South Korea

A lot has happened on the Korean peninsula in the last few weeks.

“This land, this undivided land, is your inheritance,” Elizabeth Torrey tells her students during the prayer session. “And your prayers of your heart matter to see that happen.”

There has been much concern in the past year over North Korea and its threat of launching nuclear weapons. But just last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with South Korean president Moon Jae-in.

For the first time in history, the leader of communist North Korea set foot in South Korea, purportedly to negotiate peace. Here’s how Christians can respond.

<p><p>The 2018 Winter Olympics start Friday with some 3,000 athletes from around the world vying for medals.<p>Athletes are heading into the PyeongChang, South Korea games primed for competition, but many say they are also taking their faith to the slopes and ice.<p><b>Here are five Christian athletes on the U.S. team hoping for Olympic gold.</b><p><i>The Olympics end on Feb. 25.</i><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Photo: General view of the Alpensia Resort during previews ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at on February 4, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea</em></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Photo courtesy: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images</em></span></p>

North and South Korea agreed yesterday on negotiations to resolve problems and military talks intended to avert accidental conflict.

China’s government is not only cracking down on its own Christian citizens, it is also targeting South Koreans who are in the country and allegedly helped persecuted North Koreans who escaped Kim Jong-un’s oppressive regime.

China has expelled between 30 to 70 missionaries in South Korea’s Jilin province in what is being called an “unprecedented” ejection, according to reports.

A couple of years ago on BreakPoint, I told you about a South Korean pastor who rescues abandoned babies. Well in March, you can see his amazing story in theaters across the country.