In December 2011, Kim Jong-un took over for his father as supreme leader of North Korea. More than two years into Kim Jong-un’s reign, many North Koreans still suffer severe economic privation, as well as strict social and political controls. Though North Korea remains largely closed to the international media, North Korean citizen-journalists have managed to secretly record many aspects of daily life inside the DPRK, providing some of the… Read More

Join dynamic contemporary artist Jin Joo Chae in this Studio Korea session. Jin Joo Chae employs printmaking and mixed media and is concerned with American coverage of the tense dynamics between North and South Korea. Using fragile and fragrant media--newspaper and screen-printed chocolate--she manipulates dominant political narratives to suggest more complex and physically embodied realities. Playful modes and materials are subverted to suggest a helplessness and desire for transformation. The… Read More

On December 11th, 2013, Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, chairman of the Korea Society, appeared on Public Radio International's The Takeaway. He discussed the significance of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ousting his uncle and mentor Jang Song-thaek from office with host John Hockenberry.   http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/ouster-north-korea-leaves-world-watching/ Read More

Korea’s President and her advisors speak of hope for enhanced trilateral relations among Korea, the United States and China. 2013’s historic summits between Obama and Park, Obama and Xi, and Park and Xi revealed a growing complementarity of positions vis-a-vis North Korea and common calls for denuclearization. How does Korea navigate space among its great ally and great neighbor, balancing political-security and economic realities? How do domestic political determinants influence… Read More

Korea uber-analyst and author Bob Carlin discusses on the day of its re-release what many consider the foremost book on modern Korea, Don Oberdorfer’s The Two Koreas. Carlin wrote the updated forward, bringing this arresting publication, loved by university students, business leaders and public alike, to a new generation of readers. Carlin discusses the changes on the Korean Peninsula since the publication’s initial release, the publication’s continued relevance, and his… Read More

Heritage Senior Research Fellow in Northeast Asia and blog-force Bruce Klingner opines on recent challenges on the Korean Peninsula and implications for those assessing strategic risk on the Peninsula and in Northeast Asia. Klingner is a former intelligence official, Intellibridge executive and Eurasia Group analyst, and is a frequent voice on Capitol Hill and in the media. Klingner offers a Studio Korea audience insight into how to analyze North Korea,… Read More

Korea’s Ambassador for International Security, the Honorable Chung Min Lee, addresses changes on the Korean Peninsula, recent challenges from North Korea, attendant market impacts, and the evolving investment climate for U.S. and international business. This special Studio Korea session lends insight into immediate security concerns, as well as mid and long-term opportunities and challenges. Lee served as a senior campaign advisor to now-President Park Geun-hye and was a Dean and… Read More

Publications and news appearances by The Korea Society team. 1/20/25 | The National Interest | From CHIPS to Ships: The Next Step in the U.S.-ROK Alliance The Korea Society President/CEO Tom Byrne published an article in The National Interest proposing a solution to the United States’ lacking presence in the shipbuilding industry. President Byrne asserts that cooperation with allies like South Korea could bolster U.S. shipbuilding capacity, similar to how… Read More

On June 7 and 8, U.S. President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping met in Southern California to discuss bilateral and regional issues, including cooperation on dealing with North Korea. In late June, Xi welcomes Korean President Park Geun-hye to Beijing for a PRC-ROK summit. In recent months, The Korea Society has hosted a number of relevant programs in New York City and nationally.   June 14 featured a… Read More

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris has published North Korea and South Korea, books that capture the two drastically different realities of the divided peninsula. Thursday, July 18, 2013   6:00 PM | Registration and Refreshments6:30 PM | Gallery Talk and Q & A Journey to North and South Korea  with Mark Edward HarrisPhotographer     Read More