Full Prisons and Empty Stomachs as North Korea Prepares to Resume Trade
There are finally signs that North Korea will resume trade with China in the near future. Meanwhile the border closure has led to famine in North Korea and full prisons in China. There are not many nations in the world that have to erect high voltage fences and concrete barriers, and issue border guards with shoot-to-kill orders only to keep
Continue ReadingIsolated BTJ Workers Go Hungry and Ask For Prayer
In a recent article, we shared about increasing pressures on food supplies in North Korea resulting from the long border closure in response to Covid-19. First and foremost, these shortages are affecting regular families of North Koreans. But foreigners residing in North Korea are not safe from food shortage either. The Russian diplomat family who recently left the country, told
Continue ReadingGreetings From the UK Office
Greetings from the UK office! We pray this newsletter finds you well, and as you read the various articles for this month, that you will be challenged, inspired, and moved to pray as you’ve never prayed before. There is so much speculation around the current state of the world right now. People have long said that we are in the
Continue Reading30 Days of Prayer for North Korea
Few places in the world are like North Korea. It is a nation surrounded with conspiracy and speculation. You can mindlessly spend hours watching documentary after documentary, and feel no closer to understanding the reality of this remote country. We think of North Korea as an isolated nation, uniquely frightening, ruled by a mad dictator who refuses to be answerable
Continue ReadingNorth Korea struggles to feed the capital
Living in the North Korean capital Pyongyang is a privilege. It is home to North Korea’s political elite and top military officials. They get the best of everything, houses, education, entertainment, and food. If Pyongyang struggles to feed its people, you can count on the rest of the country struggling more. Our sources on the ground have told us that
Continue ReadingWhy pray for North Korea? 30 reasons for 30 days
We have started another 30 days of prayer; this time for North Korea. We are hoping you will join in! But why spend your precious summer holiday praying for North Korea? Here are 30 reasons. Mission and the church It is the business of the church that God’s name is glorified in all the earth. That includes North Korea. North
Continue ReadingState vs the People; money in North Korea
It is no secret that North Korea is in great need of foreign currency. But getting it has not been so easy in recent months. One way of getting foreign currency, is by sending out North Korean labourers to other countries to work as waitresses or loggers. Their salaries are collected by the North Korean government. Another way is tourism.
Continue ReadingTrouble in North Korea, and how they let us know
North Korea blew up a highly symbolic liaison office today in the border city of Kaesong. It comes days after they cut the diplomatic communication lines with South Korea. What is going on? It is not easy to grab the spotlight, when there is so much going on in the world. The United States are consumed with domestic issues, an
Continue ReadingBREAKING – North Korea Blows Up Building Used for Peace Talks
Images show smoke rising from a building on the border of North and South Korea used for peace talks. This comes right after the leader Kim Jong Un’s sister proposed cutting all direct lines with the leaders in the south. Blowing up the joint liaison office used for peace talks between the North and the South is a sign that
Continue ReadingWandering the streets of North Korea
Homelessness is on the rise in North Korea, according to a report from Daily NK, (a media outlet run by North Korean defectors). An interview with two people, one living inside North Korea and one recently defected, explores the reasons for this. Homelessness among children is a long-standing problem in North Korea. There is even a specific term for them
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