NEWS ALERT: US Missionary Bae and Miller Return Home From North Korea Prison
By BosNewsLife Americas Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- The last two Americans held captive by North Korea have returned home and one of them, Christian missionary Kenneth Bae, thanked those who supported him with prayers and
advocacy.
American Christian Detained In North Korea
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife)-- An American, who has been linked to a Protestant group spreading Christianity, was expected to spend New Year behind bars in North Korea on charges of "hostile acts against the republic".
Americans Free But Thousands Still Jailed, Executed In North Korea
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife)-- An international Christian advocacy group welcomed Wednesday, August 5, North Korea's decision to release American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling but warned that at least 200,000 religious and political prisoners remain behind bars in labor camps across the isolated Communist nation, where executions of inmates continue.
‘North Korea Starves COVID-19 To Death in Camps’
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife) -- North Korea is hiding coronavirus patients in ”quarantine camps” where...
BREAKING NEWS: North Korean Christians: ‘Children Die On Streets’ (UPDATE)
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By BosNewsLife Correspondents Eric Leijenaar reporting from the Netherlands and Stefan J. Bos at BosNewsLife News Center
PYONGYANG/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in North Korea said Wednesday, November 25, a massive famine has broken out in their autocratic-ruled nation with many children "dying" while security forces send malnourished people to labor camps for allegedly refusing to join the "100-Day Battle."
North Korea Underground Christians “Omitted” From Church Summit
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
PYONGYANG/SEOUL (BosNewsLife)-- North Korea's "underground Christians" were "omitted" from a "historic" North-South church summit involving church leaders from South Korea and dozens of other countries in Geneva, Switzerland, a mission official complained Tuesday, August 12.
BREAKING NEWS: North Korea Releases American Missionary
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Amid international pressure, North Korea released an American missionary Saturday, February 6, and sent him to China after holding the young man for more than a month, officials confirmed.
Churches Pray For North Korea After Gospel Groups Visit Isolated Nation
Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service
SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife)-- Churches around the world were to participate in the International Day of Prayer for North Korea Monday, April 27, shortly after two American Christian bands received awards for their performance in the isolated nation, organizers said.
US Missionary Returned To North Korea Labor Camp
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (BosNewsLife)-- An American Christian missionary has been returned to a harsh labor camp in North Korea, despite international concern about his health. The 45-year-old Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen detained for 15 months, was transferred from a hospital to the camp on January 20, a State Department spokesperson said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Saturday, February 9.
BREAKING NEWS: US Missionary Jailed In North Korea Moved To Hospital; Health “Deteriorating”
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
SEOUL/PYONGYANG/SEATTLE (BosNewsLife)-- An American Christian missionary imprisoned in North Korea is in "deteriorating health" and has been moved from a prison labor camp to a hospital, his family said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Sunday, August 11.