Pastor Shankar Yalam was the Number 2 target on the “Most Wanted” list of India’s communist Naxalite guerrillas. When he was brutally murdered on March 17, 2022, his enemies believed they had eliminated one of their strongest Christian opponents. But according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, the communist Naxalite ...
Zamir has a dangerous job. He is one of the only Yemeni Christians broadcasting from the Middle East into Yemen, a country where converting to Christianity from Islam is a crime punishable by death. But danger is nothing new for Zamir. He was once a Muslim gun smuggler, and according to Voice of the Martyrs ...
A church in Guangzhou’s calm response to an intimidating mealtime raid by armed police and government agents last month is drawing praise from persecution advocates. They say the incident reveals that churches in China are standing strong despite growing hostility toward Christianity by Communist Party authorities. Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its US partner ...
A ribbon cutting ceremony marked the opening of Voice of the Martyrs Korea’s new regional office in the Seomyeon neighborhood of Busan on Saturday, January 20. But unlike most ribbon cutting ceremonies, the ribbon cutters were not local dignitaries, board members, or megachurch pastors. “It was important to us to have our regular Busan volunteers, ...
Russia and North Korea’s September agreement to expand technology sharing between the two countries has led to speculation on the possible impact of Russian technology on North Korea’s satellite, missile, and nuclear programs. But according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, one of the most significant impacts of increased Russia-North ...
A video advertisement released last month by authorities in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province promises rewards for citizens who report underground Christian activity. The video, called “How to Report Illegal Religious Activities”, was released in December by the Guangzhou Municipal Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook ...
At 21, Mehfri [last name withheld for security reasons] enrolled in a Bible school in Indonesia with no intention of studying the Bible. Although he had grown up in a Christian family, he enrolled in the school only to hide from the police, who were after him for selling drugs. “I was not in the ...
30 Nigerian Christian widows whose husbands were killed in anti-Christian violence in Adamawa State are receiving sewing machines, grinding machines, and the training to use them through a project funded by Voice of the Martyrs Korea, in cooperation with SDOK, its sister Voice of the Martyrs mission in the Netherlands. According to Voice of the ...
Secular movies are usually not known for their evangelistic impact, but according to one of several letters from North Korean underground Christians recently received by Voice of the Martyrs Korea, a family inside North Korea became Christians by seeing characters praying and going to church in various Russian movies. “One family living in North Korea ...
The case of ten Christians in Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia, China went to trial last month after nearly three years of pre-trial delays. The Christians are facing charges of illegal business operations for purchasing Bibles from the state-run Three-Self Church and reselling them to other Christians at a lower price. At the center of the ...
