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It has been revealed that 600 Christians, not the 100 as initially believed, left Korea to attend "Jerusalem 2004," a procession through the Israeli city of Jerusalem and parts of Palestine from August 7 to 12.
Choi Paul, head of the missionary organization InterCP and one of the organizers of the event, said that as of Tuesday, 600 staff members and Christians left Korea for the procession. A total of 2,300 people would participate in the event and the rest of the participants would successively depart for Jerusalem. On August 4 and 5 when the procession is near at hand, about 900 people would leave for Israel aboard chartered planes or scheduled flights, Choi said.
Choi said that in considering concerns over terrorist attacks conveyed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the participants would mainly hold the event indoors and march 1.5 kilometers, far shorter than the originally planned five kilometers. ˇ°With the cooperation of the Israeli and Palestinian governments, we take the safety of the participants into the utmost consideration,ˇ± Choi said.
(Kim Han-soo, hansu@chosun.com )
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