Pope Francis To Potentially Visit North KoreaJuly 8, 2021 — 07/08/2021 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – The head of South Korea’s intelligence services, Park Jie-won, has announced that he is advocating for Pope Francis to visit North Korea. He...
President Biden and South Korean President Will Discuss North Korea at White House SummitMay 21, 2021 — 5/21/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) South Korean President Moon Jae-in made his way to the United States on Wednesday to meet President Biden on Covid-19 vaccine developments and North...
Biden Administration Increasingly Focused on North KoreaMay 3, 2021 — 05/03/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – North Korea is responding with threats to comments made in recent days by President Biden and senior administration officials. In his recent address to Congress,...
Religious Freedom on the Agenda as Blinken Embarks on First Trip AbroadMarch 15, 2021 — 03/15/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) – Landing in Japan this morning, Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off the first in a series of meetings with key U.S. allies...
Martyrdom Shrine in South Korea Proclaimed Pilgrimage Site by the VaticanMarch 9, 2021 — 03/09/2021 South Korea (International Christian Concern) – The Vatican has named the Haemi Martyrdom Holy Ground in South Korea's central Chungcheong provincial city of Seosan an international pilgrimage site. According...
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...
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...
China Deports Korean Missionaries Serving North Korean DefectorsSeptember 18, 2019 — By ICC’s Representative for North Korea China has been cracking down on the Church with a “Sinicization” campaign. President Xi seeks to place religion under the Party’s control. ICC’s representative...
South Korean Cardinal Asks for Prayers for the NorthMarch 8, 2019 — 03/08/2019 South Korea (International Christian Concern) – South Korean Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-Jung, archbishop of Seoul and apostolic administrator of Pyongyang, celebrated the 1,201st Mass for reconciliation and unity of...
South Koreans Hopefully Await Inter-Korea SummitAugust 18, 2018 — ICC Note: As the third visit between Moon and Kim nears in September, South Koreans hope for a discussion on religion during the summit. After a few years of secular leaders,...
In Mood of Détente, South Korea Cuts Funding to Defector Human Rights GroupJune 27, 2018 — ICC Note: North Korean Human rights and defector groups are struggling financially given the warming ties between the two Koreas. The Moon administration in South Korea has been taking measures...
A New Chapel to Be Built in DMZ Zone Between the Two KoreasJune 25, 2018 — ICC Note: South Korea will build a new chapel in the Joint Security Area (JSA) at Panmunjom, the truce village on the inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on its Northern border. A...
Korean Missionaries Arrested, Church Closed in WenzhouJune 11, 2018 — ICC Note: Two South Korean missionaries in Wenzhou city were arrested and their church was shut down in late May. The church is a small underground church that is mission-oriented, according...
Despite Warming Relationship, North Korea Still Bans South Korean InfluenceJune 3, 2018 — ICC Note: Although the two Koreas seem to have a budding détente, Pyongyang is still wary of North Koreans who show any links to South Korean influence, be it music...
North Korean Christians Disappointed at Summit Peace TalksMay 7, 2018 — ICC Note: North Korean Christians do not find the historic summit between the two Koreas last month satisfactory. “This is not what we’ve been praying for,” they said. A serious focus...
South Korea to Stop Defectors from Sending Balloons into North KoreaMay 4, 2018 — ICC Note: For fear of jeopardizing the spirit of a recently adopted joint declaration between the two Koreas, South Korean government urges defector activists on Friday to immediately cease their balloon...
