Voice of the Martyrs Korea, the persecution watchdog ministry which has been advocating for Korean missionary Park Tae-Yeon since her arrest in Russia in January, is asking Christians in Korea and around the world to send letters of encouragement to the missionary at the detention center where she has now been held for four months. ...
Soviet authorities imprisoned Pastor Vladimir Pavlovich Rytikov for his faith from 1979 to 1982. But now, authorities in Krasnodon are seeking to do something Soviet authorities never did: Deport Pastor Rytikov from the country of his birth because of his ministry. “In the last week of April alone, four Unregistered Baptist ministers faced court hearings ...
A religious suppression campaign in Guangzhou, a major industrial city in southern China, escalated this month with a church raid, the deportation of a longtime American missionary couple, and the arrest of Chinese Christians for distributing printed Christian materials. That’s the report from Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based sister organization, China Aid. ...
A pastor in China who previously served a seven-year prison sentence for his ministry activity on the China/Myanmar border, is now hospitalized, unable to sleep at night or stand during the day. That’s the report from persecution watchdog Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its American partner ministry, China Aid. Pastor John Cao, who is ...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley and CEO Pastor Eric Foley delivered a 5,000+ signature petition to the Russian Embassy in Seoul today calling for the immediate release of Missionary Park Tae Yeon. The Foleys addressed the media across the street from the Embassy before entering the Embassy. “Missionary Park faithfully ...
Eighteen Chinese Christians from Beijing’s Zion Church have been held at the Beihai Detention Center in Guangxi Province since October 2025 while they await trial. Now the attorneys representing them are reportedly facing pressure from authorities as well. That’s the word from Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US-based partner China Aid, who have been ...
Churches in Russia are bracing for what may be one of the largest changes in the country’s religious life since the collapse of the Soviet Union. A bill set to come before Russia’s official legislature, the Duma, in June proposes to ban worship services as well as prayer, religious meetings, and evangelistic activities in houses, ...
A Korean missionary being held in Khabarovsk, Russia now faces a maximum of 17 years in prison on a total of three immigration-related charges. Last week, investigators filed two new charges against Missionary Park Tae-Yeon and were granted a one-month extension to continue their investigation, which has so far lasted two months. The initial court ...
A Korean missionary imprisoned in Khabarovsk on immigration-related charges was moved from prison to house arrest after agreeing to remain there until after her trial, but witnesses say she was forcibly removed from her home the next day by masked law enforcement agents who took her to a detention center for foreigners. An online petition ...
China’s two government-run Christian associations published a new “Code of Conduct for Clergy” in January. The Code includes four criteria for the selection and evaluation of pastors, with “political loyalty” listed as the highest ethical value. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, the new code of conduct is more a ...
