2011: Koreanische Kirchendelegation besucht Nordkorea
Historic Visit to North Korea
National Christian Council of Korea
From May of 2010, all relations between South and North Korea were prohibited. As food shortages in the North worsened, civil society groups requested the opportunity to send food aid, but the South Korean government would not give its approval. The Korean Conference of Religions for Peace (KCRP) a group consisting of representatives of seven faith groups including Buddhist, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Confucian and others, proposed visiting the North, but were regularly turned down by the South Korean Ministry of Reunification. They continued to make the request, and finally early in Sept. 2011, received word their visit would come about. The 24-member group flew to Pyongyang on Sept. 21 (through China, as there are presently no flights permitted from South Korea to North), and were met at the airport by Korean Conference of Religions in North Korea (KCR), their northern counterparts. That first day they enjoyed a welcome dinner, at which the Vice Moderator of the Standing Committee in Congress (the government), and Jang Jae Un, the Moderator of the KCR, officially issued welcomes. The delegation was housed in the government guest house, the Morandong Chodessa.
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