S. Korean missionary gets life sentence
North Korea on Friday sentenced South Korean missionary Kim Jong-Wook to life in a labor camp. Kim was arrested in October, charged with establishing underground churches, though other sources had...
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Christianity and genocide?
...maltreatment of Christians globally but focused on specifically on North Korea, Pakistan and Syria — places where he said being a Christian requires one to pay the ultimate price for...
North Korea’s torture, starvation and killings
...North Korea are in labour camps or prisons Watch the victims’ testimonies here on UN Web TV. Meanwhile a top North Korean diplomat at the UN in New York has...
N. Korea to execute 33 for missionary work
...in North Korea for leaving Christian pamphlets in a Buddhist temple. North Korea’s state news agency, KCNA, said Short had apologised and admitted violating North Korean laws. According to KCNA,...
Christian detained in North Korea
North Korea has detained a 75-year-old Australian visitor for passing out Christian pamphlets, according to his wife as reported by Agence France-Presse. John Short was arrested at his Pyongyang hotel...
Freedom of religion an issue ‘whose time has come’
...its first annual report, noting an increase in violations of religious freedom around the globe and recommending EU action within 15 countries (China, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iran, Iraq, North Korea,...
Anti-religion hostility rose worldwide in 2012, study says
...the Middle East; or the bombings in Peshawar, Pakistan, that killed scores of Christians. Pew also excludes North Korea from its study, citing the inability to obtain reliable data from,...
Pressure on Christians grew in 2013
...believers during the 12-month period ending Oct. 31. Since 1993, the No. 1 spot has been held by North Korea, where exposed Christians face long prison terms or execution. For...
Christian deaths double in 2014 World Watch List
...have been under-reported because “most analysts still failed to recognise the religious dimension of the conflict”. The list says the same is true of North Korea, where “it is extremely...
UK Parliament is told Christianity is ‘most persecuted religion’
...life as a Christian is most difficult was discussed, including Syria, North Korea, Eritrea, Nigeria, Iraq and Egypt. MP Jim Shannon said the persecution of Christians is “the biggest story...