<div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000">Hello,</font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Would it be possible to promote this <b>virtual event hosted by The Korea Society next Wednesday, April 8 at 8 am EDT</b>? We believe this program can serve as a useful resource to students and academics studying the US-ROK relationship. Interested guests can <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRwofNFURh0typjmCX4cAZBOg1-rQtYS-9GcN4pg1Ia3AG7Q/viewform" target="_blank">sign up here</a> to receive the viewing link.</font></div></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Best,</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Chelsie</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#F1F1F1" style="background-color:rgb(241,241,241)"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:622px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 10px"><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-radius:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(54,73,95)"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:600px"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="text-align:-webkit-center;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,73,95);font-size:14px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:0px"><a href="https://6b8czdeab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CY9bHqGOtjQYsY3fJYWOhdsCqqHB5eJCVw1RqV0rR967pju1pwTVy89pwF-oeJo3O5d5_lejnooFYSZvVK5lGXGfPNu0X78sEfXwBCzfTmuThoPFVWoiG97OJN0osMRumLeLnESIHLWDSrTiO35tSaMQbe__1EV-B3IXlp823ZurpRHNqK8A0bYk-u7Q6CYKM1VA9ZB9n5mLy3Jqr5LaLaEIWyBy3wnwC8alBeHap-I=&amp;c=zWIHe3OM_XEACWC2uMPpNbB9QjZuqZCKu2i0BY8HxsF1-0LhWloOeA==&amp;ch=Kh58MFaLOkAD-8crx5ORuz4XZSVWfv9eAf_DSMPywDFhxzr7Y0IM4Q==" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(222,78,58)"><img width="601" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/d3c61970101/9afebe35-0727-4647-b540-87259c9731b5.jpg?rdr=true" alt="" align="center" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:600px"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:600px;height:1px"><tbody><tr><td height="1" align="center" bgcolor="#72808f" style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:rgb(114,128,143);height:1px;line-height:1px;border-bottom-width:0px"><img alt="" width="5" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:600px"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,73,95);font-size:14px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:10px 20px"><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0px"><br></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0px"><a href="https://6b8czdeab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CY9bHqGOtjQYsY3fJYWOhdsCqqHB5eJCVw1RqV0rR967pju1pwTVy89pwF-oeJo3O5d5_lejnooFYSZvVK5lGXGfPNu0X78sEfXwBCzfTmuThoPFVWoiG97OJN0osMRumLeLnESIHLWDSrTiO35tSaMQbe__1EV-B3IXlp823ZurpRHNqK8A0bYk-u7Q6CYKM1VA9ZB9n5mLy3Jqr5LaLaEIWyBy3wnwMFNeGPI71rM=&amp;c=zWIHe3OM_XEACWC2uMPpNbB9QjZuqZCKu2i0BY8HxsF1-0LhWloOeA==&amp;ch=Kh58MFaLOkAD-8crx5ORuz4XZSVWfv9eAf_DSMPywDFhxzr7Y0IM4Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif">Spotlight:</a></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0px"><a href="https://6b8czdeab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CY9bHqGOtjQYsY3fJYWOhdsCqqHB5eJCVw1RqV0rR967pju1pwTVy89pwF-oeJo3O5d5_lejnooFYSZvVK5lGXGfPNu0X78sEfXwBCzfTmuThoPFVWoiG97OJN0osMRumLeLnESIHLWDSrTiO35tSaMQbe__1EV-B3IXlp823ZurpRHNqK8A0bYk-u7Q6CYKM1VA9ZB9n5mLy3Jqr5LaLaEIWyBy3wnwe3GiLn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