Unlike some cultures where a single religion is dominant, Korean culture includes a wide variety of religious elements that have shaped the people's way of thinking and behavior. In the early stages ...

and various other religions coexisting alongside shamanism. Over the past century, Christianity has experienced substantial growth in South Korea, with approximately 20 percent of the population ...

Korean Yi Seung-hun, who was baptized in China in 1784, began to baptize others in that year. As their faith began to spread, Catholics faced persecution and hardships from the rulers who viewed the ...

Religion is effectively banned in North Korea, with open worship of anything except the country’s ruling elite harshly punished. The United States Commission on Religious Freedom wrote in 2003 that, ...