Pope Francis Willing to Travel to North KoreaApril 30, 2021 — 04/30/2021 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – During a recent meeting at the Vatican, Pope Francis indicated his willingness to visit North Korea, the most egregious country for persecution of...
Human Rights Groups Call for Renewed Scrutiny of North Korea ViolationsApril 15, 2021 — 04/15/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – A coalition of human rights groups, including International Christian Concern, signed a letter published Wednesday urging President Biden to reprioritize human rights in North Korea....
Sending the Gospel into North KoreaFebruary 8, 2021 — [vc_single_image image="121215" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 02/08/2021 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – For many years, North Korea has been widely recognized as the most dangerous nation in the world to be a...
UN Releases New Report on Human Rights in North KoreaFebruary 3, 2021 — 02/03/2021 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – In a 2014 report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concluded that the human rights...
Field Workers in China Continue to Serve North Korean ChristiansJanuary 16, 2021 — 01/16/2021 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – Despite being the most dangerous country for Christians to live in, North Korea still has tens of thousands Christians (though actual number is...
Close of Border Impedes Missionary Activities to North KoreaDecember 21, 2020 — 12/21/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – After North Korea closed its border with China to fend off COVID-19 from entering the country since earlier this year, Christian organizations have...
ICC Joins Letter Urging Renewed Push for Human Rights in North KoreaDecember 18, 2020 — 12/18/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – With one of the most consistently egregious human rights records in the world, North Korea deserves the international community’s strongest possible censure. This...
South Korea Passes Anti-leaflet Law Amid Defectors’ OutcryDecember 16, 2020 — 12/16/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – On Monday, the South Korean parliament voted to formally ban the delivery of printed materials, goods, money and other items of value across...
White Paper on Religious Freedom in North Korea PublishedNovember 25, 2020 — 11/25/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (as known as NKDB) recently published their annual White Paper on Religious Freedom in North Korea....
North Korean Defector Fled Her Country to Worship God FreelyNovember 20, 2020 — 11/20/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – When she was 17 years old, the North Korean Christian Sookyung Kang fled from her repressive country because she wanted to be able...
North Korean Christians Brutally Tortured for Their FaithOctober 28, 2020 — 10/28/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – It is no secret that North Korean Christians are facing one of the harshest regimes when it comes to Christian persecution. A recent...
North Korea’s Secret ChristiansJuly 20, 2020 — By Linda Burkle, PhD Several years ago, on two different occasions, I had the opportunity to worship at Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. With about 480,000 members,...
ICC Spreads the Gospel into North KoreaJune 14, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="116474" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 06/15/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In North Korea, arguably the most restrictive nation in the world, creativity is essential when reaching out to...
North Korea Threatens to Abolish Liaison Office Over Defectors’ BalloonsJune 8, 2020 — 06/08/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – North Korea’s de facto leader of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, Kim Yo-Jong, better known as its leader Kim Jong-Un’s younger sister, threatened...
Christians Groups Use Creativity to Bring Gospel to North KoreaMay 22, 2020 — 05/22/2020 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – Christians in North Korea are constantly under pressure, with their faith a silent belief, Bibles hidden or memorized. North Korea is the number...
Free North Korea Radio Airs Hope and Gospel, Changes LivesMay 8, 2020 — 05/08/2020 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – Free North Korea Radio (FNKR) is a beacon of light into the darkness of authoritative North Korea, speaking God’s Word through the radio...
