by Editor | Dec 3, 2018 | Global Peace Foundation, Korean Dream
Simple but effective grassroots projects are helping bring people together from both North and South Korea. The South Korean Entrepreneurs for the development of North Korean Defector Entrepreneurs is one such group that is providing opportunities for Koreans to work...
by Editor | Nov 27, 2018 | Global Peace Foundation, Korean Dream, Service and Volunteerism, Service for Peace
At the end of the 20th century in Korea, volunteering was not considered desirable. At the time, the country was just coming out of the Asian financial crisis and, before that, the people were busy. So busy, in fact, that the nation was able to collectively work its...
by Editor | Nov 19, 2018 | Global Peace Foundation
From Gandhi’s Satyagraha-based push for Indian independence to Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., examples of peaceful resistance offer important lessons on peaceful nation-building. The following story highlights Mongolia’s...
by Editor | Nov 17, 2018 | Korean Dream, Peacebuilding
March 1, 1919 was the first peaceful protest in a series of Korean citizen-led demonstrations that expressed the spirit of the times: the deeply-rooted longing of a people to make their own choices and to determine their own fates. Many nations (China, Philippines,...
by Editor | Nov 13, 2018 | Global Peace Foundation
Father Hammond is not Korean. But he has visited North Korea 58 times to treat tuberculosis. His passion is fueled by his commitment to serve his brothers and sisters in North Korea. His example sends a powerful message to faith leaders in the international community,...
