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Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon

Founder and Chairman

Global Peace Foundation

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Biography

Dr. Hyun Jin Moon is the founder and chairman of the Global Peace Foundation (GPF), established in 2009 and currently active in 24 countries. Working across lines of identity from culture, ethnicity, religion, and beyond GPF works to foster the moral, innovative leadership necessary to resolve the most pressing issues in our world today. Dr. Moon’s disciplined focus on a common vision, universal principles and shared values guides GPF in building innovative models of peace and development, and a global network of multi-sector partners. Even while addressing local issues, numerous regional and international conventions, forums, and programs enable the organization to apply lessons and best practices for advancing a global community. Dr. Moon has a lifelong passion for empowering young leaders, particularly in emerging countries. He founded Service for Peace in 2002 to provide international service-learning opportunities for youth of diverse backgrounds who work together to address urgent social needs. Service For Peace is now established in 27 nations and has special consultative status with the United Nations. Dr. Moon is the author of Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea, which won the Book of the Year in 2014 by the Readers’ Newspaper in Korea.​

Events

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Korean Dream Hangang Festa 2025

Jul 23, 2025

The Korean Dream Hangang Festa is a vibrant public celebration marking Korea’s 80th National Liberation Day and honoring the vision of a free and unified Korea.

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International Forum on One Korea 2025

Aug 14, 2025

The International Forum on One Korea, held August 14–15, 2025, in Seoul, will convene global leaders, experts, and civil society to build international support for a free and unified Korea. Marking the 80th National Liberation Day, the forum will explore people-centered strategies for reunification, peace, and sustainable development across the Korean Peninsula and beyond.

Banner for the "International Forum on One Korea 2024" with the theme "Korean Dream: Vision and Pathway towards a Free and Unified Korea," featuring logos of various sponsoring organizations.

Korean Dream: Vision and Pathway towards a Free and Unified Korea

May 24, 2024

The International Forum on One Korea 2024, held from September 27-29, 2024, in Seoul, Korea, will gather global leaders, policymakers, and civil society to advance the vision of a free and unified Korea.

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Global Peace Leadership Conference Africa 2024

May 24, 2024

Join the in-person or virtual Global Peace Leadership Conference (GPLC Africa 2024) for this year's conference theme on "One Family under God: Empowering African Renaissance as a Global Catalyst for Freedom, Peace, and Sustainable Development."

Global Peace Convention envisions the transformation of families worldwide, fostering a civilization of peace by 2023.

Global Peace Convention 2023

Oct 24, 2023

Addressing the theme “One Family under God: Vision for National Transformation and Civilization of Peace,” the Global Peace Convention 2023 will engage civil society and government leaders, peacebuilding practitioners, and development experts from around the world to advance values-based, collaborative approaches to global peace and security, environmental conservation, and sustainable and equitable development.

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Korean Dream Festa for Korea United

Oct 18, 2023

October 3 marks Korea's National Foundation Day, a day commemorating the legendary founding of the Korean people. This year on October 3, 2023, a Korean Dream Festa gathered tens of thousands of Korean citizens and international supporters standing for a free and unified Korea. The festival is part of the 3-year build up toward 2025 and the Korean Dream 10 Million Campaign which will be held on the 85th Anniversary of Korea's Liberation Day.

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Free and Unified Korea: A Catalyst for Regional and Global Peace and Development

Sep 26, 2023

This forum convenes prominent experts, policymakers, journalists, and civil society leaders from Korea and the international community to build stronger and broader international support for a free and unified Korea as the ultimate and permanent solution to the security and human rights crises, and a catalyst for regional and global peace and development.

Global Peace Leadership Conference Indo-Pacific 2023

Mar 24, 2023

India’s rich and varied spiritual heritage has profoundly influenced human civilization. Among the great treasures of the Indian tradition is Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, the maxim that the world is one family. It expresses a simple yet essential truth about our shared human identity that provides a compelling basis for global cooperation in resolving conflicts, building peace, and advancing the well-being of all. Given India’s unique heritage and key leadership role in the region and world, it offers a most fitting context to examine the civilizational implications of universal principles and their practical applications for peacebuilding. Thus, co-conveners and partners organized the Global Peace Leadership Conference Indo-Pacific (GPLC) in New Delhi, India on April 11-13, 2023, with the theme “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: Vision for Advancing Human Consciousness and Peace.”

Global Peace Leadership Conference 2022

Jan 09, 2023

The Global Peace Leadership Conference is a three-day strategic, multi-sector convening of the Global Peace Foundation and our partners that addresses pressing regional challenges and works toward collaborative solutions within a framework of shared values and moral and innovative leadership. The GPLC provides a space for leaders and innovators from the government, the private sector, faith communities, and women and youth to develop effective and collaborative responses to the challenges of conflict and underdevelopment. A Global Peace Festival was held on Clark Grounds, Pampanga, Philippines on December 3.

International Forum on One Korea 2022

Nov 08, 2022

With the inauguration of Yoon Suk Yeol as the new President of South Korea, North Korea’s unprecedented series of ballistic missile tests with increasingly versatile systems, unexpected Ukraine War, intensifying US-China relations, ongoing COVID pandemic, and worldwide economic setbacks, the Korean peninsula is at a critical point of challenge and opportunity. This timely forum convenes prominent experts, policymakers, journalists, and civil society leaders from the Six-Party Talk countries and the broader international community to address comprehensively how to build international support for a free and unified Korea as the ultimate and permanent solution to the security threat and a catalyst for regional and global peace and development.

Congressional Roundtable and Forum on “U.S.-ROK Alliance for Free and Unified Korea”

Nov 08, 2022

With the election of conservative Yoon Suk Yeol as the next President of South Korea, North Korea’s reactivation of missile tests and potential nuclear tests, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and intensifying U.S.-China relations, the Korean Peninsula is at a critical point of challenges and opportunities. This timely forum convenes prominent experts and policymakers from the USA and Korea to comprehensively address strengthening the U.S.-ROK alliance for a free and unified Korea as the ultimate solution to the security crisis and a catalyst for regional peace and development.

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Virtual Global Peace Convention 2021

Oct 13, 2021

We are pleased to announce that the Global Peace Convention (GPC) 2021 will examine the theme “Moral and Innovative Leadership in Peacebuilding for Our Changing World” through a dynamic series of programs from August 6-15 with a Global Peace Youth Forum as a pre-program event on July 31. Given the continuing limitations on international travel, GPC 2021 features an entirely virtual schedule, which opens the exciting opportunity for the robust participation of peacebuilding practitioners and civil society leaders from around the world. The Convention includes plenaries, forums, and roundtables sessions designed to foster discussion, address vital topics, and coordinate for action around some of the most critical issues facing our world today.