They make their presence known in every country so there doesn't seem to be a shortage of them anywhere. However I'd estimate the percentage of Koreans in this church to be about 1%. They may have an advantage in Korea because so many people are Christian. They may find it easier converting people who are already Christian. However, the Christians I've known in Korea have been strongly against these smaller groups such as the witnesses, Mormons or Seventh Day Adventists (SDAs as Koreans call them.)
One unique thing about Jehovah's witnesses and I think SDAs also is that they can't perform the required military service which Korean young men must perform. It's considered something which every man must do. In fact men who don't do it or have some good reason for not doing it are not hired by Korean companies. This limits the jobs which members of this group can get.
A year or so ago I read an article in which young men were asking the Korean government for to allow them to perform some other service in place of military service. The article mentioned that most of the group were witnesses.
One Korean student I had told me that any man who refuses to perform the service has to spend the same amount of time in a military prison. And heard that's a pretty bad place.
Koreans used to spend over two years performing the service. That was shortened to two years. Now I hear it was shortened again to 1 1/2 years.
About Me
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- So many things I want to say after spending years in Korea! Some things I still can't figure out, but most things I understand. I wish I knew it all at the start. I hope my blogs help others.
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