August 15, 2025
Location
- Ttukseom Hangang Park
About this event
The Korean Dream Hangang Festa is a dynamic cultural event celebrating the 80th National Liberation Day of Korea and promoting the vision of a free and unified Korea. Held on the evening of August 15, 2025, at Ttukseom Hangang Park, the Festa brings together citizens, youth, and international guests for an inspiring evening of music, performances, and messages of hope.
As the culminating event of the International Forum on One Korea, the Festa offers a powerful platform to unite people around the Korean Dream—a vision rooted in shared identity, freedom, and peace. It highlights the role of public participation in the unification movement and fosters a sense of solidarity across generations and borders.
Key objectives
Raise national and international awareness about the vision of a free and unified Korea, grounded in the Korean Dream of shared identity, peace, and prosperity.
Commemorate Korea’s 80th National Liberation Day
Reflect on Korea’s past, present, and a future that can be one, unified, and prosperous peninsula that benefits the world.
Engage Youth and Civil Society
Empower young people and grassroots participants to take an active role in the reunification movement through creative performances, storytelling, and public participation.
Event highlights
Agenda
- Venue: Ttukseom Hangang Park
- In-Person
6:20 PM: Pre-Ceremony Performance
- Na Mo Seom Ocarina Performance
- Hanyang University Cheerleading Squad
- Taekwon Flash Mob Performance
7:00 PM - Part 1: Commemoration Ceremony
- Video Presentation –
80th Anniversary Korean Dream Hangang Festa Theme Video - Opening Declaration –
Mr. In-Taek Seo, Executive Chair of Korean Dream Hangang Festa Organizing Committee - National Ceremony –
Korean National Anthem, led by Chae-yeon Lee, North Korean escapee singer - VIP Introduction – MC
- Welcoming Remarks –
Hon. Woo-taek Chung, Co-chair of Korean Dream Hangang Festa Organizing Committee
Hon. Jong-kyul Lee, Co-chair of Korean Dream Hangang Festa Organizing Committee
7:30 PM - Part 2: Celebration Performance, Drone & Fireworks Show
- Citizens’ Grand Chorus –
• Da-hyun Kim & History Children’s Choir & Ten Millions Dispersed Families Choir (Our Wish is Unification & In the Morning Country) - Keynote Speech –
Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon, Chairman of Global Peace Foundation - Special Music Performance –
• Grand Philharmonic Orchestra (One Dream One Korea 2015 & Korean Dream 2017)
• Grand Philharmonic Orchestra & Son E Ji U & History Children’s Choir (Korean Dream: Come, O Glorious Light!) - Drone Show
- Congratulatory Performance –
• Da-hyun Kim (Brush)
• Son E Ji U (Take My Hand & Blue Whale & One Candle)
• So-hyun Kim, Jun-ho Son (Beautiful Country & Together We Go & The Steps of Tomorrow) - Fireworks Show
Speakers
Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon
Founder and Chairman
Global Peace Foundation
