Eighty executed in North Korea
Around 80 people were killed in public executions across a number of cities in North Korea earlier this month, a South Korean newspaper reports. In one city, eight victims were...
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Bae ‘in better health’
The mother of imprisoned Korean-American Christian Kenneth Bae has told the BBC his health has improved after two months of medical treatment. However, she said she fears his health will...
One third of Syrian Christians have gone, says cleric
...found in North Korea and Eritrea. “The principal finding of the report is that in two-thirds of the countries where persecution of Christians is most severe, the problems have become...
North Korea shocks UN Commission
...Republic of Korea,” said the head of the Commission Michael Kirby. He reported that, in just-completed public hearings held in South Korea and Japan, “We heard from ordinary people who...
New concern for North Korea
...opponents in prison in North Korea. His trial and conviction came at a time of high tension between the US and North Korea, in the wake of the communist state’s...
North Korea rescinds invitation to U.S. envoy
...the US Special Envoy for North Korean rights, had planned to seek pardon for Bae. The Korean American was arrested in the North Korean city Rajin-Sonbong, one of North Korea’s...
‘Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians’
...history of persecution in each country is neatly summarised alongside a round-up of latest cases and issues. One chapter covers Communist countries (China, Vietnam, North Korea, Laos and Cuba), while...
Korean ‘orphans’ could face execution
Nine young North Korean defectors arrested in Laos last month and sent home could face severe punishment or even execution, Reuters reports. Two South Korean missionaries were also arrested for...
Bae ‘planned regime’s collapse’
Kenneth Bae, the American-Korean Christian sentenced to 15 years hard labour in North Korea, was a Youth With a Mission (YWAM) missionary who preached “the need for North Korea’s immediate...
Hard labour for US citizen
North Korea has sentenced an American-Korean Christian to 15 years hard labour for ‘anti-government crimes’....