VOMK Tuesday Report

VOICE OF THE MARTYRS KOREA DELIVERS PETITION TO RUSSIAN EMBASSY ON BEHALF OF MISSIONARY PARK TAE YEON

VOICE OF THE MARTYRS KOREA DELIVERS PETITION TO RUSSIAN EMBASSY ON BEHALF OF MISSIONARY PARK TAE YEON

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 ...

THROUGH RADIO, BUSINESSES, AND EVEN PRISON, CHRISTIANITY CONTINUES TO SPREAD IN “THE NORTH KOREA OF AFRICA”

THROUGH RADIO, BUSINESSES, AND EVEN PRISON, CHRISTIANITY CONTINUES TO SPREAD IN “THE NORTH KOREA OF AFRICA”

Eritrean underground Christians have a new daily radio broadcast. They also operate an impressive program for helping Christian ex-prisoners start businesses. Eritreans imprisoned for their faith are winning converts by sharing the aid they receive with their non-Christian fellow prisoners. Even among members of the government-sanctioned Orthodox Church, state security officers grumble that as many ...

CHINA: AUTHORITIES PRESSURING ATTORNEYS OF PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

CHINA: AUTHORITIES PRESSURING ATTORNEYS OF PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

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 ...

RUSSIA: KOREAN MISSIONARY NOW FACES TWO NEW CHARGES, POSSIBLE 17 YEAR SENTENCE

RUSSIA: KOREAN MISSIONARY NOW FACES TWO NEW CHARGES, POSSIBLE 17 YEAR SENTENCE

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 ...

BURKINA FASO: PERSECUTED REFUGEE PASTORS BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING CHURCH PLANTERS

BURKINA FASO: PERSECUTED REFUGEE PASTORS BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING CHURCH PLANTERS

Typically, churches and mission agencies regard ‘caring for refugees’ and ‘planting churches’ as two entirely different categories of mission work. But in an innovative program carried out by Voice of the Martyrs Korea and its sister mission Voice of the Martyrs Poland, eleven pastors who were forced to flee Islamic jihadist attacks in northern Burkina ...

RUSSIA: KOREAN MISSIONARY MOVED TO HOUSE ARREST, THEN TAKEN TO DETENTION CAMP

RUSSIA: KOREAN MISSIONARY MOVED TO HOUSE ARREST, THEN TAKEN TO DETENTION CAMP

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: NEW PASTOR “CODE OF CONDUCT” RANKS POLITICAL LOYALTY AS HIGHEST ETHICAL VALUE

CHINA: NEW PASTOR “CODE OF CONDUCT” RANKS POLITICAL LOYALTY AS HIGHEST ETHICAL VALUE

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 ...