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This page displays all Asia Society content on South Korea in reverse chronological order. For more Asia Society work on South Korea, please visit Asia Society Korea, established in 2007 with a mission to promote the understanding of Asia. Asia Society Korea aims to strengthen relationships and bridge differences across South Korea, Asia and the United States.

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Two views on North Korea

What is happening in North Korea? How will it change Asian power dynamics? Do we witness the start of a new era or a mere show? And how does it look inside Pyongyang, where urbanization and digitalization is reshaping society?

UPCOMING EVENTS

Leaders on Asia | The Hon Kevin Rudd
18 Jul 2018
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Seoul Music: Korean Sanjo Meets New York Jazz
19 May 2018
7:00pm - 8:45pm
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Ssitkimkut: The Korean Shaman Ritual of the Dead
18 May 2018
8:00pm - 9:45pm
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Asia in America: Celebration of the Arts
26 Apr 2018
6:30pm - 10:00pm
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Past Events
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Photos: 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong

Photos from 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong gala on March 29, 2018.
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Building a sustainable future for the New Colombo Plan

The New Colombo Plan needs a unified, national approach to grow its scale, reach and impact.
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Fast Train Coming: What We Can Learn from Asia

In this fast-moving globalised world, governments and countries that are agile and respond quickly to change will win, and at the cost of others.
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Making Sense of the North Korea Security Challenge

President of the Asia Society Policy Institute Kevin Rudd, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Yun Byung-se and Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel discuss the threat of North Korea.
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Making Sense of the North Korean Challenge (Complete)

Former South Korea Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se joins Kevin Rudd and Daniel Russel in a discussion about North Korea.
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Why Talking to North Korea Is Important — Cheating or Not

Asia Society experts explain the logic of negotiating with Pyongyang.
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Asia Society Rings in Year of the Dog During Annual Lunar New Year Celebration

Asia Society celebrated the Year of the Dog with live music, theater, crafts, and more.
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How Korean Indie Artists Are Taking Inspiration From the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

As the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang get into full swing, there has been some discussion about how much the games should be used as a platform for Korea’s premier pop music export — K-pop.
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Continuing the ROK-DPRK Olympic Détente: Crossing the River, Feeling the Stones

From hostility to affability on the Korean peninsula
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A Mechanism to Manage Security Tensions in the Asia-Pacific Region

Kevin Rudd explains how an expanded East Asia Summit could help secure peace in an increasingly fractious Asia-Pacific.
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BASIC with David Malone

David Malone discusses North Korean foreign policy and its implications on key regional and global powers
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Sports and Ideology in North Korea

By Daniel A. Pinkston, Ph.D., Troy University, Seoul; Asia Society Korea Advisory Committee Member
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Bitcoin in Korea: A get-rich-quick opportunity or another bubble?

As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have dominated the news across the world of late, this new craze is none more so evident than in South Korea, where huge amounts of Bitcoin are traded daily.
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From Seoul 1988 to Pyeongchang 2018

Thirty Years of Sports and Politics
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Asia Pushes Ahead on Trade One Year After U.S. Withdrawal from Pacific Deal

Governments across the Asia-Pacific are reassessing their reliance on the U.S. market and pressing ahead with their own trade agreements, according to a new issue paper by Asia Society Policy Institute.