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Title: Saigon crisis: Buddhist monks in protest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29766 SAIGON CRISIS: BUDDHIST MONKS IN PROTEST SAIGON, South Vietnam -- The policies of the Diem government are assailed by Buddhist monks before a huge crowd attending memorial services outside the Xa Loi Pagoda in Saigon. Services were held for a monk who had burned himself to death as a sign of protest against alleged religious persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnam regime headed by President Ngo Dinh Diem. Rioting, police raids on pagoda followed demonstrations in main centers. The U.S. Sate Department charged that the Diem government had violated assurances that it would pressure a policy of reconciliation with the Buddhists. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 18, 1963, August 18, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Memorial service., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects: Vietnam (Republic), Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam (Republic), Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam (Republic), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic), Asia--Viet Nam--Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh--Saigon
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29766; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29766
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358117

Title: Monks protest government.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1963, August 21, 1963, August 21, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Memorial service., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29766; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29766_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357763

Title: Priest taken into custody.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-46573 PRIEST TAKEN INTO CUSTODY SEOUL -- South Korean police take away a man identified as Father Didier T’Serstevens, a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium, during a demonstration in Seoul protesting the deportation of the Rev. George Ogle, an American United Methodist missionary, and demanding the release of political prisoners. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-SEO-12D-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--South Korea., T'Serstevens, Didier.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Government, Resistance to--Religious aspects--Christianity., Government, Resistance to--Korea (South), Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Police--Korea (South)--Seoul., Civil rights movements--Korea (South), Civil rights demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul.
Geographic subjects: Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Korea (South), Seoul., Seoul (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Seoul--Seoul
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46573; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-46573
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:362238

Title: Deported missionary.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1974, December 14, 1974, December 14, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--South Korea., Ogle, George E., 1929-
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Government, Resistance to--Religious aspects--Christianity., Government, Resistance to--Korea (South), Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Deportation--Korea (South), Civil rights movements--Korea (South)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-46543; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-46543_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:362165

Title: Missionary deported by Korea.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-46543 MISSIONARY DEPORTED BY KOREA SEOUL -- The Rev. George Ogle, a United Methodist missionary, waves as he boards a plane in Seoul after he was ordered deported from South Korea for criticizing the regime of President Park Chung Hee. Forced to leave his wife and four children behind, the 45-year-old native of Pennsylvania was placed on a California-bound Korean jetliner by police. Deportation was ordered when the missionary, who had been in South Korea for 20 years, refused to retract comments critical of the Park government for its arrests of students, intellectuals and clergy who asked for a restoration of democracy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-SEO-12C-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, December 14, 1974, December 14, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--South Korea., Ogle, George E., 1929-
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Government, Resistance to--Religious aspects--Christianity., Government, Resistance to--Korea (South), Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Deportation--Korea (South), Civil rights movements--Korea (South)
Geographic subjects: Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Korea (South), Seoul (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Seoul--Seoul
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-46543; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-46543
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:362224

Title: Buddhists honor monk who took life in crisis.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29749 BUDDHISTS HONOR MONK WHO TOOK LIFE IN CRISIS HUE, South Vietnam -- Buddhist monks pray at an altar in Hue, South Vietnam, in a service commemorating a novice priest who burned himself to death to protest alleged anti-Buddhist policies of the South Vietnamese government. Five Buddhist clergy took their lives to point up the continuing tension between the Buddhists and the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, a Roman Catholic. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, August 14, 1963, August 14, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Huế., Suicide--Vietnam--Huế., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Huế., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Huế., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Memorial service.
Geographic subjects: Vietnam, Huế., Vietnam, Huế., Vietnam, Huế., Vietnam (Republic), Vietnam, Huế., Vietnam (Republic), Huế (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic), Asia--Viet Nam--Tỉnh Thừa Thiên-Huế--Huế
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29749; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-29749
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358090

Title: Monks pray at altar to suicide priest.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1963, August 16, 1963, August 16, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Huế., Suicide--Vietnam--Huế., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Huế., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Huế., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Memorial service.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29749; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-29749_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357850

Title: Monk burns self to death.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #29884 MONK BURNS SELF TO DEATH An aged Buddhist monk, the Rev. Quang Duc, burns to death before spectators at Saigon, Vietnam, June 11, 1963, to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government. As other monks lay in front of nearby fire trucks to prevent their moving, the monk set fire to his gasoline-soaked robes and sat while flames engulfed him. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-9-16-63-S)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, June 11, 1963, June 11, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Suicide--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam (Republic), Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City., Vietnam (Republic), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic), Asia--Viet Nam--Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh--Saigon
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 29884; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_29884
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358022

Title: Monk burns self to death.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, circa June 11, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Suicide--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 29884; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_29884_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358008

Title: American priest arrested in Seoul.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1974, November 14, 1974, November 14, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Missions--Korea (South), Sinnott, James P., 1929-2014., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Civil rights demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Political prisoners--Korea (South), Police--Korea (South)--Seoul., Dissenters--Government policy--Korea (South)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46248; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-46248_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361806

Title: American priest arrested in Seoul.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-46248 AMERICAN PRIEST ARRESTED IN SEOUL SEOUL -- Father James P. Sinnott is arrested in Seoul by South Korean riot police during a demonstration to demand the release of political prisoners. A Roman Catholic Maryknoll priest from Brooklyn, N.Y., Father Sinnott is Vicar General of the Inchon diocese, west of Seoul. He was among several Korean and foreign Catholic priests escorting about 35 relatives of prisoners convicted this year under emergency decrees of President Park Chung Hee. The group was marching from Seoul’s Myondong Catholic Cathedral to a Protestant church building to attend a prayer meeting when riot police broke up the march, arresting Father Sinnott and three others. He was released after hours of questioning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-SEO-11B-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, November 14, 1974, November 14, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Missions--Korea (South), Sinnott, James P., 1929-2014., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Civil rights demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Political prisoners--Korea (South), Police--Korea (South)--Seoul., Dissenters--Government policy--Korea (South)
Geographic subjects: Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Seoul--Seoul
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46248; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-46248
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361937

Title: U.S. priest arrested again.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-46274 U.S. PRIEST ARRESTED AGAIN SEOUL -- On the eve of President Ford’s visit to South Korea, Maryknoll Father James P. Sinnott from Brooklyn, N.Y., is arrested by riot police at the U.S. Embassy compound in Seoul as he joined about 20 Korean women in a peaceful demonstration asking American aid in winning release of political prisoners. Father Sinnott, a resident of South Korea since 1950, is Vicar General of the Inchon diocese, west of Seoul. It was the second time in a week that he had been arrested while taking part in a demonstration. The women, mostly wives and mothers of dissidents jailed under emergency decrees of President Park Chung Hee last Summer, said they wanted to present a petition asking Mr. Ford to request the release of the prisoners when he met Mr. Park. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-SEO-11D-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, November 21, 1974, November 21, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Missions--Korea (South), Sinnott, James P., 1929-2014., United States. Embassy (Korea), Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Civil rights demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Political prisoners--Korea (South), Visits of state., Police--Korea (South)--Seoul., Dissenters--Government policy--Korea (South)
Geographic subjects: Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Seoul--Seoul
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-46274; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-46274
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361903

Title: U.S. priest arrested again.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1974, November 21, 1974, November 21, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Missions--Korea (South), Sinnott, James P., 1929-2014., United States. Embassy (Korea), Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Civil rights demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Political prisoners--Korea (South), Visits of state., Police--Korea (South)--Seoul., Dissenters--Government policy--Korea (South)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-46274; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-46274_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361753

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