US Citizen Detained in North KoreaApril 24, 2017 — ICC Note: A US Citizen working in North Korea named Tony Kim has been detained. Tony Kim taught accounting at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), a university that...
Priest Speaks Out Against Repatriation of North Korean RefugeesApril 4, 2017 — ICC Note: A Catholic priest says the situation is deteriorating for Christians that have fled North Korea to China. Under Kim Jong-un persecution has increased and more people are starving....
Forty-one Percent of North Korea is UndernourishedMarch 23, 2017 — ICC Note: A UN report on North Korea says that 41% of the country is undernourished and that one out of 5 do not have access to clean water. The...
North Korea is the Worst Place to be a ChristianMarch 13, 2017 — ICC Note: A group of organizations are uniting to hold North Korea accountable for its crimes called the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea. Benedict Rogers...
The Devil or the Deep Blue SeaFebruary 15, 2017 — ICC Note: “She had to make a choice: the devil or the deep blue sea.” After suffering inside a North Korean labor camp for seven years, Ae-Cha could not handle...
ICC Provides Bunk Beds to North Korean Christian StudentsFebruary 2, 2017 — By Linda Jones 02/02/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - Christians in North Korea are oppressed by their totalitarian communist government since they are seen as enemies of the state....
North Koreans forced to worship Kim familyJanuary 31, 2017 — ICC Note: The Open Doors USA report on persecution of Christians was reported on by Forbes Magazine. The report ranked North Korea once again as the world’s worst persecutor of...
North Korea classified as one of the most abusive nations in the worldJanuary 13, 2017 — ICC Note: Human Rights Watch (HRW) classified North Korea as one of the “most abusive and repressive” nations in the world once again. North Korea continues to imprison entire families...
Christians the most persecuted group in world for second year: StudyJanuary 9, 2017 — ICC Note: According to a new study released by Center for Studies on New Religions, Christians were once again the most persecuted group in the world in 2016. The findings...
North Korea replaces Christmas with leader’s grandma’s birthdayDecember 26, 2016 — ICC Note: North Korea’s leader hates Christmas. They have officially banned Christmas trees and even threatened war against South Korea for a Christmas tree they had proposed erecting on the...
Canada is a trying to secure the release of pastor in North KoreaDecember 19, 2016 — ICC Note: Canadian diplomats were allowed to visit a Canadian pastor that is serving a life sentence in a North Korean labor camp. The pastor had entered North Korea more...
Missionaries to North Korea have “no fears”December 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Two Chinese pastors shared with China Aid about what it is like to share the Gospel in North Korea. The two, who chose to remain anonymous, left lives...
Hundreds of thousands have died in North Korea labor campsNovember 30, 2016 — ICC Note: A North Korean labor camp has almost doubled in size, despite the government’s denial that it exists according to a recent report by Amnesty International. A report by...
Labor camps keep growing in North KoreaNovember 25, 2016 — ICC Note: A new report by Amnesty International has revealed that prison camps in North Korea are continuing to grow. Amnesty International’s reports on North Korean prison camps have documented...
More 75% of Christians do not survive punishment in North KoreaNovember 10, 2016 — ICC Note: More than 75% of Christians that are punished in North Korea do not survive, according to North Korean defectors. A study by the Database for North Korean Human...
Canadian pastor given life sentence in North Korea is in the hospitalNovember 3, 2016 — ICC Note: A Canadian pastor in his sixties who was sentenced to life imprisonment in North Korea’s labor camps has been admitted to the hospital due to poor health. Pastor...
