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NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION

Organized 1919 as Far Eastern Division
Renamed Asia-Pacific Division 1995
Territory divided, and renamed 1997; reorganized 2013, 2019, 2023

Territory: Bangladesh, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan; comprising the Japan, and Korean Union Conferences; Bangladesh Union Mission; Pakistan Union Section; and the attached fields of Taiwan Conference; Ceylon, and Mongolia Missions; and Nepal Section.

Editor's Note: Credentialed Employees are not being listed in the 2025 Yearbook for divisions, unions, conferences, missions/fields, regions, or field stations.

Statistics (June 30, 2024): Churches, 1,197; membership, 358,244; population, 697,778,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 82 (31) 910-1500.

Fax: 82 (31) 945-4412.

Website: http://www.nsdadventist.org.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nsdadventist.org.

Media/Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/user/nsdadventist.

X: https://X.com/nsdadventist.

Address: 67-20 Beonttwigi-gil; Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do 10909; Korea.

Administration:

President, Soon Gi Kang.

Assistants to the President:

General Affairs, Ho Young Choi.

Taiwan Affairs, Chung Feng Wu (Steven).

Secretary, Toshio Shibata; Associate Secretaries, Hyung Jin Lee, Sun Hwan Kim.

Treasurer, Tae Seung Kim (Ted); Undertreasurer, Dong Jin Lyu; Associate Treasurer, Hyung Jin Choi.

Field Secretary, Chung Feng Wu (Steven).

Executive Committee:

Soon Gi Kang, Chair; Toshio Shibata, Secretary; Jonas Arrais, Raquel Arrais, Shanaz Arshed, Seong Jun Byun, Sungwon Cha (Jeju), Shin-Hong Chen, Hyun Jung Cho, Ho Young Choi, Hyung Jin Choi, Tony Chou, Raylin Gibbs, Dilip Hagidok, Suk Hee Han, Yayoi Hiraga, Gaudi Hsu, Yutaka Inada, Hyosu Jung, Clark Ke, Ginger Ketting-Weller, Geun Soo Kim, Kwon Kim, Moon Young Kim, Nak Hyung Kim, Si Young Kim, Sun Hwan Kim, Tae Seung Kim (Ted), Won Sang Kim, Yo Han Kim, Jacob Ko, Dong-Tahk Lee, Hyung Jin Lee, Jairyong Lee, Myun Ju Lee, Wonbae Lee, Edgard Luz, Dong Jin Lyu, Ken Matsuda, Seung Tae Moon, Chung Taik Park, Sung Woo Park, Anil Paul, Umesh Kumar Pokharel, Frank Reimann, Ruby Sarcar, Roger Ueno, Chung Feng Wu (Steven), Takumi Yamazaki, Eui Sik Yang, Kyung Sil Yeon, Jae Sung Yoon, Ruth Yu.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Jonas Arrais.

Children's Ministries, Family Ministries, and Women's Ministries, Raquel Arrais.

Communication, Seong Jun Byun.

Education, Edgard Luz.

Health Ministries, Jacob Ko.

Ministerial Association (and Evangelism), Jonas Arrais; Ministerial Spouses Association, Raquel Arrais.

Planned Giving and Trust Services, Tae Seung Kim (Ted).

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Sun Hwan Kim.

Publishing Ministries, and Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Kwon Kim.

Stewardship Ministries, Nak Hyung Kim; Associate, Chung Feng Wu (Steven).

Youth Ministries, Ho Young Choi.

Other Ministries and Services:

1000 Missionary Movement, AMiCUS, Music Ministries, and Public Campus Ministries, Ho Young Choi.

Adventist Church Membership Software, Adventist Volunteer Service, and Vivid Faith, Hyung Jin Lee; Assistant for Adventist Volunteer Service, Hyun Sook Park (Polly).

Adventist Health Care Association (AHCA), Adventist Possibility Ministries, and His Hands Mission Movement, Jacob Ko.

Adventist Mission, ASI, Mission to the Cities, and Pioneer Mission Movement (PMM), Sun Hwan Kim.

Adventist Risk Management, Retirement, and Property Management, Dong Jin Lyu.

Adventist Television Network, Adventist World Magazine, Adventist World Radio, Digital Evangelism, Hope Channel, Media Center, and News and Views, Seong Jun Byun.

Auditing Service (additional listing under General Conference Services), Hope Channel China (Chinese Hope TV), and International Service Employees (ISE), Tae Seung Kim (Ted).

Bible Correspondence School, and Literature Evangelism, Kwon Kim.

Bible Research Center, and Spirit of Prophecy, Jonas Arrais.

Information Technology Service, Hak Joon Park.

North Korea Mission, Beom Seok Oh.

Agencies:

ADRA NSD, Tae Seung Kim (Ted).

ADRA Asia Regional Office (Tri-division serving the Northern Asia-Pacific, Southern Asia, and Southern Asia-Pacific Divisions). Le Chateau Mansion, No. 801; 55 Ekamai 12th, Sukhumvit 63 Road; Klongtan, Wattana, Bangkok 10110; Thailand. Telephone: 66 (2) 391-4768. Fax: 66 (2) 381-7128. Regional Director, Frank Reimann (show). Program Director, Brendon Irvine (show). Finance Director, Ronald Sandoval Maitre (show).

NSD Taiwan Office:

Taipei Branch Office. 1F, No. 2, Alley 5, Lane 410, Section 2, Ba-De Road; Taipei 105, Taiwan; Republic of China. Telephone: 886 (2) 2752-9290. Field Secretary, Chung Feng Wu (Steven).

System Codes: EntityID: 10344; OrgMastID: AR1111; AdmFieldID: NSD.
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