Persecution in North Korea to Worsen in 2010

This morning I had a friend on Facebook share a song with me that was in another language, so I could understand it when I listened to it, he copied some of the lyrics and I wanted to share them with you.  

"We want to be great without the tears and suffering, it is easy to live only illusions..."

Powerful quote, because it is true for most of us who are honest.  We want greatness, but not at the expense of pain, and so when I consider that some are predicting that Christians in North Korea will endure even more suffering under their dictatorship government, it makes me wonder what is their reward in heaving going to be like.  I believe it will be amazing.  And I have to believe that those precious saints in North Korea are holding on to that blessed hope that they will have eternity with Christ Jesus.

Here is a link to the full article and a short excerpt below.

“North Korean Christians are arguably subject to the worst persecution in the world,” he said. “As the North Korean economy continues its slow-motion collapse, reports of worsening persecution of Christians are coming out of North Korea.

“2010 is forecast to be a year of tremendous hardship and food shortages since the country's harvest in 2009 was a poor one.”

“The situation in the North is getting worse,” said former prisoner Kang Cheol Hwan, according to Release International. “It is like a giant prison camp has crossed the land. Starvation spreads out over the entire nation; it has become the norm.

“I lived in Yoduk prison camp for 10 years; I was treated like an animal there. I had watched many people die from starvation and beatings. I witnessed open executions and watched helplessly as people died miserably. These fearful scenes have not left my mind.”