Peace in Mindanao at Last! Peace Activist Manhee Lee

For a long time, people living in Mindanao island was suffered because of cultural and religious differences.

And there were a lot of agreements between the Government and Religious leaders and Moro National Liberation Front(MILF) to bring peace and freedom to Mindanao, but did not came true. 

Meanwhile, those two leaders signed a peace deal aimed at ending four decades of deadly conflict that has dominated millions of people living in the island's to brutal poverty.

Peace advocate Manhee Lee

This agreement was held by a peace advocate Manhee Lee from south Korea. In his 8th trip across the world working for the world peace, this was the third visit to accomplish this peace agreement and bring peace to this island.

The archbishop of Mindanao Island in the Philippines continued to request the visits of the Korean civilian peace activist(Representative Lee), and he visited and signed the peace treaty with them.

The Philippines is now more eager to find peace than any other countries are. And God answered their prayer at last!

On the next day of this peace deal, the government of the Philippines and MILF signed the peace agreement that they would not have any conflicts between each other.

* Mindanao Island

Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippines at 104,630 square kilometers, and is the eighth most populous island in the world. The island of Mindanao is larger than 125 countries worldwide, including the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Ireland. In this Island, Roman Catholic was still the dominant religious affiliation in Mindanao with 60.9 percent of the household population while Islam comprised 20.44 percent. Other religions were Evangelical (5.34%), Aglipayan (2.16), Iglesia ni Cristo (1.66%), and Seventh Day Adventist (1.65%).