Clergy join hands to halt Korean rivers project

More than 1,000 clergy have joined the campaign against the government’s construction project on four major rivers in South Korea.

Korean Catholics proud of their Olympic champion

Catholics in Korea were overjoyed to see Stella Kim Yu-na make the sign of the cross during her Gold Medal performance at the Olympic figure skating competition on Feb. 23.

Korean hospital promotes abortion alternatives

A Catholic hospital in South Korea is urging expectant mothers not to abort babies with congenital diseases because many cases can be cured after birth.

Church regrets Korean death penalty ruling

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the death penalty is constitutional, dashing Church hopes of an early repeal of the law.

North Korea frees US Christian activist

Pyongyang’s decision to “forgive and release” American Christian activist Robert Park may be a sign of more flexibility in North Korea, some observers in Seoul say.

Korean frontline priest urges peaceful solutions

Military action is no solution to problems between North and South Korea, said an Incheon priest on the frontline of new exchange of fire in waters off the disputed western sea border.

Koreans fund peace center in Mindanao

An inter-faith center has opened in Mindanao in the country’s south, thanks to work by Korean religious leaders and funding from the Seoul government.
The center in Davao City will focus on faith, culture and dialogue between religions in troubled Mindanao.
Korean Coadjutor Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-joong of Kwangju had discussed the project with Archbishop Fernando Capalla, [...]

Former Seoul archbishop on ‘collaborator’ list

The late Seoul Archbishop Paul Ro Ki-nam and six other Catholics are named as Japanese collaborators during the Second World War in a new encyclopedia.
Catholic lay leader John Chang Myon, prime minister from 1960-1961 and the father of Bishop John Chang-yik of Chunchon, is on the list along with four Seoul priests and one other [...]

Former S. Korean PM on Japanese ‘collaborators’ list

Korean historians have published a biographical dictionary bearing the names of alleged “collaborators” with colonial Japan including former Prime Minister Chang Myun, who is named for serving as a director of a Catholic group that regularly visited Japanese shrines.
Such visits were regarded as highly pro-Japanese in Korea, the Korea Herald reports.
The list, which names 4,389 [...]

Korean doctors seek to prosecute abortion

Six hundred young South Korean obstetricians have declared a war against abortion, which is illegal but rampant, resolving not to comply with any abortion request that is not based on medical validity.
“Despite the huge gap between law and reality, our society has left the issue of illegal abortions long unsettled. Most abortions in Korea occur [...]

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