The International Forum on One Korea: Capitol Policy Forum Gallery

Global Peace Foundation

May 7, 2026

Five people sit at a table with papers and microphones in front of them, posing for a group photo during the International Forum on One Korea in a room with a window and dark curtains.

Session I speakers

A man in a suit stands at a podium labeled "Capitol Policy Forum" with an "International Forum on One Korea" banner and window in the background.

Hyunseung Lee

Hyunseung Lee, founder of North Korean Young Leaders Assembly

A man speaks at a podium during a Capitol Policy Forum event, with an International Forum on One Korea banner behind him and attendees seated on either side.

Kang Il-Hu

Kang Il-Hu, chairman of North Korea Democratization Committee

A woman speaks at a podium during the Capitol Policy Forum, part of the International Forum on One Korea, with a Global Peace Foundation banner visible in the background.

Jiyoung Kim

Jiyoung Kim, president of Free North Korea Radio

Two people converse in front of a "Global Peace Foundation" poster at an indoor event, both dressed in business attire during the International Forum on One Korea.

Dr. Suzanne Scholte and Namsik Yoo

Dr. Suzanne Scholte (left), president of Defense Forum Foundation and Namsik Yoo (right), director of Youth Programs, AKU-USA

Attendees at the International Forum on One Korea sit at tables in a seminar room, attentively taking notes and listening to a speaker just out of frame.

Forum participants

A man in a suit speaks at a podium during the Capitol Policy Forum, part of the International Forum on One Korea, with a Global Peace Foundation banner visible in the background.

Reverend Kenneth Bae

Reverend Kenneth Bae, founder and president of New Korea Foundation International

A woman and an older man in business attire converse at the International Forum on One Korea networking event, with other people seated and talking in the background.

Olivia Enos and Robert Joseph

Olivia Enos, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, and Ambassador Robert Joseph

A woman speaks at a podium during the Capitol Policy Forum, part of the International Forum on One Korea, with a Global Peace Foundation banner displayed in the background.

Gayoung Kim

Gayoung Kim, broadcaster and security lecturer

Three men in suits sit at a table in a conference room, with two laptops open; one man is speaking while the others listen attentively during the International Forum on One Korea.

Session II speakers

A man in a suit speaks at a podium during the Capitol Policy Forum, connecting themes of the International Forum on One Korea, with a Global Peace Foundation banner and window in the background.

Inteck Seo

Action for Korea United Co-chair Inteck Seo

An older man speaks at a podium during a Capitol Policy Forum event, with a Global Peace Foundation banner behind him, highlighting discussions on Korean unification at the International Forum on One Korea.

Robert Joseph

Former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Ambassador Robert Joseph

A man in a suit speaks at a podium during the Capitol Policy Forum, with an International Forum on One Korea banner from the Global Peace Foundation in the background.

Jeremy Graham

Jeremy Graham, GPF director of Strategic Development

A man speaks at a podium during the Capitol Policy Forum, part of the International Forum on One Korea, with a Global Peace Foundation banner and a window in the background.

Sang Hak Park

Sang Hak Park, head of Fighters for a Free North Korea

An older man in a suit speaks at a podium during the Capitol Policy Forum, part of the International Forum on One Korea, with a Global Peace Foundation banner and a window in the background.

James P. Flynn

GPF International President James P. Flynn

The International Forum on One Korea: Capitol Policy Forum, held on April 29, 2026, at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., brought together policymakers, experts, civil society leaders, and North Korean escapees to examine a bold shift in strategy for addressing the Korean Peninsula. Convened by the Global Peace Foundation (GPF), alongside partners including Action for Korea United, Defense Forum Foundation, Alliance for Korea United USA, and One Korea Foundation, the forum challenged decades of policy centered narrowly on denuclearization and instead advanced a comprehensive vision of a free and unified Korea grounded in human dignity and freedom.

Held during North Korea Freedom Week under the theme “Free and Unified Korea Policy Endgame,” the forum set out to elevate voices that are often marginalized in policy discussions: those of North Korean escapees.

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