By Morgan Lee “So many Christians in the world are suffering. Am I indifferent to that, or does it affect me like it’s a member of the family? Does it touch my heart, or doesn’t it really affect me, [to know that] so many brothers and sisters in the family are giving their lives for…
By AsiaNews Seoul (AsiaNews) – Christians in North Korea “celebrated Christmas as others did around the world, but in underground tunnels that are hidden from the authorities. They risked their lives, and continue to risk their lives every time they pray. Although here in South Korea there are many churches, Christians in the South have…
By Steve Huntley In the coming days we’ll hear many times the story of the birth of Christ with its inspirational meaning for the faithful and the world. Here’s a story not so uplifting, but horrific: Jihadists in Syria slit the throat of a Christian and told his fiance, “Jesus didn’t come to save him.”…
By Anugrah Kumar North Korea has released 85-year-old U.S. veteran Merrill Newman after holding him for more than a week for allegedly making plots against Pyongyang, but American Christian missionary Kenneth Bae is still being held at a labor camp. “I’m delighted to be home,” Newman told reporters at the San Francisco airport after arriving…
By Anugrah Kumar The White House has urged North Korea to release Christian missionary Kenneth Bae, who has been imprisoned at a labor camp for over a year, and Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old U.S. veteran of the Korean War who has been held there since October. “We remain deeply concerned about the welfare of the…
By Cristina Corbin On a rainy afternoon last Spring, American pastor Eric Foley and his wife stood in a muddy field near the North Korea border and prayed – their hands clasped to a 40-foot homemade balloon that would carry Bibles to the communist dictatorship’s underground Christians. “I get choked up, every time, as I…
By Elizabeth Sanchez Christian missionary Kenneth Bae recently became the longest-known American detainee in North Korea since the end of the Korean War. Bae marked one year in detention this week after being arrested by North Korean authorities in the port city of Rajin on Nov. 3, 2012. According to the National Committee on North Korea,…
By Anugrah Kumar The mother of Kenneth Bae, an imprisoned U.S. Christian sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government, is in Pyongyang to visit her son, whose health is failing and who has lost a lot of weight. “I’m very excited but at the same…
By Patrick Goodenough (CNSNews.com) – A senior U.S. official’s visit to North Korea on a mission to secure the release of an imprisoned Korean-American has prompted some optimism about a possible thaw in relations, but other reports suggest that Kim Jong-un’s regime is as hostile and dangerous as its predecessors.U.S. special envoy for North Korean…
By Nicola Kenzie Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor by North Korean officials for alleged plans to overthrow the government, has been moved to a medical facility due to his failing health, his sister told supporters during a vigil at a Seattle church over the weekend. Terri Chung, speaking…