The Role of Family in Peace
Original post from March 12, 2015. Updated on April 5, 2018. Family metaphors are frequently used to express a remarkable closeness or intimacy between people. Sayings such as, “he’s like a brother to me” or, “they’re like family” signifies a unique bond that people...
Korean Dream Makes U.S. DIA Director’s Professional Reading List
Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon’s book, Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea, has made the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director’s 2018 Professional Reading List, released early in March. In the intro to his reading list, Lt. General Robert P. Ashley Jr. writes,...
Korean Reunification Begins with A Shared Vision and Civil Society Engagement
The landscape has dramatically changed in Korea over the last decade. The third Inter-Korea summit is set for April– the last one held in 2007. Domestic and international interest in the two Koreas is at an all-time high. In 2010, when Dr. Hyun Jin Moon began working...
Countering Corruption with Moral Leadership: Voice of Tanzania Youth
“We must use our knowledge and skills acquired from school to transform the society from our local communities. Successful people never complain; they always grab opportunities and share them with others.” —David George (Participant, GPF Tanzania youth forum) In an...
Interfaith Cooperation through Shared Values: Exploring the March 1 Korean Independence Movement of 1919
“[H]istory has arrived at a point of balance where the Korean people can act decisively to determine the future direction of their nation. We can take our fate out of the hands of others and shape our own...
Timeline of the Division of North and South Korea
Since its annexation by the Japanese government in 1910, the Korean people have longed to build a free, united, and independent homeland. Today, the continued division of the peninsula has also obscured Korea's founding vision of Hongik Ingan, which was to establish a...
Civil Rights in the 21st Century: Korean Reunification
March 1 in Korea commemorates the peaceful protests that began on March 1, 1919 with 33 signatories of the Korean Declaration of Independence. Although celebrated as a holiday in Korea, it is a bittersweet day. As the centennial commemoration of the March 1...
Key Ingredients to a Successful People-Powered Movement
In the last century alone, citizens have created popular movements to bring about tremendous social change that created a ripple...
Studying Social Transformation: Another look at The Battle of Jericho
A ragtag group of refugees from Egypt arrived at the gates at the edge of the Promised Land of Canaan. They marveled at the city before them, the colorful and bustling marketplace, soldiers patrolling the perimeter and what they could only imagine was truly a land of...
5 Leadership Lessons from President Washington
“It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp...
2018 Olympic Mascots Pay Homage to Korea’s Shared History
The official mascot of the Olympics held in Korea is a tiger and the mascot of the Paralympic Games is a brown bear. The two animals are closely tied to the culture and heritage of Korea. Anyone familiar with Korean history would be reminded of the tiger and the bear...
Korea’s Olympic Moment: Can It Lead to Peace?
The participation of North Korean athletes in the Olympics, and the start of high-level talks between representatives of North and South, have raised hopes among many for a peaceful path forward. But we should not let the natural wish for peace blind us to the realities of what it will take to achieve it.