Marja Vongerichten, star of the PBS series Kimchi Chonicles, shared recipes from her newly released cookbook, The Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an American Kitchen at a special cooking demonstration on August 4th, 2011. Members and guests of The Korea Society sampled her delicious creations and had the opportunity to meet the television host and author.
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On February 3, 2011, Dr. John Park, formerly of Goldman Sachs and now director of the Korea Working Group at the U.S. Institute of Peace, spoke at The Korea Society about North Korea’s leadership transition in the context of Chinese and North Korean party connections. Dr. Park addressed the impact of recent events and Chinese foreign policy toward the Peninsula for media and businesses that manage strategic risk.
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On April 12, 2012, Gi-wook Shin, professor at Stanford University and director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, and Charles Armstrong, professor at Columbia University and director of the Center for Korean Research, lead a conversation on the results of South Korea’s April 11 parliamentary election, its implications in the near-term, and the possible impact on the upcoming presidential elections.
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On February 28, 2012, Hong-Chul “Hank” Ahn, Commissioner of Invest KOREA, visited The Korea Society to outline the unique opportunities for foreign direct investment in Korea. Mr. Ahn reviewed the current investment climate, location benefits, promising industries, and high-quality human resources available to the foreign direct investor in Korea, and explained the services Invest KOREA offers to help foreign companies “land softly and successfully” in Korea.So Hee Kim, International Relations Officer for the Saemangeum Development Planning Executive Office in the Republic of Korea’s Prime Minister’s Office, also spoke about the Saemangeum Development Project, a global city under development for international business and tourism on over 400 square kilometers of reclaimed land using green technology and renewable energy.
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On February 15, 2012, Jaeyong Song, professor at Seoul National University and co-author of the recent Harvard Business Review article, The Paradox of Samsung's Rise, spoke to The Korea Society about the strategic management decisions that led to Samsung's emergence as one of the world's most successful companies. He discussed how Samsung Electronics transformed itself in 1993 through a new management initiative that combined Western best-practices with essentially Japanese management methods to produce a highly profitable hybrid system.
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On January 19th, 2012, Dr. Marie Jhin, author of Asian Beauty Secrets: Ancient and Modern Tips from Japan, Korea and China visited The Korea Society to discuss the history of beauty in the Far East. She shared centuries-old customs and timely tips and treatments for health and beauty.
