성경의 진정한 가치를 상기시켜준 북한 노동자 순교자의 소리가 조선어(북한 방언) 성경을 풍선과 손으로 전달하는 사역이 ‘반북단체의 정치전단’과 다르다는 것을 남한 당국자들에게 납득시키고 있는 중에, 어떤 북한 노동자의 감사편지를 받았다. 그는 북한 정부가 파견한 해외 노동자로 순교자의 소리 사역자에게 조선어 오디오 성경을 받았다. 이 오디오 성경을 듣고 난 뒤, 그는 이런 간증을 편지로 보냈다. “한샘의 소망을 ...
CHINA: CHRISTIAN DETAINED 10 DAYS FOR STREET EVANGELISM
Earlier this month Voice of the Martyrs Korea reported the removal of two church crosses in Wenzhou, China. But this week Voice of the Martyrs Korea is reporting a different kind of cross removal in that communist country. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, authorities in Hengyang, Hunan Province sentenced a street evangelist to ...
An NK laborer reminds us of the true value of the Bible
An NK laborer reminds us of the true value of the Bible. In the midst of our efforts to persuade South Korean authorities that the Chosun (North Korean) Bible we launch by balloon and distribute by hand is not “anti-North Korean propaganda”, we received the following thank-you note from a North Korean laborer. The laborer, after ...
ERITREA: REGIME ARRESTS 30 CHRISTIANS AT WEDDING
In a further crackdown on Christians, the government of Eritrea arrested 30 people that were attending a wedding ceremony held in the capital, Asmara, during the last week of June 2020. That brings the number of Christians arrested in Eritrea since last April to 45. “Not many people have even heard of the small country ...
CHINESE OFFICIALS DEMOLISH CROSSES
More than 100 security guards removed two church crosses in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, on July 7. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, local believers now fear Zhejiang could see a second large-scale cross demolition movement, similar to the one that destroyed more than 1700 crosses in 2014-2015. At 5:04 ...
VOMK: UNTIL CHURCHES ARE FREE TO GATHER, “TORTURED FOR CHRIST” MOVIE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE ONLINE
In response to new government restrictions on church gatherings, Voice of the Martyrs Korea has made its award-winning feature film “Tortured for Christ” available for free online viewing at www.vomkorea.com/tfc. The movie is normally only available through specially arranged showings to whole churches, but according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, the ...
A Brief History and 2020 Snapshot of the North Korean Underground Church
Each year, as we prepare our North Korea projects and budgets for the coming year, we write a brief history of North Korean Christianity and a snapshot of present conditions to include with our project proposals. Our present circumstances, in which we stand accused in our own country as criminals alongside our North Korean Christian brothers and ...
16-YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN IN INDIA STONED TO DEATH BY RADICAL HINDU NATIONALISTS
Samaru Madkami, a 16-year-old boy from Kendukuda village, Malkangiri district, Odisha, India, was crushed to death with stones on June 4, 2020. Voice of the Martyrs Korea is reporting that the boy was murdered by radical Hindu nationalists because of his faith in Christ. “SamaruMadkami was a teenager from a very poor background,” says Voice of ...
“Why can’t you just stop launching for a while?”: A word to Christians around the world about our situation in South Korea
“Why can’t you just stop launching for a while?” This is the question we at Voice of the Martyrs Korea are always asked about our work of sending Bibles into North Korea by high-altitude helium balloons. It is work that began 18 years ago in response to a promise Dr. Foley and I made to ...