BREAKING NEWS: US Missionary Jailed In North Korea Moved To Hospital; Health...
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...
View ArticleNEWS ALERT: North Korea Leader’s Ex-Girlfriend Executed Amid Bibles Discovery
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife)-- The ex-girlfriend of North Korea's autocratic leader Kim Jong-un and nearly a dozen...
View ArticleGlobal Gospel Broadcaster TWR’s Asia Broadcasts Threatened By Earthquake,...
By BosNewsLife Asia Service HAGATNA, GUAM (BosNewsLife)-- Global Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio was struggling Friday, September 20, to keep its programs to North Korea, China and other Asian...
View ArticleNEWS ALERT: Christians Among 80 Executed In North Korea, Source Says
By BosNewsLife Asia Service PYONGYANG/SEOUL (BosNewsLife)-- There was concern Tuesday, November 19, that Christians were likely among some 80 people who were recently executed by North Korean...
View ArticleThousands of Christians Killed For Faith In 2013
By BosNewsLife News Center BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of Christians have died for their faith in the past year, twice more than in 2012, according to Open Doors International’s 2014...
View ArticleUS 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...
View ArticleNEWS ALERT: Concerns Over Detention Australian Missionary In North Korea
By BosNewsLife Asia Service SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife)-- Concerns were mounting Wednesday, February 26, over the whereabouts of an elderly Australian Christian missionary, more than a week after he...
View ArticleNEWS ALERT: North Korea Releases Detained Australian Missionary
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife)-- North Korea has released an elderly Christian missionary who was jailed for promoting Christianity in...
View ArticleNorth 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...
View ArticlePope Francis Korea Visit Highlights Christian Persecution
By BosNewsLife Asia Service SEOUL, KOREA (BosNewsLife)-- A five-day visit by Pope Francis to South Korea has highlighted the plight of persecuted Christians in the region, including two detained...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: North Korea Frees U.S. Missionary and Other American
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos PYONGYANG/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- North Korea has released American missionary Kenneth Bae, who his family said was...
View ArticleNEWS 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,...
View ArticleNorth Korean Christians – Shining As Purified Gold (Column)
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife Columns)-- For the 12th straight year the Open Doors organization has ranked North Korea as the country in which the...
View ArticleElderly US Missionary Awaits Trial In China Amid Health Concerns
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A frail elderly Korean-American aid worker is awaiting trial in China on what supporters...
View ArticleThinking Big – Revival in North Korea (Column)
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife Columns)-- Koreans think big. Many churches in South Korea are, from this year, putting aside one per cent of their annual...
View ArticleCatholic Group Says Christians Face Eradication In Several Nations
By Stefan J, Bos, Chief Internationalk Correspondent BosNewsLife LONDON/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife) -- An influential Catholic charity and advocacy group warns in a new report that Christianity may be...
View ArticleDon't Forget to Pray for North Korea (COLUMN)
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist SEOUL, KOREA (BosNewsLife Columns)-- It's easy nowadays to overlook North Korea. Many Christians who are burdened by the plight of the persecuted church...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Korean Christian Worker Feared Kidnapped By North Korea
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife)-- A South Korea-based Christian mission group says one of its workers responsible for contacts with...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: North Korea "Ordered" Abduction Christian Missionary
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife)-- North Korea's ruling regime ordered the abduction of a Christian missionary involved in contacts with...
View ArticleCanadian Pastor Jailed In North Korea Forgives Those Who Caused Prosecution
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife PYONGYANG/TORONTO (BosNewsLife)– A Canadian pastor freed from a North Korean prison camp says he has forgiven those who wrongfully...
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