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Concrete Utopia: A Director's Talk
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 | 5:00 PM
Image credit: Lotte Entertainment | The story begins in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic disaster. What if our apartment complex is the only building left standing after a devastating earthquake? Produced by Climax Studio, the production house known for their creative storytelling and exceptional directing in Netflix's Hellbound and D.P., Concrete Utopia is "a dystopian disaster movie with a difference" that makes you think, "if I were in this…
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Rumbles of Thunder and Endangered Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | 12:00 PM
Photo credit: Joshua Dave Recent events have heightened military tensions on the Korean Peninsula—North Korea’s successful launch of a military satellite resulting in Seoul’s decision to partially suspend the inter-Korean Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA), and followed by Pyongyang’s deployment of additional forces near its border with South Korea—increasing the chances of conflict on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea's advancements in its nuclear weapons and missile programs, coupled with the diminishing…
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Author Talks: Bora Chung & Anton Hur
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 | 5:00 PM
Author photo: ©HyeYoung | The author and translator of Cursed Bunny, a National Book Award and International Booker Prize Finalist, are back with a new collection of short stories. A rising star of Korean literature, Bora Chung burst onto the American literary scene last year with the publication of her astounding debut, Cursed Bunny: Stories, translated by Anton Hur. Met with universal praise, these surreal, chilling fables that take on…
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Startup Scene: Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow - Saeju Jeong: An Unwavering Visionary Behind Noom
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 | 6:00 PM
Join us for our inaugural program of Startup Scene: Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow, featuring Saeju Jeong, the Co-Founder and former CEO, and now serving as Executive Chair of Noom. Noom, established in 2008 with Saeju’s friend, Artem Pekatov, introduced a pioneering weight loss app in 2017, integrating behavioral psychology with an empathetic human approach. Since then, Noom has disrupted the weight loss industry, achieving a valuation of $3.7 billion, and benefited…
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