North Korean Christians lose access to Gospel as radio broadcasts cut

First on Fox: A step that aims to lower the tensions between the south and North Korea Threatened and improves life for the estimated 400,000 Christians who live in the north. Politicians were beaten as a “catastrophic strategic mistake”.

The new President of South Korea, Lee Jae-Myung, ordered 80% of the radio broadcasts from the south, which shone in the north to no longer broadcast in May. The president also explained that loudspeakers, the anti -communist propaganda on the border between the two countries, had been taken away.

According to reports, Myung said to his cabinet in Seoul: “I hope that such mutual measures are gradually leading to dialogue and communication between the two Koreas, the Korea Times reported on Tuesday and added that the South Korean President of South Korea” shifted from a relationship that is mutually harmful to another that is mutually advantageous “.

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In a declaration registered by the Korea.net news website on August 5, the South Korea’s Ministry of Defense added that the new measures were “practical measures to facilitate Korean tensions in an area in an area that did not affect the on -call position of the military”.

However, the shutdown of radio stations has a drastic influence on The Christians of North Korea. The Kim Jong-Un regime has decided that it is a crime to worship Christianity. Even if it can be found with a Bible, this can lead to a version, usually with a ball, sometimes reported according to torture.

There is no general access to the Internet for normal citizens. The only practical way in which Christians can experience the gospel and Christian teaching or thoughts is to secretly hear a radio. But now that the 38 North of the Stimson Center, a publication in which data on North Korea are analyzed, is rounded into the country from the south, including shipments that were previously supported by the US agency for global media, have been reduced by almost 80% since May.

It is also reported that it is now more difficult to hear the Christian message. Since fewer programs are still going north, the authorities should have greater success if they jam electronically.

A US State Department Spokesper Expressed Concern, Telling Fox News Digital, “Under the Leadership of President Trump and Secretary Rubio, The State Department of International Religious Freedom Is Actively Looking Into New Ways To Advance Freedom of Religion Around the World, including Korea, and for North Korea’s Severely Persecuted Christian Community.

It is impossible to overestimate the importance of these broadcasts for Christians in North Korea, Timothy Cho, who switched from the country at the age of 17, said Fox News Digital from London. Cho is in the secretariat of the all-party parliamentary group of the British government in North Korea and says: “We share the gospel with our brothers and sisters on site in North Korea. This meaning that we cannot compare with any amount of values because it is hope.

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In North Korea, Cho claimed, The ruling Kim Family Dynasty is presented together as gods, not only the so -called “highest leaders”, but also the highest beings. He explained that Christianity is so feared by the government. He added that “the most dangerous threat to North Korean authority gives the claim of a true God that is not connected to the Kim dynasty”.

“Underground Christianity offers a space for free exchange of ideas. Christianity is a decisive characteristic of the DNA of the Korean people,” Greg Scarlatiou, President and CEO of the Washington Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, told Fox News Digital. “The Kim family regime does not want to do anything after he has tried so much to extinguish the true identity of the Korean people.”

“Switching off radio stations that radiate information in North Korea is a catastrophic strategic mistake. True change cannot come from the Kim family. It can only occur from the people in North Korea, especially Christians. And the only thing the outside world can do to help them is authorization by information.”

North Korea is again at the top of the world observation list of Open Doors’ World Watch this year. Open Doors is a global organization that supports Christians and follows for their faith. In the report it was found: “Chief of police and secret service. If they find houses without warning. If they find Christian materials, it is considered a crime against the nation, and the whole family can be banished, locked up or executed. Those who use an unregistered smartphone or an unregistered radio to access unauthorized media are punished.”

The report continued: “Christians only dare to listen to radio systems at night that are hidden under ceilings. Every act of worship is perceived as an” act of extreme infidelity “, even though they are carried out by themselves.

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“The national media send anti-Christian content in which Christians are portrayed as evil traitor to the nation, and mission activities are called terrorist acts,” reported the open doors.

On Thursday, Kim Yo-JongThe sister of the North Korean leader and the deputy department head of the Department for Publicity and Information of the Governing Workers’ Party in Pyongyang made it clear that North Korea will not reduce control. She published an explanation that was monitored by a source in Seoul and said: “It doesn’t matter whether South Korea is reducing the speakers or stopping the programs. We do not intend to improve relationships with America’s loyal lackeys.”