East-West Center

Maura Okamoto, board member of Friends of the East-West Center, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about why building community relationships are so important, particularly during these politically unsettling times and as the center marks its 65th year.

Jean Lee, journalist and presidential chair at the East-West Center, spoke to HPR's Bill Dorman about President Trump's first meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung.

New EWC President Celeste Connors took the reins this summer after stepping down from Hawaiʻi Green Growth. HPR sat down with Connors in her office to talk about the center’s uncertain budget.

Gov. Josh Green discusses the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority's new board and the latest on military leases; East-West Center President Celeste Connors talks about the Center's budget uncertainty

Journalist Jean Lee is the East-West Center’s inaugural presidential chair and previously covered Korean politics as an Associated Press bureau chief. She was in Seoul covering the presidential election this week.

Journalist and policy analyst Jean Lee was named the inaugural presidential chair of the East-West Center this month. She sat down with The Conversation to talk about the recent crypto heist, which the FBI says the North Koreans were behind.

East-West Center President Suzanne "Suzy" Vares-Lum will be transitioning into a new role as the director for Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in January. The Conversation talked to her about what she hopes to accomplish in the role.

A stream of water trickles into a thriving kalo field as you walk through the doors of the East-West Center Gallery. "Ho‘okahe Wai, Ho‘oulu ‘Āina: Kalo and Community" shares stories and artistry from students who were inspired by the kalo field, or loʻi, adjacent to the Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more.

Saturday marks the sixth anniversary of the 2018 false missile alert in Hawaiʻi. At the time, many believed the missile was coming from North Korea. The Conversation talked with Jean Lee, a former correspondent for The Associated Press, about her time in North Korea.

The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has temporary job openings for displaced Maui residents; experts explain the dry-docking process at Honolulu Harbor; and a new Palauan exhibit opens at East-West Center in Mānoa.