South Korean news outlet Asia Today published a three-part series based on a recent interview with Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon where he spoke on the current political situation in South Korea.
The following are highlights from an unofficial translation of the article we have provided for our English-language readers. The full article can be found in its original Korean version at the following link: https://www.asiatoday.co.kr/kn/view.php?key=20250205010001873&ref=search
Commenting on the domestic political situation unfolding in South Korea, Global Peace Foundation Chairman Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon said, “Among the many problems that South Korea is currently facing, the most serious one is that it is too divided along partisan lines.” He emphasized that safeguarding democracy starts with moral and ethical citizenship, not just the system.
He also stressed that the only way to overcome all these complex political problems and economic difficulties is to reunify North and South Korea and build a new Korea after reunification.
Moon also spoke about the future direction of U.S.-North Korea relations and South Korea’s North-South reunification movement in the wake of Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States.
“When we look back at the history of the United States, the Founding Fathers of the United States discussed and studied in depth how to run the country well,” Moon said. Moon emphasized that democracy is not only about the democratic system itself, but also about moral and ethical citizenship.
“The reason why we are mentioning and emphasizing the history of the United States is because many countries in the modern era have built their countries by imitating the American model of democracy,” he said. ”But even such a democracy cannot function properly without moral and ethical citizens. That’s why you can’t build a good country with just a simple democratic system,” he emphasized.