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In August, the Bishop of Rome visited the East Asian country to bless 100 bishops and thousands of Roman Catholic worshipers, and attend a beatification of 124 Christian martyrs of the 17th and 18th centuries. Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass in the capital Seoul where he marked the deaths of early catholic missionaries and converts, and went on to meet survivors of the Sewol ferry disaster. The service took place within the shadow of a giant screen installed by Hunan Xinyasheng Technology and Development (Yes-Tech).

Earlier this year SignLink’s James Taylor met up with Yes-Tech at ISE in Amsterdam to discuss the growth of Chinese firms in Europe”

The LED display installed in Gwanghwamun Square screened the service to thousands more spectators outside the public square and those who couldn’t see the service.

Yes-Tech was established in 2001 and is known for its LED technology and signage installation and is based in Changsha City in Hunan province in China. Earlier this year SignLink’s James Taylor met up with Yes-Tech at ISC in Amsterdam to discuss the growth of Chinese firms in Europe.

It is estimated that around five million people, or ten percent of South Korea’s population, adhere to the Roman Catholic faith which was brought to the country via French missionaries. The first known Korean to convert was Yi Seung-hun in 1784. Unfortunately for the growing congregation of Christians the ruling Joseon Dynasty saw the religion as a form of idolatry and set about slaughtering the converts in a policy that ultimately failed.