Shifting policies: In threatening shift, North Korea moves to redefine relations with South
HYONHEE SHIN and JOSH SMITH, of Reuters, look at how North Korea is changing the way it interacts with South Korea – and what the implications of the changes are…
LIFESTORY: REV DR SANG CHANG, A PASSIONATE KOREAN FEMINIST AND ECUMENIST
In an article first published on the World Council of Churches’ website, CLAUS GRUE speaks with Rev Dr Sang Chang, the WCC Asia president, about how her life’s experiences have given her even greater determination to fight for gender equality and social justice…
Churches invited to join in Sunday of prayer for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula
The World Council of Churches has invited “all people of good will” to join in a Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula on 11th August. The day is held annually on the Sunday before 15th August – a date, celebrated as Liberation Day in South and North Korea, which commemorates the […]
Korean reunification would not resemble German experience, says theologian
World Watch Monitor The reunification of North and South Korea would not be similar to that of East and West Germany, according to a German theologian. “The division between North and South Korea is already of much longer duration than the German division, and it goes much deeper. In the beginning there was a cruel […]
ESSAY: FOR MANY SOUTH KOREAN CHRISTIANS, REUNIFICATION WITH THE NORTH IS A RELIGIOUS GOAL
US academic DIANE WINSTON, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how South Korean Christians view reunification with the North…
SOUTH KOREA: IN A LEERY NATION, AMERICAN MISSIONARY COUPLE WORKING FOR REUNIFICATION
AZIZA KASUMOV, of Religion News Service, reports from Taebaek, South Korea…
Church bodies welcomes historic Korean declaration
The National Council of Churches in Korea has expressed its “strong support” for the declaration signed by the leaders of North and South Korea at last Friday’s historic summit in which they agreed to work for complete denuclearisation of the peninsula and for “permanent” peace. In a statement issued late last week, the NCCK said […]