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Pyeonghwa Radio Station (‘Pyeonghwa’ means ‘Peace’ in Korean) in Korea

Pyeonghwa Radio Station (‘Pyeonghwa’ means ‘Peace’ in Korean) in Korea. Fr. Peter Kim Young-chun, chief director of Peace Radio Station. 1. Mission of Peace Radio. Good News To spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Church Two goals

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Pyeonghwa Radio Station (‘Pyeonghwa’ means ‘Peace’ in Korean) in Korea

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  1. Pyeonghwa Radio Station (‘Pyeonghwa’ means ‘Peace’ in Korean)in Korea Fr. Peter Kim Young-chun, chief director of Peace Radio Station

  2. 1. Mission of Peace Radio • Good News • To spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Church • Two goals 1) Non-Catholics: to convey the Catholic messages 2) Catholics: to reeducate through a variety of programs • Bright World • To promote the common good in the areas of Justice, Peace, and Charity that flows from the Catholic spirit.

  3. 2. Programs of Peace Radio • 4 main sections of contents 1) Catholic oriented contents 2) General educational programs 3) Music programs 4) News • On Sundays around 70% of all contents are evangelical programs (ex. Sunday Mass, liturgical music, catechism, lecture on the scripture, Catholic news, and so on)

  4. Table 1. The numbers of programs and percentages for each section (June 2008)

  5. 3. Local Peace Radio Stations • Peace Radio Station (Main): Seoul Archdiocese • 4 Local Peace Radio Stations 1) Kwangju : Kwangju Archdiocese 2) Daegu : Daegu Archdiocese 3) Pusan : Pusan diocese 4) Daejeon : Daejeon diocese • Relay the programs of Peace Radio • Broadcast their own programs

  6. Table 2. Summary table of main and 4 other local Peace Radio Stations (June 2008)

  7. 4. Characteristics of Peace Radio Station in Korea where Catholics are a minority • 3 main Religions and Radio Stations 1) Buddhism (22.8%): one Radio Station since 1992 2) Protestantism (18.3%): two Radio Stations by the associated protestant denominations, since 1954 and 1956 respectively 3) Catholic (10.9%): one Radio Station since 1990 • Competition among religions is very severe • Strategies in the multi-religious context • respect other religions • reach the general audience without being too straight, but imply the virtue of Catholicism within contents

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