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.
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....
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...
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...
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...
Searching for the Spirit of the March 1st Movement
On March 1, 1919 at Tapgol Park, Jung Jae-Yong, a Korean student, read out loud the Korean Declaration of Independence. About 1,000 students were gathered and soon the cheer of the students echoed throughout the park as Korean flags and copies of the Declaration of...
Unification is a Historical Opportunity to Benefit Mankind
In an interview with Korean news outlet Women Chosun, Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon called Korean citizens, especially Korea youth, "agents of unification" when framing a vision for a reunified peninsula. The vision is based on the ancient philosophy Hongik Ingan, meaning to...
Advancing One Korea and My Piece in the Greater Peace
The dream for a free, independent, and united Korea is not only for Koreans at home and abroad. Members of the international community, including MMY, a Japanese American college student, are joining the One Korea Global Campaign. The following reflection underscores...
Korean and International Volunteers Stand Together for Unification
“Our greatness lies in our ability to internalize our pain – internalize the injustices done to us – and to be able to live, still, for the sake of others. That is our greatness. And that is encapsulated in the Korean Dream.” —Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon (Action for Korea...
Road to Peace
With regular reports of North Korean missile launches every few months, it is hard to imagine that denuclearization and reunification seemed so close at the start of 2019. It is timely to revisit Dr. Moon's approach to Korean reunification that advocates international...
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.