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Category - Korea

25 Sep 2011

South Koreans' visit to North Korea aims to ease tensions

A visit to North Korea by representatives of several South Korean religious bodies is a sign tensions may be easing between the two nations.
24 Jun 2011

Methodists urge South Korean government to resume food aid

Methodists express solidarity with the people of Korea after Churches distributing food aid were threatened with legal action by the South Korean government.
1 Jun 2011

Former Hollywood high-flyer to become church minister

A former Hollywood agent who swapped a multi-million dollar celebrity lifestyle for a humble pulpit is set to be inducted to his first parish this week.
26 May 2011

South Korean government may sue churches over food aid to North

The National Council of Churches in Korea has been threatened with legal action by the Seoul government after sending food aid to starving North Koreans.
26 Nov 2010

WCC calls for return to peace negotiations on Korean peninsula

The WCC has said that "force and military power will not resolve the problems" in its statement of concern over tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
18 Jul 2010

Japanese and Korean Christians seek historic reconciliation

Korean and Japanese Christians in Japan have said they want to work for reconciliation in marking the 100th anniversary of Japan's colonisation of Korea.
18 Jun 2010

Koreans remember war and pray for peace

South Korea's national church council is marking the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the 1950 to 1953 Korean War with a week of national reconciliation.
5 Jun 2010

Pentecostal mega-church backs 2013 WCC assembly in Korea

The leader of one of the world's largest Pentecostal congregations has reaffirmed his church's commitment to support the World Council of Churches' 10th Assembly in Korea, in 2013.
8 Feb 2010

Koreans to pray for peace on 100th anniversary of execution of independence fighter

Catholic bishops from China, Korea and Japan will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the execution of the assassin of the Japanese prime minister with a Mass in Dalian on 26 March 2010.
23 Sep 2009

Koreans eager to welcome world churches' assembly in 2013

Korean churches are already experiencing the positive impact of the decision that they will host the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan in 2013, say those involved with advance preparations.

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