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Remembering war, Korean Christians to pray for peace

South Korea's national church council is to mark the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the 1950 to 1953 Korean War with a week of national reconciliation that will on 17 June include a prayer meeting for peace with North Korea, reports Ecumenical News International.

The Korean War began on 25 June 1950 and an armistice was signed on 27 July 1953, although the two sides have never agreed a peace treaty. Currently, a period of tension exists between North and South Korea following the sinking of a South Korean navy ship in March.

The Seoul government says the ship was sunk by a North Korean torpedo attack but Pyongyang denies this. Prayers in Seoul will be said for national reconciliation, the National Council of Churches in Korea said on 16 June.

The council added that its president, the Rev. Byung-Ho Jeon, would also preach on the theme of, "just peace", and the council would issue, "The Declaration of South Korean Churches for the Peace and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula" on 17 June.

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[06/17/2010]

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