At the February 26, 2019 session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the decision was made to create the diocese of Korea, as part of the patriarchal exarchate of Southeast Asia. Bishop Theophanes (Kim) of Kyzyl and Tuva was appointed as the archbishop of this diocese (Moscow Patriarchate). He gave the following interview to the site Pravoslavia.ru, who asked him questions about the history and the current situation of Orthodoxy in Korea, as well as about the parishes of the new diocese.