Korea

Korea is a historic country located on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, northeast of China, and currently divided into two states: South Korea, officially known as the Republic of Korea, and North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The first Bahá’í to visit Korea was Agnes Alexander, who traveled to Korea in 1921 and spoke at a public meeting in Seoul on September 1 of that year. The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Korea was first elected in 1964 at a National Convention attended by Hand of the Cause Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir. Since the division of Korea following World War II, the Bahá’í community of South Korea has developed steadily, but very few Bahá’ís have visited North Korea, where religious expression is severely curtailed.

References

• Sims, Barbara R. (1996). Raising the Banner in Korea: An Early Bahá’í History. Tokyo, Japan.

External links

• Official Website
• South Korea at Curlie (formerly DMOZ)
• North Korea at Curlie (formerly DMOZ)