September 28, South Korea—The “2024 Korean Dream Grand March for Korea United” was a massive celebration of Korea’s National Foundation Day near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Accompanied by the International Forum on One Korea hosted in Seoul, the festival mobilized civil society activists and leaders, both in Korea and from the global Korean diaspora, to support a campaign to engage 10 million activists by 2025.

The International Forum on One Korea’s Capitol Policy Forum, “U.S. Support to a Free and Unified Korea,” will discuss developing a comprehensive U.S. strategy to support Korean unification, focusing on the economic aspects.

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.

This forum will honor the 70th Anniversary of the ROK/U.S. Alliance by assembling ROK and U.S. legislators, scholars, human rights activists including North Korean escapees, officials and civil society practitioners. The forum will examine how the Alliance will continue to advance the robust ROK and U.S. partnership through a comprehensive approach in pursuit of a free and unified Korea. The Biden-Yoon Summit joint-statement further amplified this opportunity: “The two Presidents are committed to build a better future for all Korean people and support a unified Korean Peninsula that is free and at peace.”