In 2008 Grace Jo settled in the United States after leaving North Korea. “A defector’s journey is like walking a tightrope… if you miss a step and fall, it is very hard to recover,” she said at a forum hosted by the Global Peace Foundation and US Korea Institute at...
The All-Lights Village Sparked by the Desire to Benefit the World It has been almost six years since the first All-Lights Village was opened in the Philippines, a project spearheaded by the Global Peace Foundation Korea. It has expanded to over 50 villages in...
Mr. Yu is a Korean investor living in Bahrain, a small country near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. He is 7,000 miles away from his homeland, but he is living out his calling as a Korean, to live out the principles of hongik ingan, to benefit humanity. Every...
The Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has undergone regular assessment and reform since its beginnings in the 1950’s. As the Republic of Korea’s democracy has strengthened and its economy grown, the Ministry of Education has scrutinized...
