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- Dr. Kang Won Yong (October 30, 1917 – August 17, 2006) was a Christian leader, pioneer of the ecumenical movement in Korea, and an advocate for peace and reconciliation in the Korean peninsula. In 1945, Kang established the Kyoung Dong Presbyterian Church in Seoul. This church would become the starting point for the spread of the Presbyterian Church within South Korea. After this, he served as General Secretary of the in 1948. In 1964 and again in 1980, he was President of the National Council of Churches in Korea. In 1962, Kang founded the to facilitate dialog between South Korea's many religions. He served as its director and president. Through the Academy's committee for interfaith dialogue, Yong sponsored over one hundred meetings among leaders of South Korea's six leading religions. He was arrested in 1979 by the National Intelligence Service of Korea for alleged subversive activity. Kang served two terms as President of the Christian Conference of Asia from 1968 to 1983. From 1975 to 1983, he was a member of the Central Committee and of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches. In the early 1970s, he initiated and contributed towards the founding of the ecumenical academy Association of Christian Institutes and Study Centres in Asia (ACISCA). Also in the 1970s, Kong lead movements for human rights and democracy in Korea, holding hundreds of dialogs with military leaders to encourage reconciliation and a return to democratic process. Kang promoted interfaith dialog towards reconciliation in a divided Korea, serving as president of the and a chairman of the . Yong was an advocate of ecumenism and co-operation between religions. He worked to provide ways for the church to reach the disenfranchised in Asia so that it could provide a voice for them. Kong was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in 2000. In 1998, he was selected as one of the 24 people who helped shape Korean history in a public poll conducted by Manifestation d'Art Nouveau International et Forum. He was awarded the Mugunghwa Medal of the Order of Civil Merit by the Government of South Korea posthumously. He died in 2006, survived by his wife and three children. (en)
- ( 같은 이름을 가진 인권운동가에 대해서는 강원용_(인권운동가) 문서를 참고하십시오.) 강원용(姜元龍, 1917년 7월 3일 ~ 2006년 8월 17일)은 일제강점기와 대한민국의 한국기독교장로회 소속 기독교 신학자이자 정치가·철학자·통일운동가·교육자·반일반공운동가·시민사회운동가이다. (ko)
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- Ganghyeja, Ganghyewon, and Gangdaein (en)
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- Christian leader, pioneer of the ecumenical movement in Korea, and an advocate for peace and reconciliation in the Korean peninsula (en)
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- ( 같은 이름을 가진 인권운동가에 대해서는 강원용_(인권운동가) 문서를 참고하십시오.) 강원용(姜元龍, 1917년 7월 3일 ~ 2006년 8월 17일)은 일제강점기와 대한민국의 한국기독교장로회 소속 기독교 신학자이자 정치가·철학자·통일운동가·교육자·반일반공운동가·시민사회운동가이다. (ko)
- Dr. Kang Won Yong (October 30, 1917 – August 17, 2006) was a Christian leader, pioneer of the ecumenical movement in Korea, and an advocate for peace and reconciliation in the Korean peninsula. In 1945, Kang established the Kyoung Dong Presbyterian Church in Seoul. This church would become the starting point for the spread of the Presbyterian Church within South Korea. After this, he served as General Secretary of the in 1948. In 1964 and again in 1980, he was President of the National Council of Churches in Korea. (en)
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