Category - Korea

Seoul urged not to put pre-conditions to North Korea

agency reporter — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:40:52 +0000

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has urged South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to "take urgent measures to strengthen inter-Korean relationships without any pre-conditions".

Archbishop encourages world Anglican peace gathering

staff writers — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:01:23 +0000

While the worldwide communion he heads up is still mired in dispute, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is encouraging Anglicans to grasp a larger version of peace by backing a major conference focussed on the situation in Korea.

Korean Anglicans to host major peacemaking conference

staff writers — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:26:32 +0000

Peace initiatives and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula will be the foci of a worldwide Anglican peace conference on 14-20 November, when more than 150 Anglican leaders, ecumenical guests and others will meet in South Korea.

World churches leader in solidarity visit to Korea hostage families

staff writers — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:13:41 +0000

In a gesture of support toward the families of the Korean hostages being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and a Methodist minister from Kenya, visited them yesterday while on a trip to Korea.

Korean churches seek peace and reunification for divided nation

Juan Michel — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:36:41 +0000

In recent years South Korean churches have come to be known for their spectacular growth rate, the fastest of any Asian nation. Less known is the role Korea's churches have played in working for peace and reunification of their divided country.

WCC leader denounces Korean deaths in Afghanistan

staff writers — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:38:16 +0000

The World Council of Churches has denounced the killing of a second Korean Christian hostage in Afghanistan, while Korean Presbyterians have called on the US and Afghanistan to negotiate the freeing of the hostages with the Taliban.

Churches remember Korean hostages in Afghanistan after latest death

staff writers — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:09:08 +0000

The killing of a second Korean Christian hostage in Afghanistan has led the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK) to make an urgent call for prayer among the world's different Christian communities.

Koreans seek to end Afghanistan mission activity

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:50:58 +0000

The National Council of Churches in Korea has said that all "missionary activity in Afghanistan, where abductions and dangers to life continue, must be stopped," says the Japanese online edition of JoongAng Daily.

Korean church leaders caution against backlash after US shootings

staff writers — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:57:21 +0000

Korean and American Korean Methodist leaders say that the aftermath of the awful Virginia Tech killings should be the search for healing not revenge.

Engagement is best way to handle nuclear problems, says WCC chief

staff writers — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Constructive engagement to deal with threats like nuclear proliferation is better than aggression ‚Ä' that is the message of the head of a global association of Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and indigenous churches concerning developments involving North Korea.