seok-heon ham

colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" \| Seok-heon Ham
colspan="2" \| Korean Name
width="150" \| Revised Romanization	width="150" \| Ham Seok-heon
width="150" \| McCune-Reischauer	width="150" \| Ham Sŏk-hŏn
width="150" \| Hangul	width="150" \| 함석헌
width="150" \| Hanja	width="150" \| 咸錫憲

Ham Seok-heon (13 March 1901 - 4 February 1989) was a notable figure in the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) movement in Korea. He was an important Asian voice for human rights and non-violence during the 20th century, despite numerous imprisonments for his convictions. He was formally a Quaker, which is a nonsectarian Christian group, but he also concluded that all religions are one, atypical of most Christian thinkers. He was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize, and was nicknamed the "Gandhi of Korea." In 2000, Seok-Heon Ham was selected by the Republic of Korea as a national cultural figure.

Seok-heon Ham

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