Opinion

I escaped from North Korea. Here's why it's still the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian

By 2023-01-27T11:29:00

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Three decades after charity Open Doors began monitoring Christian persecution around the world, North Korea is more dangerous than ever for followers of Jesus. Timothy Cho, who escaped the regime, explains why that is, and why we should still be hopeful for change

Since Kim Il-sung came to power in 1948, Christians have always been on the front line of attack for the North Korean regime. The country itself is a prison state, with 25 million people living under surveillance and blocked from any information from inside or outside of the country.

In North Korea, people don’t even know what a passport is. How do we really have this kind of situation in 2023?

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