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...
Interfaith Harmony Week 2019
World Interfaith Harmony Week is observed every year throughout the first week of February. Understanding and dialogue between members of all faith traditions is essential to create peace in increasingly diverse communities around the world. Together, we...
Global Artists Join Campaign for Korean Reunification
The One K Global Campaign is utilizing popular music and culture, engaging Korean and foreign artists such as Tish Honojosa from Mexico, in bringing awareness to the movement for peaceful Korean reunification and drawing wide international support. The...
Building a New Nation for the Benefit of All Humanity: The Korean Independence Movement of 1919
There are many threads that run through the narrative of the Korean Independence Movement of 1919, also called the March 1 Movement after its day of origin. On March 1, 2019, while we could easily take the commemoration of the 100th year anniversary of the...
Action for Korea United: A Timeline
Great social transformation requires the active engagement of a broad public united in pursuit of a common cause. That cause should be unification and is not the work of governments alone. Koreans from the North, South, as well as the diaspora, must engage...
Halmonim’s Tears
Originally posted on February 5, 2015. Updated on January 27, 2019. The following story is shared by a student from the United States who traveled to South Korea for a leadership exchange program. In it, she discloses an intimate look at the division of Korean...