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Country information: Republic of Korea

Latter-day Saint servicemen performed the first missionary work during the Korean War, between 1951 and 1953. Among the first Korean members was Ho Jik Kim, converted while earning a doctorate in the United States. He was baptized on 29 September 1951 in the Susquehanna River, near Harmony, Pa.
Country information: Romania

Romania is a republic in southeast Europe located on the Black Sea. Its people are Romanian with a Hungarian minority. Most are Romanian Orthodox with a small percentage of Protestant and Roman Catholics.
Country information: Russia

Jan. 1, 2009: Est. population, 140,041,000; Members, 19,946; Missions, 8; Districts, 15;Branches, 129; Percent LDS, .014, or one in 7,021; Europe East Area. From early in Church history, Russia was considered a prospective mission field. In 1843, Joseph Smith instructed George J. Adams...
Country information: Palau (Belau)

Jan. 1, 2009: Est. Population, 20,800; Members, 423; Branch, 1; Percent LDS, 2, or one in 49; Asia North Area, Micronesia Guam Mission. Palau is a republic in the West Pacific Ocean whose residents speak English and Palauan and are mostly Roman Catholic and Protestant. There are no...

Articles from the week of: Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010