Chairman of Global Peace Foundation, Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon Addresses Keynote at the Global Peace Convention 2019
The following speech was delivered by Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon, Founder and Chairman of Global Peace Foundation, at the Global Peace Convention 2019 on February 28, 2019, in the Lotte Hotel, South Korea. Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you...
Global Peace Convention 2019 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jun Sook Moon, Addresses Women’s Role in Realizing Korean Reunification and Global Peace
The following is a keynote address for the women's leadership forum by Dr. Junsook Moon, held at the Global Peace Convention 2019 in President's Hotel, South Korea. Distinguished guest and leaders from around the globe who are working tirelessly for the realization of...
Howard Thurman and Lessons for Korean Reconciliation
While there are few direct links between the Korean Independence Movement and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, the parallels between them are obvious. Both were movements in the struggle for freedom, responsibility, and self-determination. They worked in...
New Model of Moral and Innovative Youth Leadership under the Vision of the Korean Dream
Shinwon Moon delivered the following speech at the Global Peace Youth Forum, held at the President's Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on February 26, 2019. Shinwon Moon is a special adviser of the Global Peace Foundation, a co-convener of the IYLA, and eldest son of Dr....
International Civil Rights Leader for Korean Independence: Ahn Changho
The One Korea Global Campaign is reconnecting to the spirit of a movement that motivated independence leaders like Ahn Changho. Events and projects commemorating the March 1, 1919 movement are inspiring and engaging Koreans from all walks of life and...
Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon Editorial Published in Newsweek: WHAT THE U.S. IS GETTING WRONG ON NORTH KOREA
Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon, author of Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea, had an editorial published on February 22, 2019 in Newsweek. The article addresses the importance of a long-term strategic approach for the future of the Korean peninsula that...
Honoring a Leader of the Korean Independence Movement: Philip Jaisohn
Nearly 100 years ago, a notable pioneer of Philadelphia’s Korean-American community, Dr. Philip Jaisohn (1864-1951), a medical doctor and researcher, journalist and the first Korean to gain citizenship in the United States, became an advocate for Korean independence...
Why We Build Local Peacebuilding Models
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. R.Buckminster Fuller In the field of peace studies, it has long been recognized that – while everyone wants peace,...
Unification the Only Solution to the Korea Problem
The second meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong un is scheduled for the end of February in Vietnam. President Trump has said, like the first summit, a central focus will be North Korean denuclearization. Dr. Hyun Jin Preston...
Japanese Actress Shares the Dream of Korean Reunification through Film
March 1, 1919 is remembered by Koreans around the world as a day that Korea peacefully marched for independence from colonial rule. Although unsuccessful at the time, one hundred years later, Koreans and non-Koreans alike, including Japanese actress Keiko...
Hope for Reunification: Koreans Living Abroad Return Home
Korea continues its pursuit of peaceful independence as a united, model nation that can bring benefit to all humankind— a 100-year-old quest that was sparked on March 1, 1919. The following story is about members of the Korean diaspora in China who...
Making the Dream of a Unified Korea a Reality
This year marks 100 years since Korea’s 1919 March 1 Movement for self-determination and independence, a cause that remains unfulfilled today. However, the One K Global Campaign, launched by a coalition of nearly one thousand social and civic...