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====Outbreak of the Korean War====

In 1950, the [http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0042143 Korean War] broke out. North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel early in the morning of June 25, and soon occupied Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Pushing southward, they swept through downtown Daejeon within a month, and occupied Daegu, Masan, Pohang, followed by an advance towards Busan. However, the North Korean army failed to capture Busan due to a counterattack led by South Korean and UN forces. The North Korean army began their retreat from South Korea in September. In 1953, a ceasefire was called. Following decades of Japanese colonization and years of war, the land of Korea was devastated. The Korean War destroyed about 600,000 homes and left behind 200,000 war widows and 100,000 orphans. Over 45% of industrial facilities became inoperative, and the economy collapsed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/%EA%B8%80%EB%A1%9C%EB%B2%8C_%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%84_%EB%8C%80%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84/%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%82%AC/%ED%98%84%EB%8C%80%EC%82%AC%ED%9A%8C%EC%9D%98_%EB%B0%9C%EB%8B%AC/%EC%8B%9C%EB%A0%A8%EA%B3%BC_%EB%AF%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98%EC%9D%98_%EB%B0%9C%EC%A0%84/6%C2%B725%EC%A0%84%EC%9F%81#6%C2%B725%EC%A0%84%EC%9F%81%E3%80%94%E6%A7%AA%E8%AA%AA%E3%80%95 |title=The Korean War |website=Global World Encyclopedia|publisher=  |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref><br>

In those days, Christ Ahnsahnghong was preaching the gospel of the new covenant in Busan. Even in such a poor and devastating situation, He kept God’s commands wholeheartedly. In His notebook, He wrote about the situation of those days: ''“Even despite deadly suffering during the Korean War and all the hard labor in the mountains of Byeonnae, Yangsan, I never gave in to the temptations of this life, nor did I violate the Sabbath in My workplace.”''