Pyongyang’s decision to “forgive and release” American Christian activist Robert Park may be a sign of more flexibility in North Korea, some observers in Seoul say.
Military action is no solution to problems between North and South Korea, said an Incheon priest on the frontline of new exchange of fire in waters off the disputed western sea border.
Two European religious rights organizations have branded North Korea the world’s worst persecutor of Christians.
A video reportedly of footage from an Easter Day in Jangchung Cathedral in North Korea.
The cathedral was built in 1988, a concession by the North Korean government following decades of persecution of peoples of faith, says a news report from several years ago in the Asia Times online. According to Wikipedia, it is only one [...]
South Korean activists are claiming that North Korea publicly executed a Christian woman last month for allegedly distributing the Bible.
Ri Hyon-ok, 33, was accused of spying for South Korea and the United States and organizing dissidents. She was executed in the northwestern city of Ryongchon bordering China on June 16, according to a report from [...]
South Korea needs to prepare priests in the light of potential changes in North Korea and the hope for peaceful reunification of North and South, a seminar in Seoul has suggested.
Caritas International says alleviating the acute suffering of the poor in North Korea rather than military action must be key component to ending the current crisis.
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