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The Korea Society examines the growth of K-POP and the landmarks for Korean wave in the United States, such as PSY starring in a Super Bowl ad, Girls Generation performing at Madison Square Garden, and 2NE1's Best New Band award from MTV Iggy.withNicole Curry, Contestant at 'K-POP STAR 2'Christina Love Lee, Contestant at 'SUPER STAR K 3'Johnny Noh, Founder & CEO, Allkpop.com & Tokyohive.comJohn Shim, Senior producer, MTV WorldModerated by Jeff Yang, Columnist, Wall Street…See More

Park Chan-wook Retrospective @MoMIPark Chan-wook, director, screenwriter, and producer, is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers on the international film festival circuit. To celebrate the release of Stoker, his major directorial debut in Hollywood, The Korea Society and MoMI co-present a retrospective of his…See More

Ka-shi (Choked)2011, 111 min. Director: Kim Joong-hyunStarring: Um Tae-goo, Park Se-jin, Kil Hae-yeon Youn-ho, who is about to be engaged to a longtime girlfriend, discovers that his mother has run away. Soon a loan shark comes calling. Now he must find his mother in order to survive. ‘Korean Cinema Now’ will be presented at the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image, home to New York City’s finest, state-of-the-art screen. Films are free with museum admission. This tribute is made possible…See More

Yuni Cho, The Korea Society’s director of film, has chosen The Host (2006) to screen at summer Members’ Free Film Night. This family comedy/monster flick from acclaimed director Bong Joon-Ho is Korea’s highest grossing movie of all time and has won numerous awards, including Best Film at the Asian Film Awards. The Host has been described as a “mutant hybrid spawned from the improbable union of Little Miss Sunshine and Godzilla, for the film is a family comedy and political satire in which an…See More

The music of rare and exceptional artistic expression from North Korea will be showcased at the Korea Society. Eun Sun Jung, an award-winning and talented young kayagŭm (12 and 25 string zither) artist from Seoul, Korea, presents some of the most popular music of North Korea, selected for its vibrant folk music style and its contemporary interpretation of older traditions. This includes the well-known folk songs of Paek Toraji (White Bellflower) and Hanopaekyôn (Living for Five Hundred Years),…See More

Join us at the ArtGate Gallery for an evening with Seung Chul Lee, a renowned scholar of Hanji, traditional Korean handmade paper, and Bojagi, Korean wrapping fabric, as we celebrate his new solo exhibition Adhesion Paradox and the recent publication of his book Hanji: Everything You Need to Know About Traditional Korean Paper. Experience traditional Korean art in a thoroughly contemporary light through his exhibition, featuring two large-scale  interactive multimedia installations—a square…See More

  Retrospective of the work of Choi Min-shikThe Korea Society presents a retrospective of the work of Choi Min-shik, one of Korea’s most recognizable contemporary actors, as part of our ongoing “Korean Cinema Now” program with MoMI (the Museum of Moving Image). Choi Min-shik had numerous…See More

Retrospective of the work of Choi Min-shik The Korea Society presents a retrospective of the work of Choi Min-shik, one of Korea’s most recognizable contemporary actors, as part of our ongoing “Korean Cinema Now” program with MoMI (the Museum of Moving Image). Sunday, May 20, 2012 3 PM Failan…See More

First-time director Christine Yoo shares her remarkable experience making Wedding Palace, a loving portrayal of a tight-knit Korean family. Christine began writing the script in 1999 and, when major studios passed on it, she decided to make the film on her own. Actor Stephen Park (Fargo, In Living Color, and Wedding Palace) will join Christine to discuss how she successfully financed, directed, and distributed a film shot on location in both Los Angeles and Seoul. The evening’s program includes…See More

Author and ethnomusicologist Joshua Pilzer will talk about his recently published book, Hearts of Pine, a narrative account of the lives of three Korean survivors of the "comfort women" system - those bound into sexual slavery for the Japanese military during the war. The author will share the music and memories he heard over the course of the ten years he spent working, eating, and singing with these elderly women, trying to understand and document their worlds of song which had served as…See More

Join us for an evening of conversation with Benson, as he recounts his extraordinary career as a Korean American filmmaker and how his journey has inspired his latest project, Obangsaek, the first comprehensive 3D documentary about Korea for a global audience. A cocktail reception will follow. We would like to offer AAARTsalliance members, our TKS member rate ($10). When purchasing the ticket on google checkout on the link below, select Member and type "aaarts" under affiliation. Please RSVP at…See More

The Korea Society inaugurates its series on the impact of the Korean diaspora in the United States with a discussion of Korean-American leadership in fashion and design. New York City’s East Village has seen an emergence of boutiques and cutting-edge lines led by Korean Americans. Thuy Lin Tu, New York University professor and author ofThe Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion, discusses that emergence and links to the growing global appeal of Korean…See More

The Korea Society inaugurates its series on the impact of the Korean diaspora in the United States with a discussion of Korean-American leadership in fashion and design. New York City’s East Village has seen an emergence of boutiques and cutting-edge lines led by Korean Americans. Thuy Lin Tu, New York University professor and author ofThe Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion, discusses that emergence and links to the growing global appeal of Korean…See More

Contemplative Traditional Music Series:P’ungnyu Strings (Komungo) Thursday, November 17 @ The Korea Society On behalf of the Korea Society, I'd like to invite you to this month's episode in our Contemplative Traditional Music Series: Enjoy a meditative hour of stringed komungo set to p’ungnyu, the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility and central theme of our autumn perfromance series. The Korea Society here presents p’ungnyu in its chul-p’ungnyu (stringed-instrument) form. P’ungnyu also…See More