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Comment on North Korea nuclear test
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The World Council of Churches is deeply troubled by North Korea's nuclear test and profoundly concerned for the people of North Korea and surrounding countries, none of whose interests are served by this tragic failure of international relations.
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Concern on tensions over Korean Peninsula
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Statement by WCC General Secretary on resolving the rising tensions over the Korean Peninsula
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On the Agreement Reached at The Six Party Talks
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The World Council of Churches, since the early 1980s, has monitored developments relating to peace and security in North East Asia. Of particular concern to the Council was the division of Korea and the consequential tension and the potential threat of conflict in the peninsula.
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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula
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"It is with great concern that we received the news about the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula," said WCC general secretary Tveit on 24 November 2010 in an expression of concern over tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The crisis erupted on Tuesday, 23 November 2010, when the North launched an artillery barrage on the South Korean-controlled Yeonpyeong Island as a South Korean naval drill was taking place in nearby waters.
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68th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Public comment by the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
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WCC reaction to fresh sanctions against DPRK
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) believes that the situation on the Korean peninsula fully warrants the serious and sustained attention of the international community. There is no other geographic context in which the risk of regionally and globally catastrophic conflict is greater, and no point in recent history when tensions in the region have been higher. It is of critical and urgent necessity that the risks of conflict be reduced, not heightened.
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Kim Dae-jung
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Letter of condolences from the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia to Dr Whi Ho Lee, widow of Mr Kim Dae-jung, former president of South Korea.
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Invitation to a Global Prayer Day for the Korean Peninsula, 13 August 2017
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In a letter of invitation to member churches, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and World Communion of Reformed Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Chris Ferguson invited parishes and individuals across the world to pray for the reconciliation and healing of the divided Korean Peninsula on 13 August 2017.
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Joint declarations, statements and reflections
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North Korean government's test of a nuclear device
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Nuclear weapons
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Message of the WCC CCIA on the nuclear weapon test by North Korea
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Message of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs on the nuclear weapon test by North Korea
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