Tag: HWPL

World Peace Summit Calls for Concerted Action for Sustainable Peace in New Normal Era

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On September 18th, 2021, the 7th Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit was held online. This year’s event dealt with the progress of international efforts and the plans to promote the peace agenda in the ‘New Normal’ era shifting from the post-Covid to the with-Covid. The organizer of the event, Heaven Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), has been conducting citizen-centered peacebuilding activities to create “a culture of peace” advocated by the UN and international community to set up an environment of peaceful coexistence since the…

The Eight-year Peace Movement of the UN-affiliated Peace Organization, HWPL- A Special Issue in English to the World

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A special issue of the true story of peace has been released in English. A special issue containing the peace movement and evidence from the past eight years of HWPL, an international peace organization associated with the UN Department of Global Communications (DGC) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), was first released in English on July 10. After a 64-page special issue entitled <Korean, Man Hee Lee, The True Story of Peace> had been published in May through Cheonji Ilbo, a comprehensive daily newspaper in Korea, the series began in English upon the request of readers.…

Western Africa Peace Initiative launching holds online

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On March 27, the “Western Africa Peace Initiative Launching Ceremony” was held online with 132 participants from various fields from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Sweden and South Korea. Participants from international organizations, youth organizations, NGOs, and media attended.   The launching ceremony was held by the HWPL Southern Seoul and Gyeonggi Branch, an international peace organization based in Korea. HWPL, an international peace organization headquartered in Korea, has associated with the UN DGC and the UN ECOSOC, and has been carrying out various peace activities with the aim of ceasing…

International Scholars raise concerns over attempt to destroy New Religious Movement in South Korea

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On July 20, a webinar on a new religious movement in South Korea and its political, religious, and social dimensions with the recent COVID-19 crisis invited international scholars and experts in the field of religion, international law, and human rights. Titled “COVID-19 and Religious Freedom: Scapegoating Shincheonji in South Korea”, the webinar addressed the recent issues of aggressive attack from politically powerful conservative and fundamentalist Protestant churches in the country on a newly-established, fast-growing Christian denomination named ‘Shincheonji (New Heaven and New Earth) Church of Jesus’ founded in 1984. The…