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Religions

Tue, September 17, 2019 | 21:31

[INTERVIEW] 'My father was idealist and optimist'

Los Angeles, CA - Ralph Ahn, 92, the youngest son and only surviving child of independence activist, educator and politician Ahn Chang-ho, better known by his pen name Dosan, has little memory of his father. The youngest child of the activist, was unable was able to meet his father while he was alive, because Ahn had been preoccupied all his life with fulfilling his lifetime ...

Park Jin-hai | 2019-03-03 17:41

Overseas delegation delivers hopeful New Year message

At the beginning of 2019, the World Mission Society Church of God (General Pastor Kim Joo-cheol, hereafter the Church of God) received guests - the 73rd Overseas Visiting Group.

2019-02-28 09:03

Pope Francis celebrates historic Mass on Arabian Peninsula

Pope Francis ministered on Tuesday to the thriving Catholic community in the United Arab Emirates as he concluded his historic visit to the Arabian Peninsula with the first-ever papal Mass here. Cheers erupted inside and out the the Zayed Sports City Stadium as Francis arrived and looped through the crowd in his open-sided popemobile before Mass. Chants of ``Viva il Papa'' an...

2019-02-05 16:11

Victim breaks silence about SCJ's deceptive tactics to recruit overseas members, inhumane treatment of its members

The last eight years have been a nightmare for former nurse, Seo, 29, who asked to be identified only by her surname.

2019-02-02 08:56

Controversial religious group uses K-pop boom for overseas recruiting

The local Christian community alleged Wednesday that a controversial religious group has been using the international K-pop boom to increase its members, urging believers to stay alert not to be duped by the “heretical” group.

2019-01-23 17:05

Buddhist sect embroiled in sexual misconduct allegation

Buddhist sect Jingak Order has become embroiled in a sexual misconductallegation, amid the #MeToo campaign, which swept the nation around this time last year, showing signs of rekindling after some athletes broke their silence.

2019-01-21 17:31

Jogye Order hopes to launch templestay in North Korea

The Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, is planning to launch a templestay program at Shingye Temple on Mount Geumgang as part of their effort to open “a new chapter in inter-Korean Buddhist exchanges” amid their reformation movement, Ven. Wonhaeng said Wednesday.

2019-01-18 17:21

'Religious repression in China is getting worse' [VIDEO]

Two European human rights experts recently visited Jeju Island to meet members of the Church of Almighty God, who claim to have fled religious persecution in China.

Oh Young-jin | 2019-01-09 17:28

Belgium bans halal and kosher animal slaughter

A Belgian ban on the Muslim and Jewish ways of slaughtering animals came into force on Jan. 1 as tensions grow over the balance between animal welfare and religious freedom. The law, which some critics said is a “great assault” on minority religious rights in the country, bans religious ways of killing animals, which requires butchers to slit the animals' throats while they a...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-01-09 16:41

[INTERVIEW] Korean-American pastor recalls pie-baking mother

John Kim, 51, a pastor who recently published a photo essay “Pie Making Mom,” says for him mother is the word that always gives him heartache.

Park Jin-hai | 2018-12-16 17:39

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