by VOM NZ | Aug 28, 2017 | Bakhrom Kholmatov, New, Updates
Source: PrisonerAlert Pastor Bakhrom Kholmatov, who was detained by police in April 2017, was sentenced in July to three years in prison. The 42-year-old pastor also known as Bakhrom Holmatov, was arrested on April 10 after KNB officers raided the Sonmin Sonbogym...
by VOM NZ | Aug 18, 2017 | Updates
Source: VOM USA Yklas Kabduakasov (left) and Yuri Pak Photos: VOM USA Following his release from a Kazakh prison on June 17th, Yuri Pak’s family shared how the many letters that were sent to him and fellow prisoner of faith, Yklas Kabduakasov changed the quality of...
by VOM NZ | Aug 11, 2017 | Released, Updates
This is great news… North Korea frees Canadian church leader ‘on sick bail’ – Hyeun-soo Lim, the Korean Canadian church leader sentenced to life in prison with hard labour, has been freed today “on sick bail”, says a North Korean state news agency....
by VOM NZ | Aug 11, 2017 | Kim Kuk-gi, New, Updates
Source: Release International One of two South Korean men detained late last year by the North Korean government on charges of espionage is Presbyterian pastor, Kim Kuk-gi, who has dedicated much of the past 13 years to helping North Korean defectors in China. On...
by VOM NZ | Aug 8, 2017 | Released, Updates, Zhang Xiuhong
Authorities released Zhang Xiuhong, Huoshi Church’s accountant and chairwoman of the board of deacons, after holding her in prison for more than two years on a falsified “illegal business operations” charge. Originally, she received a five-year sentence, but after she...