Blogs
Promoting the Ethic of Hongik Ingan
Hong-ik Ingan, the ancient Korean ethic that promotes living for the benefit of the world, has served as a centerpiece in emphasizing the shared values of North and South Korea, and is a building block for the Korean Dream. Action for Korea United and its member...
Support for North Korean Defectors
Transitioning from life in North Korea to South Korea is extremely challenging for the more than 27,000 North Korean defectors living in South Korea. 60% of them are between their 20's to 40's and more than 70% are women. As part of ongoing efforts to engage Koreans,...
Korean History and Culture Exploration Tours
There is a significant population of ethnic Koreans living in China. Some have come back to Korea to resettle, others continue to call China home. For these Koreans from the diaspora, the Global Peace Foundation has organized a “History Education through Cultural...
Global Peace Women Global Women’s Future Forum
As a result of ongoing forums and a committed task force, the Unification in the Home curriculum was released in May 2017. The action based curriculum was designed to empower women and families with understanding of the current Korean division and creative ways to...
Korean Dream Study Circles
Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon, founder and chairman of the Global Peace Foundation published a seminal book proposing a fresh approach to Korean reunification that focuses on the shared values and building a long-term vision for the Korean people. “Korean Dream: A Vision...
One K Global Campaign
The One K Global Campaign is using culture and song to build world-wide awareness of the critical need for Korean reunification in securing global peace; and advance values-based efforts to bring about a peaceful reunification of the Korean people. Begun in 2015, the...
Hyeonseo Lee: My escape from North Korea [TED Talk]
Lee Hyeoseo, was only seven when she first witnessed a public execution in North Korea. It was only a few years later when famine would sweep through North Korea, and Hyeoseo would also see children searching for any small morsel of food and starving mothers cradling...
Joseph Kim, North Korean Refugee [TED Talk]
Joseph Kim left his life in North Korea to escape hunger and find his family. Today he lives in the United States.
“Have hope for yourself but also help each other. “
Yeongmi Park’s Escape from North Korea
In 2014 Yeonmi Park told her story to the world at the One Young World conference. Since then, she has used various opportunities to shed light on the situation of the people in North Korea. “I have to do this because this is now, I’m speaking for people who want to...
Making Korean Reunification a Part of Our Everyday Lives
Read a testimony by a volunteer who participated in the Everyday Korean Unification campaign supported by Action for Korea United.