North Korea behind its Bamboo Curtain

[aka]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/20-interesting-facts-about-north-korea/83843944/

20 facts not well known.......

[Gregory Matthews]

One fact that is little known, outside of South Korea, is that the grandmother of Kim Il Sung was a devout Seventh-day Adventist!

NOTE:  Kim Il Sung is considered to be the founder of the modern North Korea.

There is some awareness, outside of South Korea, that the Kim Il Sung had parents and grandparents who were devout Christians.   However, that background was generally of the Presbyterian faith.  One example of this may be accessed at:

http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=7616&cataId=nk01300

There are other websites that are similar to the above.

While the major Christian background of Kim Il Sung was Presbyterian, as I said, it is little known today, outside of South Korea, that one of his grandmothers was a devout SDA.

 

[whbae]

You are right the grandmother of Kim Il Sung was a SDA.  My mother told me this story.  In fact, my mother also told  me that her father  brought the SDA gospel to Sun An, North Korea(now) from Japan.  This is where  the adventism spread throughout entire Korea.  My grandfather invited missionaries to come to  help get thing going after organizing a group of believers.  There are a lot more stories to this and how the Korean believers behaved, but I won't go into it.

 

[phkrause]

9 hours ago, aka said:

20 facts not well known.......

Thanks for that really sad info. Its just amazing what we are capable of doing to each other!!