Christianity has long been a powerful force in South Korean society and its battles over democracy. South Korea is among the ...

Kim Shin-jo, a North Korean soldier who tried to assassinate the South Korean president and who later became a pastor, died ...

Jun Kwang-hoon, the outspoken pastor of Sarang Jeil church, led an 18,000-strong protest the day after the court verdict ...

Read about where Christianity has had the largest net losses, and how those who've left Christianity now identify religiously. Pew Research Center.

In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have ...

However, the numbers vary widely, from a high of 99% Christian faith retention in the Philippines and 98% in Hungary and Nigeria to lows of 51% in South Korea and 53% in the Netherlands.

SOUTH KOREA’S presidential seal features two phoenixes, each symbolising leadership, righteousness and wisdom. After the country’s constitutional court ruled on April 4th to officially oust ...