The Global Peace Convention 2019 opened in Seoul, South Korea on February 26 with a Global Youth Forum and Women’s Leadership Forum, highlighting the role of youth and women leaders in becoming active contributors to the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula. 

Youth and women leaders explored this need for a common vision, emphasizing both demographic’s role in becoming active contributors to the Korean Dream, collectively building towards a new, unified nation that can be a model for the world. A supporting vision mentioned throughout the convention was the Korean ideal of Hongik Ingan, meaning “to bring benefit to humanity.”