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  2. Religion in Korea - Wikipedia

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    In the heyday of the Goryeo Dynasty, Buddhism was the state religion of Korea. A significant religious historical event of the Goryeo period is the production of the first woodblock edition of the Tripiṭaka called the Tripitaka Koreana. Two editions were made, the first one completed from 1210 to 1231, and the second one from 1214 to 1259.

  3. Religion in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    A mudang holding a gut to placate the angry spirits of the dead.. With the division of Korea into two states in 1945, the communist north and the anti-communist south, the majority of the Korean Christian population that had been until then in the northern half of the peninsula, [12] fled to South Korea. [13]

  4. List of religious populations - Wikipedia

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    The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.

  5. Christianity in Korea - Wikipedia

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    [18] [19] [failed verification] The Orthodox Christianity under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is a small minority religion in South Korea with about 4,000 official members in 2013. South Korea provides the world's second-largest number of Christian missionaries, surpassed only by the United States.

  6. Freedom of religion in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Korea is a member party to the UN multilateral treaty International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which provides that every individual has the right and freedom to adopt a religion or belief of his/ her choice and to manifest his/ her religion or belief either individually or in community with others, either in public or private (article 18), every individual ...

  7. Category:Religion in South Korea - Wikipedia

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  8. Korean new religions - Wikipedia

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    Korean new religions are new religious movements established in Korea.In Korean, they are called shinheung jonggyo ("new religions" 新興宗教). Most of these religious sects started during the late period of the Joseon Dynasty, due to traditionalist backlash against Catholicism and political activists looking for new ways to express faith.

  9. Category:Religion in Korea - Wikipedia

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