Fight for Religious Freedom Fuels Korea’s Movement for Independence
Many people know that the March 1st Korean Independence Movement was a peaceful civil society movement, but what most know much less about is what caused this three-month-long, peninsula-wide outpouring of public support from Koreans both at home and internationally....
A Vision to Transform Indonesia and the World to Peace: One Family under God
The vision of “one family under God” is not a distant utopian concept; it is a vision that has become very real in regions around the world. In Indonesia, it has inspired an ongoing movement of volunteers and residents to see their neighbors as family members despite...
A Vision Respects Diversity, Uniqueness, and Collaboration for the Common Good
“Our approach is not one-dimensional. Let me explain more about AKU. This is a civic movement. In other words, it is a collective effort of different religious groups, NGOs, charities, civil society, etc. working together. It also serves as a think tank for government...
Growth through Challenge: A Shared Principle Across all Faith Traditions
World Interfaith Harmony week, celebrated the first week of February, gives us an opportunity to explore the universal principles and spiritual values upheld by the world's great religious teachings. Among these is the truth that good things don't come easily. We live...
Korean Diaspora Renewal
Koreans began to venture out into the wider world in larger numbers following colonial occupation beginning in the late 19th century and now appear to be spread out over 175 countries around the globe. With these approximately 7.4 million Koreans living abroad, the...
Citizens Move for Reunification in Korea
Action for Korea United (AKU) is a coalition of thousands of Korean reunification activists, from both the North and South, who are drawing upon their shared identity as one people to build a movement for One Korea that is based on the ideals and aspirations of the...
10 Inspiring Quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.
Recent history has seen examples of inspired leadership in the lives of people like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King, Jr. who is remember on the third Monday every January in the United States. Each of these leaders had to face enormous...
2019 Year in Review
"The deciding factor at such times is always moral and innovative leadership, on every level." The new year has already opened with many challenges. Kim Jong Un has declared an end to North Korea’s self-imposed moratorium on nuclear missile development and issued a...
North Korean Defectors Find Hope in the Korean Dream
The Korean peninsula has been divided between North and South Korea since 1953. In North Korea, about 18 million people out of the 25 million in its population experience serious human rights violations, economic struggles, food insecurity, malnutrition, and other...
Why the Time for Reunification is Now: Stories from North Korea
To some, the reunification of the Korean peninsula may seem like a slow, incremental process that will occur in the distant future. But to others, particularly those that have experienced living in North Korea—deprived of fundamental human rights and freedoms—Korean...
Model of Development Advances Moral and Innovative Solutions
The innovative practices of Global Peace Foundation’s All Lights Village project in countries around the world are not only helping to raise rural societies out of poverty, but most importantly, provides education and support for local people to become leaders that...
Mongolia Hosts Forum on Northeast Asian Peaceful Development and Korean Reunification
While the issue of unification on the Korean peninsula requires a process led by the Korean people themselves, the international community plays an essential supporting role in ensuring safety and security in the Northeast Asia region and global community. A forum...