N Korea detains US man ‘stealing’ for his church
...that the North Korean judge was considering the highest possible sentence, and that Warmbier sounded “clearly upset”. North Korea has a history of detaining foreigners and later making a public...
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Calais ‘Jungle’ camp demolition to begin
...List (which records the 50 countries where Christians are under most pressure for their faith) are represented in the Calais camp. North Korea is the exception, although thousands of North...
China accuses Canadian Christian of spying
...Korean pastor Kim Jong-Wook, who was sentenced to a life of hard labour by North Korea in May 2014 for spying. His public “repentance” saved him from the death penalty....
North Korea-held US-Korean ‘spy’ said to be pastor
A Korean-American in detention in North Korea is in fact a Christian pastor, not a spy, according to a North Korean defector who met him in 2007, say Reuters. On...
2016 World Watch List drawn from world headlines
Some of the most urgent headlines of the past 12 months, from the global spread of jihadist violence to North Korea’s test of a putative atomic weapon, intersect with an...
Report: Christianity contracting in MidEast, Africa
...in the “Persecuted and Forgotten?” report. The right columns shows each country’s ranking on the 2015 World Watch List. North Korea 1 Iraq 3 Syria 4 Sudan 6 Iran 7...
Korea: Still divided 70 years on
Gahee-Dong Catholic Church, Seoul.Flickr / CC / Republic of Korea On 15 August 1945 the Korean peninsula was divided along the 38th parallel: Russia and Japan to temporarily administer the...
‘Tolerated’ Christianity in N Korea?
...South Korea’s former first lady, Lee Hee-Ho. Her visit raises hopes of a thaw in cross-border relations, particularly if she meets North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un, who has yet to...
N Korea parades missing pastor at press conference
Korean-Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim, who went missing during a visit to North Korea in January, took part in a press conference on 30 July in which he read a...
N Korea says Canadian pastor ‘admits’ espionage
A Canadian pastor arrested in North Korea in March has made a statement in which he says he tried to undermine the government. Hyeon-soo Lim, a native of South Korea...