Raising the Banner in Korea:

Approved by the National Spiritual Assembly
of the Bahá'ís of Korea

© Copyright 1996 by Barbara R. Sims
Digital text © 1999 by Barbara R. Sims and the Bahá'í Library Online

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                       Contents
     Preface
     Introduction ....................................................... 1
1.   The First Mention of the Bahá'í Faith in Korea ..................... 2
2.   Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the Koreans .............................. 5
3.   Letters from the Guardian in the Early 1950s ....................... 6
4.   The Immediate Post-Korean War Period .............................. 12
5.   The First Public Meeting in the Post-War Years, November, 1954 .... 14
6.   1955 .............................................................. 17
7.   The First Local Spiritual Assemblies in Korea, 1956 ............... 19
8.   Korea Becomes a Part of the North East Asia Community, 1957 ....... 26
9.   More About the Late 1950s ......................................... 31
10.  The Early 1960s ................................................... 39
11.  The First Annual Convention of the Bahá'ís of Korea, 1964 ......... 48
12.  Later Years ....................................................... 51
     Afterword ......................................................... 61
     Sources ........................................................... 63