April 2024 Persecution Magazine
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The unstoppable<br />
gospel in north Korea<br />
CATCHING UP WITH ILLYONG JU, NORTH<br />
KOREAN DEFECTOR BY ICC’S ALEX FINCH<br />
Illyong Ju is a defector from North Korea. Though he<br />
has had many family members taken to political prison<br />
camps, he still has hope for the oppressed nation.<br />
As he has personally witnessed, despite the ruling party’s<br />
best efforts to squash the spread of Christianity, the “gospel<br />
is unstoppable.”<br />
We shared Ilyong’s video testimony at the 2022 IRF Summit<br />
and recently caught up with him as he continues to advocate<br />
for Christians in North Korea.<br />
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