National Transformation
The idea that all people are members of One Family under God is a simple yet profound vision that transcends every ethnic and sectarian divide and affirms universal principles and value that have the power to lift us from national transformation to regional transformation, upward to achieve global transformation and a peaceful world.
Building Peace Starts with “Us” not “Them”
When confronting the challenges that impact our everyday lives, from global issues of peace and development, to local work of community development and social cohesion, all too often the approach is framed in an “us” vs “them” framework. Yet, it is this...
Korean National Independence Day Sheds Light on Universal Aspirations of Peace and Prosperity
August 15, 2018 is National Independence Day, commemorated in South Korea as Gwangbokjeol (광복절). Translated it means, “Day of the Restoration of Light.” The name is thought-provoking, perhaps a nod to Rabindranath Tagore’s poem that encouraged the Korean independence...
Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon Calls for Moral and Innovative Leadership to Spearhead African-Led Renaissance for Peace and Development
The following speech was delivered at the Global Peace Leadership Conference in Kampala, Uganda under the theme, "Moral and Innovative Leadership: New Models for Peace and Development," held at the Munyonyo Resort on August 1-2, 2018. Your Excellencies,...
National Transformation Starts from You
Waiting on the world to change? The world is waiting on you. “We the people” make transformation happen. The first step is to own the process. We have to be engaged in building our neighborhoods, our communities, our nations, our world. We have to participate. We have...
Connecting Dreams of National Transformation
Connecting Dreams In Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea, Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon explores the dreams of Genghis Khan and America at the time of its founding. In these explorations of two very distinct cultures, Dr. Moon identifies key principles that could...
Reconciliation needs a Vision for the Future
In the 1990’s, “reconciliation” was in the air. Countries with different histories and cultures saw the process that South Africa went through in its post-apartheid period and saw their own need to do the same. Each nation took up interpretation of reconciliation in...
Korean Reunification Begins with A Shared Vision and Civil Society Engagement
The landscape has dramatically changed in Korea over the last decade. The third Inter-Korea summit is set for April– the last one held in 2007. Domestic and international interest in the two Koreas is at an all-time high. In 2010, when Dr. Hyun Jin Moon began working...
2017 Year in Review: Global Peace Economic Models
“When nations engage in issues of transforming a nation in poverty, they do everything in reverse. They start with the economic, then interfere with political, then catch up to the social side as an afterthought. The GPF model has done the exact opposite – it started...
North Korean Missile Crisis and the Path to Peace
The recent tensions caused by threats of missile tests by North Korea and joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, coupled with the heated debates between South Korean presidential candidates, have once again brought the issue of the divided Korean people to the...