governance, expand investor protections, and unlock deeper access to global capital. What does this moment mean for international investors, and what...

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Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Kim Koo’s Birth: Exhibition Opening & Presentation

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Thursday, May 28 , 2026 | 6:00 PM
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Invitation-only |   Program Brief Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Kim Koo's Birth UNESCO officially commemorated 2026 as the 150th anniversary of the birth of Kim Koo, honoring his foundational conviction that culture is the ultimate engine of national development, human happiness, and international peace. To mark this significant milestone, The Korea Society, in partnership with the Association of...

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