Global Financial Leaders Forum 2024
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 5:00 PM
The Korea Society, Maekyung Media Group, Korea Finance Society (KFS), and Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) are co-hosting the Global Financial Leaders Forum 2024 on October 23, 2024, in New York. The global economy and investment markets are at a turning point due to shifts in the financial policies of major countries and the U.S. presidential election. In an increasingly uncertain financial environment, growth and investment strategies based on accurate analysis…
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PEN Commerce & Technology Demo Day
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 1:00 PM
We are excited to invite you to our partnership event, PEN Commerce & Technology Demo Day, taking place on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at NYC-Civic Hall. PEN Ventures, a premier startup accelerator and investment program in South Korea, will showcase the top 25 startups and their founders, carefully selected by the South Korean government, representing a wide range of sectors. This is a unique…
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Media
Artist Talk: Annette Hur
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | 5:00 PM
In the modern tradition of abstract art, artists look beyond what we physically see. Using color, shape, line, and texture, they express strong emotional content without constraints of representation. With her bold colors and brushstroke Annette Hur deliberately positions her paintings in between abstraction and figuration, dealing with the conflicts of the real lived experience and how her body remembers and processes it. "Anchoring to nothing, my ever-flowing identity as…
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The Other Korea: Stories from the Diaspora
Saturday, October 12, 2024 | 3:00 PM
Join authors Ery Shin (Spring On the Peninsula) and Christine Ma-Kellams (The Band) as they discuss their books and stories from the Korean diaspora. Longlisted for the 2024 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Spring On the Peninsula is Ery Shin's debut novel about a desultory libertine who mourns a failed relationship over the course of two harsh winters. In this unprecedented portrait of millennials living in Seoul, Shin captures…
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