North Korea

Radio programmes in North Korea hit the right frequency

Why has North Korea dropped to number two on the World Watch List?

Persecution of Christians has reached the highest levels since the World Watch List began nearly 30 years ago. Since 2002, North Korea has been the most dangerous country in the world to be a Christian. This year it recorded its highest ever score – yet dropped to number two, with Afghanistan taking its place. Why is this?

Secret believers in North Korea discovered and killed

Secret believer sends letter as North Korea officially declares ‘first’ Covid-19 cases

More than two years after the start of the global pandemic, North Korea has officially declared its first cases of Covid-19 – though experts say the virus has long had a devastating effect in the country. It’s led to further restrictions which could further affect our North Korean family. But as a letter from a […]

North Korean Christians targeted in prisons, confirms new report

Life in exile in North Korea: Will you show Bae she isn’t alone?

Bae was sentenced to a lifetime of backbreaking labour and starvation rations – just for having a Bible. Here’s her story – and the one time she managed to escape. If you were to see Bae* during the day, you’d assume that her work was picking crops. Every morning in the village she’s forced to […]

Risking everything for North Korean refugees: the diary of a secret fieldworker

Interview: Sister R and Sister J secretly support North Korean refugees

“God does a lot of signs and wonders in North Korea” – a Q&A with Brother Simon

Sister Dreamer was once devoted to the North Korean regime. Now she’s devoted to Jesus

North Korea reasserts authority as news emerges of two-year-old imprisoned because parents caught with Bible

Five Christians in North Korea arrested during farmhouse church meeting

Have you prayed for Kim Jong-un today?

Secret North Korean believers selflessly serve neighbours as food shortages devastate country

North Korean Christians are grateful for your support

North Korea is number one on the Open Doors World Watch List. Some believers from the country recently shared how your gifts and prayers are sustaining and encouraging them, through underground networks in China.

In North Korea, Ji Ho counts the cost of following Jesus every day

North Korea is the hardest place to follow Jesus. Ji Ho’s story explains exactly why.

How do Open Doors’ safe houses for North Korean refugees work?

How do Open Doors fieldworkers meet the North Korean refugees who come to their secret safe houses in China? Given the dangers, how do they share the gospel? Find out in this fascinating behind-the-scenes look into one of the safe houses, which includes a letter written to you by a North Korean secret believer. The […]

How do Open Doors’ safe houses for North Korean refugees work?

How do Open Doors fieldworkers meet the North Korean refugees who come to their secret safe houses in China? Given the dangers, how do they share the gospel? Find out in this fascinating behind-the-scenes look into one of the safe houses.

Repatriated North Koreans who read the Bible or met with Christians sent to prison camps

It’s emerged that a group of refugees forcibly returned to North Korea from China last year have been sent to political prison camps. Meanwhile, Kim Jong-un continues to reassert his authority, making it even harder for the country’s Christians.

North Korea’s punishment of two teenage boys is troubling reminder of regime’s brutality

North Korea is in the news with the visit of President Putin, but little continues to be shared about the country’s atrocious abuse of human rights, as epitomised by the brutal punishment of two teenage boys for using and sharing songs and videos from South Korea. The ongoing abuses were recently covered in a UN Council discussion, but the specific threat to Christians was overlooked.

What does Putin’s visit to a church in North Korea mean for Christians?

President Putin recently visited a Russian Orthodox Church with Kim Jong-un – what does this tell us about religious freedom in North Korea?

North Korean defector shares her story as China reasserts determination to deport refugees 

Chinese local officials have issued a new warning to North Korean defectors, vowing that if they are found, they will be returned to North Korea. What does that process look like? So Young, who escaped North Korea twice, shares her story.