THE KOREA SOCIETY

Chaekgado: Scholar’s Accoutrements in a BookcaseJoseon dynasty, 19th century© National Museum of Korea |  The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art presents Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared, the first U.S. exhibition of significant works from the renowned Lee Kun-Hee Collection. On view through February 1, 2026,  Korean Treasures features over 200 works, including a dozen National Treasures...

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Join us as Tony Kim (Head of Fundamental Equities’ Global Technology Team at BlackRock) shares “lessons learned” from his experience in global equities and investment management in the technology sector. This program is part of The Korea Society’s Young Professionals Network Lessons Learned series, which offers early-career professionals the chance to hear directly from leaders across industries. In conversation with...

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Photo by JongOh Kim |  Modern architecture in Korea is characterized by open and dynamic attitudes formed through a unique set of historical circumstances. Through colonial rule, war, and poverty, it was cut off from its older building traditions, emerging only in the latter half of the twentieth century as part of a condensed process of modernization. It is enigmatic in that its build first, think later (if at...

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  2025 SHERMAN FAMILY KOREA EMERGING SCHOLAR LECTURE |  Reframing Suicide as a Shared Social Responsibility in Korea | Dr. Peter Jongho Na |  Video Release |    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2025 | 4:00 PM (EST) |   The Korea Society is pleased to announce that the ninth annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Awardee is Dr. Peter Jongho Na, assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine.  In...

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