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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.

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Green Korea: Financing and Legal Aspects of the Green Climate Fund

Jan 24, 2014

January 23, 2014 - Examine the growth of Green Korea through financing and legal aspects of the new Green Climate Fund. headquartered in Incheon; the UN-mandated GCF aims to mitigate the urgent and serious challenge of climate change. Granville Martin, head of JP Morgan's Office of Environmental Affairs, explores green...

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Divided Families

Jan 23, 2014

January 22, 2014 - Join us for a private screening of Divided Families, a recently completed documentary about Korean Americans’ search for lost relatives in North Korea, 60 years after Korea became a divided nation. During the Korean War and its aftermath, hundreds and thousands of family members were separated in...

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The Choco Pie-ization of North Korea

Jan 15, 2014

January 15, 2014 - 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...

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