April 23, 2008
North Korean Students Arrested for Reading the Bible and Watching Bible Video CD
March 27, 2008
The Voice of the Martyrs
North Korean Students Arrested for Reading the Bible and Watching Bible Video CD
NORTH KOREA – The Voice of the Martyrs is calling on the Communist North Korean government to immediately release 10 college students in Ham Kyung Book Do Chung, North Korea, who were investigated and arrested for reading a Bible and watching a video CD about the Bible.
According to Free North Korea Broadcasting, Mr. Jung, former vice-president of GumRung Company of the Rodong Dang Labor Organization Department, reported the case and has since escaped to China to avoid arrest by the National Security Agency (Bowiboo).
“In March 2006, 200 Life Bibles and several hundred CDs were purchased in China and secretly placed in flour bags before being smuggled into North Korea. This huge Bible smuggling case was headed by GumRung Company employees who were influenced by Christianity in China and underground Christians in Nasun City. All the leaders have been arrested and are being severely tortured. If I am caught, I will be sent to a prison camp for political criminals. I didn’t want to die in prison camp, so I escaped,” Mr. Jung said.
In the Free North Korea Broadcasting report, Mr. Jung added that most of the arrested students attended ChungJin College. “These students shared the Bible and video CD with their friends. They also distributed the Bibles and video CDs to the other college towns,” he said.
The Voice of the Martyrs stands with and supports Christians facing severe persecution in North Korea.
For Information: http://www.persecution.com
Contact: tnettletom@vom-usa.org
What can you do? Pray for the release and well-being of these 10 college students. Go to Voice of the Martyr’s website to learn about tangible things that you or your youth group can do to help persecuted Christians. Post this on your blog so that others will become aware.
