When Cardinal Kim, the then Catholic archbishop of Seoul, met Brother Roger in Hong Kong in 1977, he asked for brothers from Taizé to come and live in Seoul, ‘to help the young people of Korea deepen their faith.’ The first brothers arrived in Korea in 1979 / 1980 and were later joined by others. Korea was the scene of a terrible, fratricidal war in 1950-53, which left deep wounds. Since then it has been divided into two countries with a completely sealed frontier between them. The churches, (...)
19 June 2004
In May 2002, one of the brothers spent a week in North Korea. Born and brought up in South Korea, he had never been able to make this journey before. In 1998 and 1999, the Community, through Operation Hope, sent over a thousand tonnes of corn to North Korea, for people suffering from famine.“It is not easy to tell about this visit. Geographically, it is so close to South Korea, but politically so far away. When I lived in South Korea it was never possible to go to the North. After many years (...)
11 June 2002
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