A weekly television program exploring news and current affairs from a Christian worldview.
Episode #1122 |
Added July 7, 2012
North Korea...where the worst human rights abuses and Christian persecution in the world happen. We'll hear stories about the suffering in North Korea from those who lived there, and those who escaped.
Lorna's Wrap
Today's program has been a tiny drop in the bucket of the worst suffering on our planet. North Korea's prison camps would put people like you and me in jail. Just for practicing freedom of speech, or going where we want to go when we want to go. Or for believing in God instead of Kim Il-sung. Its mass starvation, and utter lack of human rights demands action. Here's a word from a South Korean governor, a former prisoner, adding his voice for more awareness:
"When you are trapped in a world of utter darkness, nothing is more powerful than the thought of someone thinking of you and praying for you."
Kim Moon-soo / Washington Post Dec 29 /11
Check on our website for a blog entry called "Ten reasons why praying for the new North Korean leader could be the most important thing you'll do today." You'll find a link there also on how to send an aid balloon into North Korea. Mission Impossible ? Well, we have to start somewhere.
Resources
CanKor
Canadian interactive resource on North Korea
Hanvoice
Mobilizing Koreans & Canadians on behalf of North Koreans
LINK
Redefining the North Korean crisis through creative storytelling
Guests
Jack Kim
Co-founder, Han Voice
Erich Weingartner
Writer, CanKor
Kyung Bok Lee
President, Canadian branch - Council for Human Rights in N. Korea
Andrew Choi
Born in Pyongyang
Context
The images following the death of Kim Jong-il gripped us: how could North Koreans possibly mourn the death of such an oppressive dictator?
North Korea is home of THE worst human rights crisis in the world, where the average person is deprived of basic freedoms. But the nation is virtually isolated.
The government has tight control over everything, including food distribution.
And this heavily militarized boarder – known as the DMZ - is a concrete reminder that North and South Korea are still technically at war.
But some North Koreans have risked their lives and escaped through the Chinese border.
We will talk with one, on how she was brainwashed to worship Kim Jong-il as God. The cries of North Korea. Let's put it in Context.
