THE KOREA SOCIETY

is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization with individual and corporate members that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea. Learn more about us here.

Cho In Ho | In the Manner of Magnificence

Thursday, January 23, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 23, 2025 @ 5-7 PM | Exhibition: January 23 - April 18, 2025 | In the tradition of ink painting, the genre of landscape presents a view of nature that may appear simply descriptive. However, landscape is more than mere representation but an encompassment of all things of this word of different meanings, dimensions, and concepts, and an expression of an individual artist. | Image Courtesy… Read More

Language Classes

Monday, April 7, 2025 | 8:00 PM
Registration Dates: March 4 to April 6 | Course Dates: April 7 to June 16 | Mode: All courses are offered online.| Whether you are new to Korean language study or at an advanced level, our Korean Language Program (KLP) has a class for you! Ranging from beginning to mastery, we offer nine levels of comprehensive courses. Additionally, we offer conversation classes at nearly every level that provide real-time opportunities… Read More
Join us for this rapid reaction program held soon after the ruling of South Korea’s Constitutional Court on the impeachment trial of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol. If the impeachment motion is upheld, the country will have 60 days to hold a presidential election. How will the outcome of the case affect Korea’s democracy and society, U.S.-Korea relations, inter-Korean relations, and Korea’s regional relations with countries such as Japan, China,… Read More
Korea’s thriving tech industry—driven by global brands and cutting-edge innovation—continues to attract substantial foreign investment, even as the regulatory landscape evolves. Korea's recent proposed online platform regulations have drawn significant attention for its impacts on major tech companies and the broader competitive landscape in the country's technologically advanced market. To tackle these developments and their implications for US-Korea’s tech investment relations, this program will convene a panel with experts across… Read More

Andrew Ahn: A Director's Talk

Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 6:30 PM
Photo by Janice Chung This spring, from director Andrew Ahn comes The Wedding Banquet, a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating the disasters and delights of family expectations, queerness, and cultural identity. With a pitch-perfect cast of multigenerational talent that includes Bowen Yang, Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-Jung, this fresh reimagining of Ang Lee’s… Read More

Korea’s Politics of the Vortex: 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | 4:00 PM
Join us for a discussion about the legacy, implications, and a modern application of the theories from Gregory Henderson’s 1968 seminal text Korea: The Politics of the Vortex, with Edward J. Baker, advisor to the Harvard University Korea Institute, and Dr. Ingu Hwang, Associate Professor of the Practice at Boston College. The discussion will also address Hwang’s 2022 book, Human Rights and Transnational Democracy in South Korea, which examines the… Read More
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