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.
We are All Related
Imagine a society where everyone was related to each other as one big family. What would that look like? There are many good cultural examples around the globe that hint at what that might be like. Korea is one place where this notion of human interconnectedness can...
Washington DC Forum Exmines Role of South Korean and US Civil Society and Humanitarian Efforts in Global Development
A recent forum hosted by the Center for International and Strategic Studies and the Global Peace Foundation highlighted South Korea's growing role in global humanitarian development. In less than 50 years, South Korea has transitioned from a aid-receiving nation to...
Potential of Engaging Koreas Diaspora in Unification
Koreans in the diaspora suffer from divided families the same as Koreans on the peninsula. We are affected by and engaged in the fate of a divided homeland and often can bring a broader perspective to meeting the challenge of unification. I believe that the diaspora...
Koreanness – Finding Transnational Connections as One People
The prospect of Korean Reunification and the building of a vision of a unified Korea points to the need for an exploration of what it actually means to be Korean. The experience of Koreans in Japan makes for a particularly interesting study of this. Having lived apart...
Calling on the Korean Diaspora
“As I reflect on the memories of my father, I think of the Korean people, who, like the salmon, need to return to their original hometown, the place of their birth to begin the next cycle of life. That place begins with our founding mythology of Dangun and is...
Everyday Korean Unification
Crossing the Line We stood on the observatory looking across the 38th parallel. Beyond the barbed wire I could see bald hills rolling from one side of the horizon to the other. It had taken us 50 km to bike from Seoul to Imjinkak. It was our simple act for Korean...
Global Peace Foundation-Korea’s Coordinated Efforts for Unification Recognized
“For any real discussion of unification to begin, we, as the Korean people, must identify a common platform through which we can all converge not as a divided people but as Koreans. Before we are to talk about political and economic systems as well as institutions of...
Korean Dream by Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon Awarded “Book of the Year”
On November 20, 2014, Readers' Newspaper (독석신문) hosted the 45th annual ceremony for the Korean Culture and Arts Publications Award at the National Assembly Memorial Hall. This year, Global Peace Foundation founder, Dr. Hyun Jin Moon's new book, “Korean Dream: Vision...
Seoul Newspaper Review of “Korean Dream” by Dr. Hyun Jin Moon
“There are many arguments about the methodology for unification, but this book talks about the vision of unification, the underlying, unseen, philosophy and idea of unification.” Seoul National University Honorary Professor, Park Sae Il, about Korean Dream: Vision for...
Global Peace Foundation Korea Receives Grand Prize at the 12th Annual Korean Youth Award Ceremony
“Today we are making history as we put aside our different interests and come together as Koreans, united by the Korean Dream. You represent the Korean people who are an essential component to the unification process.” -Global Peace Leadership Conference, Dr. Hyun Jin...
Hwanin, Hwaneung, Tangun: Filial Piety Bridges Three Generations
The importance of filial piety in Korean society has been a topic of scrutiny and discussion for decades, if not centuries. The parent-child relationship is valued in Korea to an extent that distinguishes itself even among the East Asian...
Connected to the Divine: Hwanin and the Tangun Story
The story of Tangun is important to Korean self-understanding, as are all founding myths and legends. Debate over the Tangun myth’s historicity misses the opportunity to reflect on the principles and values that have bound the Korean people together through...
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.