Letter from the Editor - October 2025

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Dear Readers,

October marks United Nations Month, a time to reflect on the principles that unite nations worldwide: peace, cooperation, equality, and respect for human dignity. In this issue, we honor those ideals through stories of resilience, cultural exchange, and remembrance, from the harrowing escape and advocacy work of Lee So-yeon, to the historical significance of the UN’s stand on the Korean Peninsula. 

But perhaps, the clearest voices on the values of peace and unity come from our youngest community members; military kids growing up with a front-row seat to international cooperation. This month, we asked military kids in our communities what peace and the United Nations’ principles mean to them. Their words are simple, honest, and, I believe, exactly what we need to hear.

Their words matter. In them, we hear hope, honesty, and a vision for the future. A future that is clear-eyed about the challenges yet rooted in respect, fairness, and freedom. Here in Korea, those same principles are safeguarded daily by the United Nations Command, whose mission of security, safety, and sustainment has upheld peace on the peninsula for more than seven decades. This October, as we honor the United Nations and reflect on its mission, may we let the voices of our children guide us forward.

In peace and unity, 

Jetta Allen, Editor in Chief

United on the RoK Magazine