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...
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...
China Plans to Deport More Than 60 North Korean DefectorsAugust 10, 2019 — 08/10/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Radio Free Asia reports that China has detained about 60 North Korean defectors and begun repatriating them back to North Korea where they could...
China Shuts Down Many Churches Involved in Defectors MinistryFebruary 11, 2019 — 02/10/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – China’s crackdown on Christianity is not just toward Chinese Christians, the North Korean defectors who live in the northeast of China and the missionaries...
North Korean Christians Preserve Their Faith by Staying Low ProfileFebruary 5, 2019 — 02/05/2019 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – In order to keep their faith, North Korean Christians have to pray or sing hymns in secret, so as to not be seen...
North Korean Family Arrested For Defection AttemptJuly 31, 2018 — ICC Note: A North Korean family preparing to escape to South Korea as inter-Korean bilateral ties improve were arrested and would be punished severely. Attempting to defect and calling someone in...
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...
Defectors in Seoul Continue to Send Facts and Rice to North KoreaMay 1, 2018 — ICC Note: Despite seemingly warming relations between the two Koreas, the North Korean defectors in the South continue their work of sending rice and facts-loaded USB sticks to the North, hoping...
Special Report: North Korean Defectors’ Journey to the SouthApril 15, 2018 — 04/13/2018 North Korea (Channel News Asia) – Most North Koreans who break out do so by crossing the river border. Meet some of those who made it to Seoul: Song...
North Korean Female Defectors Under the Constant Threat of RapeMarch 16, 2018 — ICC Note: At a Working Group on North Korean Women event in New York, North Korean female defectors shared that women are often under the threat of rape, with many...
Young North Koreans Ask Parents for Money to DefectJanuary 13, 2018 — ICC Note: As winter causes rivers separating North Korea and South Korea to freeze, many young North Koreans are asking their parents for money they can use to cross the...
Number of North Korean defectors drops as controls tightenJanuary 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Due to tightened controls in China and North Korea, the number of North Korean defectors has dropped last year, with less than 100 North Koreans defecting monthly. Chinese...
South Korean government confirms the identity of detained defectorDecember 22, 2017 — ICC Note: South Korean government confirmed the identity of a North Korean defector surnamed Park, who reportedly is held captive in the DPRK after being kidnapped by Pyongyang in 2016....
North Korean Defector Couple Return Home, Help Police Make ArrestsDecember 12, 2017 — ICC Note: A North Korean couple who escaped their country years ago have returned home but are now aiding the government to identify and arrest North Koreans who have ties...
Christian Rights Activists Urged China Not to Repatriate North Korean DefectorsNovember 9, 2017 — ICC Note: China continues to violate international humanitarian principles as they increase a crackdown of North Korean defectors in China, especially in the past two months. North Korean defectors who...
