KOREAN DREAM:
A Vision for a Unified Korea
Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon has presented an innovative, vision-driven way forward on the Korean peninsula. His approach has inspired a cross-sectoral, global movement to advance the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula.
우리(Uri) – The Korean Notion of the Collective Self
The traditional Korean family is the most enduring and unique manifestations of our heritage. it is where we intimately learn our most important lessons that make us who we are, from...
Engaging Korean Civil Society in the Process of Reunification
North and South Korea leaders, Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in, are meeting once again for a three-day summit starting September 18 in Pyongyang to discuss inter-Korea relations and the next steps towards denuclearization. The delegation from South Korea included 50...
Families Reunited after Decades of Separation: Hope for Korean Reunification
Can you imagine being separated from your child for 68 years? In a pre-reunion interview, South Korean Lee Keum-seom described how she and her husband were separated during their escape from the line of fire during the Korean War. She carried her 1-year-old daughter,...
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...
Children of the Divided Homeland
As North and South Korea have tentatively renewed relations, discussions on family reunions have resurfaced. It was announced on June 22 that the two Koreas agreed to an initial reunion at the Diamond Mountain Resort in North Korea on August 20-26. North...
The Mongol-Korea Connection and Its Role in Securing Northeast Asian Peace
At first glance, the Mongol-Korea connection is not immediately obvious. But, the two nations have had relations that can be traced back through millennia and, with this, it carries a promise for the future of Northeast Asia. Their ancient histories...
What Do We Really Want From Korea?
Find out more about the Korean Dream and Korean reunification.
The Power of Regional Alliance: Mongolia Joins Dialogue on Korean Reunification
In early March, there was initial progress towards a summit between North Korea and the United States. Within 12 hours of the announcement, former president of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj tweeted “Making a proposal,” on his Twitter account. He proposed Mongolia as...
What is Han?
What is han? Below, we explore the Korean concept of 'han' and its meaningful lessons for facing life's challenges. In his book, David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell comments on the curiosity of the “advantage of disadvantage” that, in fact, disadvantages offered...
Mongolia’s Contribution to Korean Reunification Highlighted Days Before Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore
Days before the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore, scholars, parliamentarians and prominent civil society figures convened at a conference in Mongolia to explore Mongolia’s role in resolving the ongoing Korean crisis. The conference called for the launch of a process that...
United States and North Korea: Singapore Summit Full Statement
President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un met in Singapore on June 12 for a much anticipated summit where the leaders pledged complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. However, denuclearization is one step in the final resolution to the division of the...
What do we really want for Korea?
What do we really want for Korea? It's easy to know what we don't want: War, human rights violations, corruption, high suicide rates, nuclear weapons… But we can't live and build on "no"s alone. The end to the Korean war is not an end so much as a start. And this...
Book Reviews
Today, one of the hotspots in the world is the unending unrest between North and South Korea. As someone who believes that Iran’s nuclear bomb capabilities are being tested and upgraded in North Korea, this book approaches the resolution of the Korean conflict and the challenges they face for the unification of these two countries and one people. Therefore, I encourage readers to explore Korean Dream by Dr. Moon. It gives a cogent path to peace for the Koreas and the world.
The author understands that the unification of the Korean peninsula with Hongik Ingan as its ideology is not only desired by the nation but also linked with the future of the world… [The] ideology of Hongik Ingan and the Korean peninsula on which it would be manifest would be the ultimate factor in stabilizing the Northeast Asia region and a factor in the actualization of world peace… Individuals, authorities of unification policies in the government, and researchers of unification challenges in academic circles must read Korean Dream.