[USFK Forums] Construction delayed for first foreign church in N. Korea [Yonhap]

[C. Y. Lee]

Uploaded by C. Y. Lee on Saturday, January 7, 2006

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Construction delayed for first foreign church in North Korea

2006/01/07 10:39

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- The construction of North Korea's first foreigners-only church has been delayed for more than a year, a South Korean pastor working for the project said on Saturday.

In an interview with the Radio Free Asia, a U.S.-sponsored radio network, Pastor Lee Sung-woo from a missionary group leading the project said that "We received permission from the North Korean authorities in 2004 for the construction of the church in Pyongyang."


Named the Pyongyang International Harvest Church, the envisioned church has drawn keen attention, as it would become the third official church in North Korea following the Bongsu Church built in 1988 and Chilgol Church built in 1999.