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[HWPL] HWPL celebrates World Teacher's Day in the Philippines!

Voice of Peace PH held an online event to celebrate World Teacher's Day and encourage volunteer teachers about peace education last October.

Voice of Peace PH was founded by HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light; Chairman Man Hee Lee), which is a global peace organization, to spread peace culture through peace education.

Students paid honor and showed their thankfulness to their teachers of peace through special presentations, video messages and songs.

Zakiya Jayle Razo, a 6th grade student, participated in the event, saying, "We want you to know that your impact on our lives will not end at the end of the 12th lesson. That way, we will continue to spread our wings as messengers of peace".

HWPL Peace Education consists of 12 lessons about love, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and respect for the elderly.

According to Karen Kim, Director of HWPL's Peace Education at the Southern Seoul Branch, Voice of Peace PH is going to open another branch in The Philippines in January 2021.

Voice of Peace PH expects that they will keep spreading peace culture to more young people through HWPL's Peace Education.

Peace!

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[Food] Gogiguksu (고기국수, Meat Noodles)

Koreans served noodles with anchovy stock to guests to celebrate marriage or birthday or any good occasion because long noodle meant 'long live'. Meanwhile in Jeju Island, which is the most famous Korean tourist land in far south of Korea, people served steamed pork instead of noodles. However they served steamed pork with noodles since 1910~1920 A.D. when they started to produce noodles.

As beautiful as the scenery of Jeju Island is, Jeju Island's pork his of very high quality (and even today) without the gamey and foul smell, so they proudly serve noodles with high-quality pork. Today this noodle is called Gogiguksu (고기국수, Meat Noodles) and is a typical Jeju Island gourmet, followed by Jeju Island's half-dried tile fish and tangerine.

Gogiguksu is a very simple yet delicious dish. Put cooked noodles into thick and savory pork stock, and slice thick steamed pork to be topped on noodles. Savory, meaty and stodgy noodle with soft pork.

If you are a meat lover, how about trying gogiguksu when you visit Korea? Although you may not be a big fan of noodle soup, I'm sure that you will like it :)

Bon Appétit!

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[HWPL] HWPL, Caribbean and the Americas for Peace! (Creating the Infrastructure for Peace: Virtual Gathering of Leaders from Caribbean and the Americas)

HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light; Chairman Man Hee Lee), a non-governmental organization affiliated with the United Nations Economic and Social Council which has been working for world peace through many peace initiatives since 2012, hosted "Creating the Infrastructure for Peace: Virtual Gathering of Leaders from Caribbean and the Americas" on October 29, 2020. It was hosted as a virtual peace forum (mass online meeting) with many VIPs from countries in the Caribbean and the Americas.

Justina Mills (Ministry of Education, Dominica), Phillip Rolle (Deputy Speaker of the Dominica Parliament, Dominica), Alando Terrelonge (Minister of State, Jamaica), Keisha Tomlinson (President of Jamaica UNESCO), Bosco Castillo (Minister of Youth, Nicaragua) and more former and present politicians, diplomats, law and education experts and leaders of NGOs participated in the event.

Participants discussed and focused on the economic value of peace, the implementation of peace legislation at national level, the impact of gender-based violence and domestic violence on women in the Caribbean by International Women's Peace Group, preparing educators for the new generation of students and the importance of youth being global citizens in a globalized world by International Peace Youth Group.

HWPL and its participants resolved to keep working jointly to construct a peaceful international society.

Peace!

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[Food] Makgeolli (막걸리, Traditional Korean rice wine)

There are two kinds of people in the world; people who love alcohol and those who don't :) So almost every country has their own way of drinking and brewing traditional liquor and alcohol. It's very interesting that most civilized culture invented their own liquor to enjoy their sweet, heavenly taste that often leaves one with a headache or stomach ache. 

Ancient people in the Korean peninsula didn't want to be excluded among those cultures so they decided to make traditional wine with rice.

Makgeolli (막걸리, Traditional Korean rice wine) is a typical Korean liquor, which means 'just filtered'. It's made from rice and yeast because makgeolli is drunk when just after it's filtered and before it's distilled. So it has a white and milky color directly from rice. Milky, sweet, soft, slight crisp from fermentation has given great delight for many years.

Koreans loved it so much and used a tremendous amount of rice (which is the main meal in Korea) into brewing makgeolli, so some Korean kings and presidents even prohibited makgeolli brewing and drinking. Nevertheless, people have never stopped (who would?) drinking makgeolli. Today's Koreans appreciate their ancestors's solemn passion for keeping Korean liquor culture.

Today the descendants of proud Korean ancestors have created made versions of makgeolli with countless ingredients - tangerine, banana, kiwi, corn, chestnut, buckwheat, coffee, sweet potato and more flavors, depending on the environment within each makgeolli brewery.

Koreans think jeon (Korean-style pancake and pan-fried delicacies) is the best snack for makgeolli, and they love to enjoy it on a rainy day. So any jeon restaurant and traditional Korean bar is always crowded with people who drink makgeolli with jeon, particularly when it rains.

If you visit Korea on a rainy day, how about visiting a jeon restaurant and enjoying makgeolli with jeon varieties? The sound of raindrops will entertain you even more with the taste of makgeolli :)

Bon Appétit!

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[HWPL] HWPL and Chairman Man Hee Lee's Peace Work Highlighted by Журнал Business Woman

Struggle for peace during the COVID-19 Pandemic / Журнал Business Woman / Oct 26th 2020

HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light; Chairman Man Hee Lee) and its peace groups (International Women's Peace Group and International Peace Youth Group) have been conducting practical peace initiatives since 2012 alongside countless VIPs and citizens from all over the world. COVID-19 has struck the world so hard, inflicting great suffering, but HWPL, Chairman Man Hee Lee and its peace ambassadors have not stopped working for world peace.

Politicians, religious leaders, heads of NGOs, education and law professionals and everyday citizens have worked with HWPL and participated in its peace initiatives. HWPL is now acknowledged by citizens throughout the world.

Журнал Business Woman (one of Ukraine's major magazines) interviewed some VIPs who have collaborated and participated in major events organised by HWPL and its peace groups, and have praised HWPL for their commendable peace efforts.

Struggle for peace during the COVID-19 Pandemic / Журнал Business Woman / Oct 26th 2020

Claudia Cabrera Tarazona (Former Mayor, City of Policarpa, Colombia), Victoria Lyshchenko (Founder and Chairwoman of Charitable Foundation "LEBID"), Maksym Kovenya (Founder and Chairman of the "Veterans Volunteer Union") and Maria Tyshchenko (Executive Director of the NGO PORUCH) shared their experiences of peace working with HWPL, and commended them.

Great Job HWPL and Peace Ambassadors!

Peace!