For God and country (original) (raw)
Asia | South Korean mega-churches
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KOREA has long been a hotbed of religiosity. Before a certain Kim Il Sung began having other ideas, Pyongyang (now the capital of North Korea) used to be known as “The Jerusalem of the East”. And in today's Seoul, practitioners of traditional shamanism, Buddhism, Christianity and even cults such as the Unification Church (better known in the West as the Moonies), all have plenty of followers.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “For God and country”
From the October 15th 2011 edition
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