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- April 27th, 2024
SYRACUSE - As the world prepares for International Conscientious Objector Day on May 15, over 800 Jehovah’s Witnesses in South Korea have chosen to perform alternative civilian service (ACS) instead of compulsory military duties. [caption...
Jang Kyeong-jin remembers as a child visiting his uncle in prison, knowing one day he would follow him there. Like an estimated 100,000 people across South Korea, Mr. Jang’s family are Jehovah’s Witnesses. Members of...
The Supreme Court Thursday upheld an appellate court's acquittal of a conscientious objector who dodged his military service citing his own personal convictions. The man, identified by his surname Jeong, was indicted in 2017 on...
 Welcome to the 2018 Special Conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses update! Yes, next year Special Conventions will be held on different parts of the world. According to the official website, it provides "spiritual refreshment and encouragement along...
South Korean courts have acquitted four men in their twenties who refused to perform their mandatory military service because of their religious beliefs. Â On Aug. 24, Hon. Cho Jeong-min, the judge presiding over the 7th...
Two South Korean men who refused to do military service have had their convictions overturned in a landmark ruling against the government. Cho Rak Hoon and Kim Hyung Geun were freed by an appeals court...
JW's Sue South Korea for Violations of Human Rights - pdf
Showing faith of a different kind: Thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses pack into AFL stadium for record-breaking religious conference as 500 believers are baptised (more images here)The program marks 100 years since 'Jesus Christ began to...
AN ESTIMATED 60 000 Jehovah’s Witnesses — including 3 000 international delegates from the United States, Germany and Brazil — are expected to converge at the National Sports Stadium (NSS) — Africa’s only International Convention...
What exciting news we all received in our congregations recently about International conventions being planned as shown below. Even though the ICs are for approved delegates only, the BCT excursions are for everyone; delegates and...
Fifty years ago, 583 of Jehovah’s Witnesses embarked on a ten-week trip that would take them around the world. But they were not typical tourists. Their primary purpose was to find upbuilding Christian association at...
FOR years it has been the same. At exactly 8:15 a.m., a hush falls over the throng of people gathered at the Peace Park, Hiroshima. They are observing a one-minute silence in memory of that...
THE Koreans were determined. They were not going to lose this chance of winning the hearts of visiting Olympic athletes, tourists, and millions of worldwide television spectators. Toiling for seven years, they invested over three...
FIRE and flame have intrigued man from the very beginning of history. The first humans must have looked with fear upon “the flaming blade of a sword” preventing entrance to the garden of Eden. (Genesis...
After four Jehovah's Witnesses in South Korea who refused military service as conscientious objectors challenged the law, an August 30, 2011, ruling by the Constitutional Court of South Korea has said that there is...