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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.

Oct 28, 2015

October 28, 2015 - South Korea's geopolitical position dictates maintaining a strong alliance with the U.S. while exploring a harmonious partnership with China to protect and pursue its national interests. Preventing excessive conflicts between China and Japan also serves the interests of South Korea in terms of...


Oct 26, 2015

October 26, 2015 - World leaders launched the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” at the United Nations Summit in September 2015. The Agenda was a plan of action for people, planet, and prosperity, comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which seek to build on and complete the Millennium...


Oct 22, 2015

October 22, 2015 - Stanford University's Kathleen Stephens discusses the recent visit by ROK President Park Geun-hye to the United States and United Nations, issues in bilateral affairs, and cooperation on international challenges. Stephens, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Korea from 2008-2011, speaks to her time...


Oct 16, 2015

October 15, 2015 - Dr. Laurel Kendall, Chair of the Division of Anthropology and Curator of Asian Ethnographic Collections at the American Museum of Natural History, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, and president–elect of the Association for Asian Studies, explores the divine nature of Korean...


Oct 2, 2015

October 1, 2015 - Yeonmi Park, the 21-year-old North Korean defector and human rights activist, discusses her new book, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom, with moderator David Hawk from the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.

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