The 15th Annual New York Korean Film Festival Announces Upcoming Program for November 3rd to November 5th, 2017 at the Museum of the Moving Image. The New York Korean Film Festival returns to the Museum for its yearly celebration of the best in Korean cinema. This 15th edition of the Festival includes a wide range of genres, with action thrillers, comedies, romance, documentary, social drama, melodrama, and the madcap science… Read More

G.E.M.iN.Y, short for Gayakeum Ensemble Music in New York, derives from the Korean phrase, "chaeminaji" meaning to have fun while performing. The ensemble, composed of founder, Rami Seo and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation gayakeumists, debuted in the form of a gayakeum orchestra in 2007 with "If This Gayakeum Could Talk.” In addition to performing traditional Korean music on the 12-string gayakeum, G.E.M.iN.Y plays music of all genres, including classical,… Read More

DEADLINE EXTENDED to MONDAY, OCTOBER 30th. Prospective Youth Ambassadors are invited to apply for Project Bridge, an intercultural youth leadership program that includes bi-monthly educational workshops, a weekend retreat, and an expenses-paid 10-day study tour of Korea. Juniors and seniors in NYC public schools are eligible. NYC educators are welcomed to apply for group leader positions. The Korea Society, in conjunction with the Los Angeles-based Pacific Century Institute, coordinates a… Read More

Senior analysts Victor Cha and Stephen Noerper share in dialogue on the road to the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. Dr. Cha, Korea Chair at CSIS and a Georgetown University professor, is the author of Beyond the Final Score: The Politics of Sport in Asia (Columbia University Press). Dr. Noerper, a Korea Society senior director and Columbia University adjunct professor, speaks and writes on the Olympic movement and its impact in… Read More