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Friday, April 4, 2025 | 8:00 AM 
Join us for this rapid reaction program held soon after the ruling of South Korea’s Constitutional ...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | 4:00 PM 
Join us for a discussion about the legacy, implications, and a modern application of the theories ...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | 4:00 PM 
Join us for a conversation on acting and activism with actress and North Korean human rights ...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | 10:30 AM 
Join us for a roundtable discussion co-hosted by The Korea Society and Temple University Japan with ...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | 12:00 PM 
Join us for a conversation with Ankit Panda, Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at ...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | 4:00 PM 
Join us for a discussion on the current status and future pathways for U.S.-Korea-Japan trilateral ...
Monday, March 17, 2025 | 12:00 PM 
Join us for a discussion on the latest developments in Korea, including domestic politics north and ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 12:00 PM 
Join us for a program on deterrence and readiness with Major General Jason R. Armagost, who is the ...
Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 8:00 AM 
Join us for a discussion about fallout from the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s Martial Law ...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 | 2:00 PM 
Join us for a discussion on the newly launched book: Korea-US-China Trilateral Relations in the Xi ...
Friday, January 24, 2025 | 12:00 PM 
Join us for a discussion on the Trump Administration’s economic security policy towards Asia with  ...
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | 8:00 AM 
Join us for a program that explores recent political events in South Korea, including a brief ...
Friday, November 22, 2024 | 9:15 AM 
The Van Fleet Signature Policy Conference is The Korea Society’s landmark policy event. Held in the ...
Thursday, December 5, 2024 | 6:00 PM 
Join us for an inspiring and heartwarming story timed for the holiday season about the largest ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | 10:00 AM 
Join us for a conversation with Stephen Biegun, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and Special ...
Friday, November 8, 2024 | 12:00 PM 
Is South Korea on the verge of a nuclear breakout? Join us for a discussion about South Korea’s ...
Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 4:00 PM 
Join us for an expert discussion on the impact of intensifying competition on the U.S.-Korea ...
 
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This program series aims to promote dialogue and awareness on Korean Peninsula peace and security ...
 
A curated collection of programs that mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War by ...
 
The Korea Society’s Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Award was established in 2017 ...
 
A collection of our latest programs showcasing content on Korea and the impact of the novel ...

Reading North Korea, with Chad O’Caroll and Jan Janowski

Media

Podcast

Korea Risk Group CEO Chad O’Carroll and German diplomat Jan Janowski examine how to navigate information deficits when communicating within or reporting on North Korea. Lean into the new year with this informative session aimed at policy and corporate supporters, members, and media.

Reading North Korea
with Chad O'Carroll and Jan Janowski

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 | 12 PM

The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017


About the Speakers

Chad O’Carroll is the founder of Korea Risk Group, a North Korea specialized news, information and data service that through its NK Pro and NK News websites serves researchers, academics and business people around the world. O’Carroll established the NK News website in 2010 while living in Washington, DC. He was a Fellow of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism (CUNY) and was previously the Director of Communications at the Korea Economic Institute of America. He has an MA in Nuclear Non-proliferation & Intl’ Security from Kings College London and a BA in International Relations from Sussex University.

Jan Janowski graduated with an MA in Political Science and Diplomacy from Korea University in Seoul and after working as a consultant, author and freelance journalist, joined the Federal Foreign Office of Germany in 2012. He served as 2nd Secretary in the German Embassy in Pyongyang from 2012 to 2015 and upon his return to Berlin, assumed the post as Korean Peninsula Desk Officer in the FFO main office. While working on Korean issues in Berlin, he travels frequently for 5-6 week missions to the DPRK to support the German Embassy in Pyongyang as 1st Secretary. As a fluent Korean speaker, he is also the main interpreter and translator for Korean in the German Federal government. Janowski teaches summer intensive courses in North Korean Studies in Seoul and Germany.