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Jangchung Cathedral in Pyongyang

Posted By Pauline On November 18, 2009 @ 5:20 am In Korea, Multimedia, Newsletter | No Comments

A video reportedly of footage from an Easter Day in Jangchung Cathedral in North Korea.

The cathedral was built in 1988, a concession by the North Korean government following decades of persecution of peoples of faith, says a news report from several years ago in the Asia Times online. According to Wikipedia, it is only one of four churches in the country.

This video was uploaded by YouTube user ivanzakharchenko in March 2008.

VIDEO

Catholic Church in North Korea ^[1] (YouTube)

BACKGROUND

Some of that old-time religion ^[2] (Asia Times online)

Changchung Cathedral ^[3] (Wikipedia)

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URLs in this post:

[1] Catholic Church in North Korea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f_lg4QG2iY&feature=related

[2] Some of that old-time religion: http://www.atimes.com/koreas/BL23Dg02.html

[3] Changchung Cathedral: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changchung_Cathedral

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