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2016 Dec 06

Will South Korea Survive Shamans, Scandals, and Poisonous Politics?

12:30pm

Location: 

Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs, co-sponsored by the Harvard College Korean International Student Association

Katharine H.S. Moon
Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College; nonresident senior fellow...

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2016 Nov 17

A Novel Solution or Mimicry? A Korean Model of Financial Liberalization

4:30pm

Location: 

Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Myung-koo Kang
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Baruch College, City University of New York

Professor Myung-koo Kang teaches political economy and Asian affairs at Baruch College, City University of...

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2016 Nov 03

Making 'We the People' in Korea: Foreigners, Histories, Identities

4:30pm

Location: 

Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs, co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard Law School East Asian Legal Studies Program, and Harvard-Yenching Institute


Sung Ho Kim, Professor of Political Science, Yonsei University; Kim Koo Visiting Professor,...

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2016 Oct 06

Diverging Family Behaviors and Their Implications for Inequality in South Korea

4:30pm

Location: 

Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs



Hyunjoon Park
Korea Foundation Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Hyunjoon Park is Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Sociology and Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He...

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2015 Nov 10

South Korea's New Demography: Implications for Democracy and Diplomacy in East Asia

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Special Series on International Relations of East Asia presentation

Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute, Harvard University

Katharine Moon, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies and Senior Fellow, Brookings Center for East Asia Policy Studies; Professor of Political Science and Edith Stix Wasserman Chair of Asian Studies, Wellesley College

Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer...

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2015 Oct 28

Korea's Role in Asia: Regional Cooperation & National Unification

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Ash Center, 2nd Floor North, 124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation presentation; Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute

Jin Park, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson international Center for Scholars; Chair Professor, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Dr. Jin Park is currently a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson international Center for Scholars and Chair Professor at the Graduate School of International and Area Studies of Hankuk University of...

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2015 May 08

What Decision Should Korea Make in 2017? Korean Politics & the Next Presidential Election

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

NYE A & B, Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA 02138

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School Presentation; Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute

Hyong-O Kim, Republic of Korea’s Former Speaker of the National Assembly

Hyong-O Kim served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea between 2008 and 2010. He served five consecutive terms as a member of the National Assembly between 1992 and 2012 during which he served as the Floor Leader of the Grand National Party (2006 – 2007), Secretary General...

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2015 Apr 30

A Genealogy of Anti-Communist Film in South Korea: Representing and Imagining Cold War

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Hyangjin Lee, Professor, College of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University; Kim Koo Visiting Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

Hyangjin Lee is a...

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2014 Nov 20

"A Death Warrant for Our Nation": Syngman Rhee and South Korean Opposition to the Armistice, 1951-1954

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Allan R. Millett
Ambrose Professor of History and Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies, The University of New Orleans; Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Military History, The Ohio State University...

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2014 Feb 27

Transformation and Sustainability of East Asian Development Model: The Cases of Korea, China, and Japan

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Hyungkee Kim
Professor of Economics, School of Economics and Trade, Kyungpook National University; Visiting Scholar, Korea Institute, Harvard University

Professor Kim’s research interests include methodology of...

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2013 Nov 21

Engaging North Korea with Soft Power: Knowledge Sharing with Pyongyang

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Kyung-Ae Park, Korea Foundation Chair, Institute of Asian Research; Director, Centre for Korean Research, The University of British Columbia

Professor Kyung-Ae Park holds the Korea Foundation Chair at the...

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2013 Oct 17

“Everlasting Fraternal Friendship”: North Korea and the End of Communism

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences, Columbia University

Charles K. Armstrong is the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the...

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