Persecution of Christians In the Korean War
Witness History
BBC
4.4 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2017
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
In 1950, tens of thousands of Christians in South Korea were beaten, killed or forcibly taken to the north by the invading North Korean communist army. Dina Newman has been speaking to Peter Chang, who came from a family of Salvation Army officers in Seoul and had to flee the North Korean advance.
Photo: Fifth US air force of the UN forces bomb a train bridge over the river Han south of Seoul during the Korean War on July 11, 1950. AFP/Getty Images
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| 1:12.3 | Hello, you're listening to the Witness Podcast, History as told by the people who were there |
| 1:17.0 | with me Tina Neumann. |
| 1:19.0 | Today I'm taking you back to Korea in 1950 to the first days of the Korean War. |
| 1:26.9 | Communist North Korean forces took the southern capital of Seoul within days and tens of thousands of people were forcibly taken to the |
| 1:35.5 | north while anyone suspected of being anti-communist was persecuted. I have |
| 1:41.4 | been speaking to Peter Chang who came from a Christian family of Salvation Army |
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