When

Saturday October 24, 2015 from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM EDT
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Where

Wellesley Free Library 
530 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA 02482
 

Free parking is available underneath the building and there is metered parking in an adjacent lot.

 
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Contact

Friends of Korea 
contact@friendsofkorea.net 
 

Annual Membership & General Meeting

Member Meeting:  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Update on board elections, activities & other matters, open to all members of Friends of Korea.  Guests are welcome to attend.

General meeting - open to all:  12:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Lunch will be served between 12 noon and 1:00 pm. 

Program Agenda for General Meeting -

Speakers will include:

  • Welcome by Boston Consul General Ohm, with some Q&A
  • Eung-Ji Kim, KOICA representative to USAID will speak about the development of KOICA (Korea’s volunteer global service organization) and what they are doing today.
  • Dr. Sung-Yoon Lee , Kim Koo Korea Foundation Professor in Korean Studies and Assistant Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy  will speak on: "Five Myths about North Korea."
  • Dr. Terry Park, Visiting Professor at Wellesley College, will speak on "De/militarized Masculinity: The Korean War, the US national in/security state, and US popular culture.“

The program will end with a performance of Gayageum music and Salpuri folk dance.

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RSVP requested by October 9th

Please let us know if you are planning to attend the Annual Meeting and the luncheon by completing the RSVP form.  Click on the link below.  Thank you.