Region(s): Asia
Field(s): Korea
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Bio: In 1985 Ey Ja Kim, a naturalized American, was the accounting supervisor for one of the world’s leading chartered accounting firms’ Washington, D.C., office. She took a leave of absence from her job to take the gospel to her devout Buddhist family on Nam Hae, an island off the Korean coast. After serving as an associate in missions for three years and donating her profit sharing funds—which meant terminating her employment—to build a church, she received her appointment to Korea in 1991. In Korea she coordinates the Associates In Missions program, promotes and directs the Korea Network of Prayer, and plants new churches. She also teaches in the Bible school, ministers in local churches, and serves as a member of the General Board and the overseer of the Board of Trustees.
South Korea
Republic of Korea/Taehan Min’gukArea Coordinator:
Superintendent/President: Moon Jong Kang
Population: 48,800,000
Area: 38,324 sq. mi.
Capital: Seoul
Languages: Korean
Religions: No affiliation, 46%; Christian, 26%; Buddhist, 26%; Confucianist, 1%, other 1%
The Republic of Korea occupies a mountainous peninsula in northeast Asia. In the aftermath of World War II, the victorious Allies and the USSR divided the ancient nation of Korea at the thirty-eighth parallel. They hailed the new Republic of Korea on August 15, 1945. South Korea’s industries include electronics, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel, textiles, clothing, footwear, and food processing. In 1965 Elton and Loretta Bernard founded the United Pentecostal Church of South Korea. Now nationalized, the church is led by Moon Jong Kang, the general superintendent. According to the 2006 Annual Field Report, the church has 2,120 constituents, 49 licensed ministers, and 41 churches.
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An independent Korean state or collection of states has existed almost continuously for several millennia. Between its initial unification in the 7th century - from three predecessor Korean states - until the 20th century, Korea existed as a single independent country. In 1905, following the Russo-Japanese War, Korea became a protectorate of imperial Japan, and in 1910 it was annexed as a colony. Korea regained its independence following Japan's surrender to the United States in 1945. After World War II, a Republic of Korea (ROK) was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a Communist-style government was installed in the north (the DPRK). During the Korean War (1950-53), US troops and UN forces fought alongside soldiers from the ROK to defend South Korea from DPRK attacks supported by China and the Soviet Union. An armistice was signed in 1953, splitting the peninsula along a demilitarized zone at about the 38th parallel. Thereafter, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth with per capita income rising to roughly 17 times the level of North Korea. In 1993, KIM Young-sam became South Korea's first civilian president following 32 years of military rule. South Korea today is a fully functioning modern democracy. President LEE Myung-bak has pursued a policy of global engagement since taking office in February 2008, highlighted by Seoul's hosting of the G-20 summit in November 2010. Serious tensions with North Korea have punctuated inter-Korean relations in recent years, including the North's sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan in March 2010 and its artillery attack on South Korean soldiers and citizens in November 2010. Photos of South Korea:   Please continue to PRAY for and support our missionaries around the world! Thank you! | |
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