Presbyterian Mission Agency North Korea Archives

New landing page simplifies search for Korea peace material

Posted June 6th, 2024

More than 70 years have passed since an armistice agreement signed by the United States, China, and North Korea formally ceased hostilities between North and South Korea. The agreement provided a definitive end to the fighting, allowed for a drawback of military forces, and established a demilitarized zone to buffer the North and South as a strategy to help prevent incidents which could lead to the resumption of the Korean war. What the armistice did not do was officially end the war, as no peace treaty between the two nations has ever been signed.

The Rev. Dr. Jean Kim, a tireless advocate for ending homelessness in the Seattle area, dies at age 86

Posted July 10th, 2021

The Rev. Dr. Jean Kim, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor who founded 15 programs to support people experiencing homelessness, died in Everett, Washington, on July 3 at age 86.

More than 300 organizations urge Biden administration to suspend US-South Korea joint military exercises

Posted January 28th, 2021

A Tuesday statement signed by 110 U.S. organizations and more than 200 international groups calls on the Biden administration to suspend annual combined military exercises with South Korea in order to restart diplomacy with North Korea.

Peacemaker working for a unified Korea

Posted June 7th, 2019

When many South Koreans think of their neighbors to the north, the phrases that come to mind are not so neighborly: “horned monsters” or “a demon to be removed,” writes the Rev. Moon-Sook Lee, who has held several ecumenical and Presbyterian posts in South Korea over the past three decades.

WCC는 북미 평화의 새로운 장을 향한 장기적인 의지를 요구

Posted June 13th, 2018

미국과 조선 민주주의 인민공화국(DPRK)의 정상 회담이 끝난 후, 세계교회협의회(WCC) 사무 총장 Olav Fykse Tveit은 하나님께 감사를 드리며 “중요한 첫 걸음에 대해 세계교회협의회는 이 지역의 평화롭고 안전한 미래를 향한 길에 서게 될 것”이라고 말했다.

WCC calls for long-term commitment to new chapter of peace for US-North Korea

Posted June 13th, 2018

After the United States (US) – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) summit concluded, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit gave thanks to God for what he called ‘an important first step on the path to a more peaceful and secure future in the region.’

North Korea

New landing page simplifies search for Korea peace material

The Rev. Dr. Jean Kim, a tireless advocate for ending homelessness in the Seattle area, dies at age 86

More than 300 organizations urge Biden administration to suspend US-South Korea joint military exercises

Peacemaker working for a unified Korea

WCC는 북미 평화의 새로운 장을 향한 장기적인 의지를 요구

WCC calls for long-term commitment to new chapter of peace for US-North Korea

한반도에 대한 한인장로교회 선언

Korean Presbyterian Churches issue declaration on Korean peninsula

한국의 평화에 대한 희망과 두려움

Hopes and Fears for Peace in Korea