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The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) released a statement on 27 April in response to the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity, and Unification of the Korean Peninsula.

Le Conseil national des Églises en Corée (NCCK) a publié un communiqué le 27 avril en réponse à la Déclaration de Panmunjom pour la paix, la prospérité et la réunification de la péninsule coréenne.

On 19 April, the World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed recent initiatives to establish meaningful and constructive dialogue between the United States of America and North Korea.

A wide-ranging group of evangelical leaders and pastors from the USA released a joint call on 27 March for Christians everywhere to pray for peace on the Korean peninsula.

Aux États-Unis, des pasteurs et des responsables évangéliques de divers horizons ont publié le 27 mars un appel commun aux chrétiens et chrétiennes du monde entier les invitant à prier en faveur de la paix dans la péninsule coréenne.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death and remembering the life of Rev. Dr Dong Sung Kim, WCC programme executive for Diakonia and Ecumenical Solidarity, renowned pastor, peace negotiator and author of many texts on diakonia. Kim lived out a passion for peace and reconciliation both in the land of his origins and around the world as a faithful pilgrim for justice and peace.

On 9 March the National Council of Churches of Korea (NCCK) commented on the news that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), while agreeing to cease missile tests, has requested a summit meeting with the United States, and that President Trump has agreed to a meeting with the DPRK by May.

Le 9 mars, le Conseil national des Églises de Corée (CNEC) s’est exprimé au sujet de l’annonce que la République populaire démocratique de Corée, consentant à mettre fin à ses essais de missile, avait demandé une rencontre au sommet avec les États-Unis et que le président Trump avait accepté cette rencontre pour le mois de mai.

The World Council of Churches welcomed historic meetings on 5-6 March between a South Korean special envoy delegation and North Korean leadership in Pyongyang, the first high-level direct talks between the two Koreas in more than a decade.

Participants in a 7-11 December consultation on ecumenical diakonia held in Seoul, South Korea, didn’t just talk about the important concept of service. They also took time to visit local projects where Korean Christians are fleshing out their call to actively practice diakonia in the communities they serve.

At a consultation in Seoul on December 7-11, participants from churches throughout northeast Asia shared insights on diakonia and how vital it is to the nature and mission of the church.

Amid continuing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Christians in Seoul are hoping the fragile light of candles will illumine a path to peace. Along with Christian groups around the world, they are holding candlelight vigils for peace during the season of Advent.

Amid continuing tension and conflict on the Korean Peninsula that threatens peace and the security of the Korean people, the World Council of Churches (WCC) called its member churches to participate in “A Light of Peace” campaign during Advent.

Dans un contexte de tension et de conflit permanents qui menace la paix et la sécurité du peuple coréen dans la péninsule, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a appelé ses membres à participer à la campagne «Une lumière de paix» au cours de l’Avent.

While celebrating new steps taken towards global elimination of nuclear weapons, the WCC Executive Committee also fears the cycle of confrontation on the Korean peninsula might slide into nuclear warfare.

Tout en célébrant les nouvelles mesures prises en vue de l'élimination des armes nucléaires dans le monde, le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises craint que le cycle de confrontation sur la péninsule coréenne ne se transforme en guerre nucléaire.

In a global campaign, the WCC invites people across the globe to extend “A Light of Peace” for the Korean Peninsula and for a world free from nuclear weapons.

Some forty professionals working on ecumenical relations in different member churches in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East as well as North and South America, are currently gathered in Geneva, Switzerland. Their four-day meeting affords them an opportunity to learn about the various WCC programmes as well as from each other.

Quelque quarante professionnels travaillant dans le domaine des relations oecuméniques au sein de diverses Eglises membres d’Afrique, d’Asie, des Caraïbes, d’Europe et du Moyen-Orient, mais aussi d’Amérique du Nord et d’Amérique du Sud, sont actuellement réunis à Genève (Suisse). Cette réunion de quatre jours leur offre la possibilité de se familiariser avec les divers programmes du COE et de procéder à de fructueux échanges.

The 78-year-old sociology professor recently inaugurated as President of the (South) Korean Red Cross had his first contacts with the divided North while working at the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva, where he served for more than 17 years until 1999.