An account of real Christian persecution in North Korea

[cmaried]

While North Korea is very secretive and won't admit such treatment, defectors/refugees (those who are lucky to escape N. Korea alive) often share accounts of the horrific reality of propaganda-laden concentration camps. Copied/pasted from my friend Nate in S. Korea:

Here is an account of Sun Ok Lee, a former concentration camp inmate in North Korea

Comments

[karcy]

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This is humbling. Strange that the place to be the best Christian possible is where the world is probably the harshest towards you.

:(.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't afraid of that kind of treatment. At the same time, it makes me embarrassed to think about how I've made use of my liberty.

[cmaried]

Very humbling. I hope God turns this nasty persecution into something beautiful. I want to believe that ultimately, those guys weren't tortured in vain.

How's it going in Malaysia? Is your government ensuring the rights of Christians and other religious minorities?

[karcy]

I haven't been paying much attention to the news -- I'm really tired and jaded by politics. My congregation hasn't been affected by anything much, but I'm pretty sure there's some anti-Christian hate speech going on somewhere.

[mardena]

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't afraid of that kind of treatment. At the same time, it makes me embarrassed to think about how I've made use of my liberty.

karcy, I feel the same way. Here I am, worried about how to speak about my faith to my friends and coworkers, when people are suffering unspeakable torment by people that one should be truly afraid of. I feel so false next to people who are truly tried and tested, and come through the refining fire as pure as gold.