A Christian nonprofit that supports persecuted believers all over the world is urging North Korea to release one person kidnapped and imprisoned by the Hermit Kingdom for sharing the gospel. The Voice ...

Although the North Korean government is doing everything it can to suppress Christianity, the faith continues to spread, said a defector and missionary who called for prayers and action to increase ...

ASHWAUBENON - The Rev. Ki Sung Kim won’t have to lead services at Bethany United Methodist Church this Sunday morning. Kim, who has been the pastor at the church near Lambeau Field for a year, is ...

A South Korean held in Russia on an espionage allegation is a missionary dispatched there to support the needy and spread the gospel, a South Korean Christian aid group said Wednesday, calling the ...

"It was a time to reflect on the 140-year history of Korean Christianity, reconsider the role of the church in society, and revisit the challenges and changes that lie ahead for the future." ...

North Korean defectors and members of the South Korean church gathered on June 21 at Saejoongang Church in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, for the 2025 Pan-Korean Reunification Festival, a time of worship ...

The North Korean government has allegedly detained a 75-year-old Christian missionary named John Short, possibly for distributing Christian pamphlets. "I know he's courageous and he's in God's hands," ...

Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...

Tony Perkins is president of the Family Research Council. Her name isn’t Hae Woo, but—like a lot of traumatized North Koreans—she doesn’t want to take any chances. “I’m a believer,” she says, “because ...

Pastor Douglas Shin has learned the cost of good intentions-especially in North Korea. Every time the Seoul-based Protestant missionary goes in with another shipment of food for the hungry, the regime ...

When the World Mis­sionary Con­ference gathered in Edin­burgh in 1910, it would have taken real optimism to identify Korea as a prospect for major Christian growth. At that point, Christians made up ...

Many governments persecute people of religious faith. However, one nation stands out: North Korea. Getting accurate information on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is difficult, since today’s ...