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...
National Transformation Starts from You
Waiting on the world to change? The world is waiting on you. “We the people” make transformation happen. The first step is to own the process. We have to be engaged in building our neighborhoods, our communities, our nations, our world. We have to participate. We have...
Spiritual Principles and Sustainable Peace
Religion. The word inspires a variety of reactions. For some, it invokes concern, maybe even anger over divisive doctrines that promote extremism and a narrow frame of mind. But to many, religion is not so much a concept but a life-sacred space. It is a space to...
An Engine of Transformation: One Family Under God
Youth in Tanzania are turning away from extremism thanks to collaborative efforts by teachers and professionals who are mentoring students in their community through a leadership program organized by the Global Peace Foundation in Tanzania. One volunteer mentor calls...
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...
Connecting Dreams of National Transformation
Connecting Dreams In Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea, Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon explores the dreams of Genghis Khan and America at the time of its founding. In these explorations of two very distinct cultures, Dr. Moon identifies key principles that could...
Reconciliation needs a Vision for the Future
In the 1990’s, “reconciliation” was in the air. Countries with different histories and cultures saw the process that South Africa went through in its post-apartheid period and saw their own need to do the same. Each nation took up interpretation of reconciliation in...
Muslim and Christian Youth Build Peace in Interfaith Talks
Passion, energy, and dreams animate youth to see beyond their current realities. What exists today doesn’t have to exist tomorrow. Likewise, what doesn’t exist today can begin to be built tomorrow. In a challenge to the current reality of rising religious intolerance...
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...
Economists Join the Discussion on Korean Reunification
Economists and businessmen are joining the discussion on Korean reunification. Following the third Inter-Korean Summit and a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, prospects of peace and security in Northeast Asia...