Tag: North-Korea

Open Doors released its 2021 list of most dangerous countries to be a Christian

For the first time, Nigeria is ranked among the ten countries with the highest rate of Christian persecution

As North Korea closed its borders, missionaries cannot enter the country

Due to the COVID-19 virus, North Korea closed its border with China preventing missionary activity in North America.

A group of North Koreans brutally executed for breaking COVID-19 restrictions

Over two hundred Christians were identified as victims punished for crimes, including religious practice in Northg Korea.

North Koreans are increasingly exposed to Bible despite persecution

North Korea is ranked as the worst persecutor of Christians in the world on Open Door USA's World Watch List.

North Korean defector traveled three thousand miles as a teen to be free to pray

“The system forces you to only focus on getting your basic survival needs met,” Sookyung Kang explains.

Christians pay with their lives for being faithful to Christ in North Korea

Religious life in North Korea is controlled by the authorities which have destroyed most churches and other places of worship.

Victims of COVID-19 starve to death in quarantine camps in North Korea

North Korea is ranked as the number one persecutor of Christians in the world by Open Doors 2020 World Watch List.

Several Christians executed for owning a Bible in North Korea

Though adherents of various religions are held in “reeducation” camps, the harshest punishments are faced by Christians.

Christians brutally tortured for their faith in North Korea

Before the Kim regime began in 1948, Christianity once flourished in North Korea.

"Phantom illness" devastates North Korea

The North Koreans call this epidemic the "Phantom illness", which kills people without warning.