by Editor | Jun 23, 2017 | Korean Dream, Universal Principles and Values
In a time of rising tensions on the Korean peninsula that is feeding the threat of nuclear conflict, the Korean Declaration of Independence may serve as a point of unity and way forward. The dream elucidated in the declaration issued on March 1, 1919 gave exigency and...
by Editor | Jun 9, 2017 | Korean Dream
The chorus of the “One Dream, One Korea” song written during the launch of the One Korea Campaign in 2015 sings “we want to be a family again.” This theme is not a new one and has always been a part of the push for Korean reunification throughout the last 70 years of...
by Editor | May 19, 2017 | Asia, Korean Dream
In the last few years, South Koreans have endured a painful process to deal with great loss, anger and soul-searching on a national scale. The people grappled with the tragedy of the sinking of the Sewol ferry as well as issues such as stifled growth due to crony...
by Main | May 13, 2017 | Korean Dream
“The extended family is where true sincerity is learned, as embodied in the concept of jeong seong. This ideal of sincerity permeates every aspect of daily life, from the making of clothes, to food, to housing, and even to work – from the most menial of chores...
by Editor | May 10, 2017 | Korean Dream, National Transformation
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...
by Editor | May 3, 2017 | Korean Dream
Hongik Ingan is an ideal articulated at the time of the founding of the Korean nation. The origin of this idea is recorded in history as part and parcel of the story of Dangun, the first ancestor of all Korean people. It contains an exceptional aspiration that the...