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2017-12-07

• South Koreans Expelled from Border
  
  The Yalu River forms the border
  between China and North Korea.
  Photo: World Watch Monitor

  Hundreds of South Korean Christians, including church leaders, have been sent home within the past year by three northeastern provincial governments in a move that is seen to be an implementation of a new set of rules to control religious activities.

  It's estimated that there were over a thousand South Korean pastors and missionaries working in the northeast part of China, and their departure has led to numerous church closures and abandoned communities. In January of this year, 32 South Korean missionaries were expelled from the Yanji region in Jilin Province, which nears the border of North Korea. By early October, there were no remaining South Korean churches in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province.

• Intruders Attack Widow's Children
  
  Mother of children attacked outside Nairobi.
  Photo: Morning Star News

  On November 17th, a group of militant Muslims attacked three of the eight children belonging to a Christian widow whose residence is located on the outskirts of Nairobi. As a result, the two older children of those harmed suffered severe injuries. Hadiya, an immigrant from Somalia, had not yet returned from a trip to a funeral when the assailants -- also of Somali descent -- broke into her home at 5:30 in the morning.

• Imprisoned Pastor Pens Worship Song
  
  Photo: Release International

  Pastor Andrew Brunson is still behind bars in Turkey -- a year after he was initially arrested -- yet his faith remains strong. The American pastor faces four life sentences, based on allegations that he was involved in a plot to overthrow the Turkish government, even though he strongly denies these charges. (For more information on this case, click here.)