Tuesdays 5 - 6 PM | June 26, July 10, 17, 31 This introductory traditional Korean dance workshop uses gentle movement techniques to establish an appreciation of the dance form. Each week the focus is comprised of applications within the dance syntax such as key body positions and elemental dance phrases to develop an understanding of the dance. The students build an essential understanding of the dance form as beginner… Read More

JULY 27, 2018 — NEW YORK — A memorial ceremony for veterans of the Korean War will take place on Friday, July 27, 2018, at 12 noon at the New York Korean War Veterans Memorial in Battery Park. The event, which marks the 65th Anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, is hosted by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Korea Society, which promotes awareness, understanding and cooperation between the… Read More

The Korea Society welcomes Wookwan, cookbook author of “Wookwan’s Korean Temple Food: The Road to the Taste of Enlightenment,” to introduce Korean temple food built on the philosophy of Buddhism along with the long tradition of Korean cuisine. Korean temple food “does not only provide nutrition for a healthy body, but preparing the food is a practice of mediation as well.” Wookwan, a respected monk and temple-food expert, will demonstrate… Read More

w/ Gallery Talk: Ungno Lee’s Art World | In celebration of the 60th anniversary of artist Lee Ungno's arrival in Paris, the Korea Society welcomes you to enjoy the art exhibition of the Korean-born French artist who combined the abstract tendencies of the Art Informel movement with traditional forms of Korean art. Artist and scholar Robert C. Morgan and former student of Lee Ungno, sculptor Alain Kirili, discuss Lee's work… Read More