GC44 Renunciation of Claims to Former Mission Property in the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) for October 2023

Given that The United Church of Canada at one time owned a number of mission properties in what is now the DPRK, the PROK has invited the United Church to join in making a similarly powerful symbolic witness for reconciliation by renouncing all claims to former United Church-related property in what is now North Korea. This report provides background to this invitation and recommendations for General Council, including a suggestion that the United Church’s response be framed in terms of the 1974 actions of the PROK and The United Church of Canada.

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