May 2 - July 31, 2024 | How can a Korean artist—however one identifies as such—shape their own narrative in this fast changing, global environment? Educated, living, and working in both the United States and South Korea, three Korean artists ponder what home means to them by exploring the landscape surrounding them. Working in three distinctive media—sculpture, photography, and contemporary mother-of-pearl art—this group of young artists represent the international experience… Read More

The Korea Society’s Fall 2024 Undergraduate Study Abroad Travel Grant is now accepting applications! The Korea Society’s Fall 2024 Undergraduate Study Abroad Travel Grant is now accepting applications! Given the Society’s commitment to promoting a greater awareness, understanding and cooperation between the people of the U.S. and Korea, this travel grant, initiated in fall 2023, has been created to ensure a wide-range of undergraduate students have the opportunity to study… Read More

Image Credit: © MFA BOSTON | Today, South Korea is a cultural superpower—a global trendsetter producing award-winning films like Parasite, riveting dramas like Squid Game, and chart-topping music by K-pop groups such as BTS and BLACKPINK. But behind the country’s meteoric rise to the world stage, a phenomenon known as the Korean Wave, or hallyu, is the story of remarkable resilience and innovation. Just a century ago, Korea was in… Read More

Is the short story a fiction writer’s laboratory where you can experiment with characters, plots, and ideas? or is it an art form of its own, telling a complete story in just a few words? What does a short story need to have in order to be successful that is different from a novel? And what makes the writers return to this form of writing again and again? Join us… Read More

The Korea Society invites you to the 33rd Annual Van Fleet Memorial Golf Tournament. We are pleased to be returning to Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey, a National Historic Landmark and host to multiple major golf championships. This year's tournament will take place on the Lower Course. The outing will be an excellent opportunity for members, supporters, friends, and clients of the Society to enjoy a day of playing… Read More