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26,362,000

Unreached

Persecution
Rating

01

Stratus
Index

21

Security
Tier

01

Blackbox Work

  • Creative Access Platforms
  • Humanitarian Projects

Supporting Since: October 2020

Country
Stats

Source:

Total Population

26,556,000

# of Population in Unreached

26,362,000

# of People Groups

4

# of Unreached People Groups

2

Largest Religion

Non-Religious

% Christian Adherent

1.70%

% Evangelical

1.60%

% Evangelical Annual Growth Rate:

6.00%

People

Ethnic Groups: racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese

Languages: Korean

Literacy Rate: 99%

People

Economy

One of the last centrally planned economies; hard hit by COVID-19, crop failures, international sanctions, and isolationist policies; declining growth and trade, and heavily reliant on China; poor exchange rate stability; economic data integrity issues

Economy

Country Profile:

Environment

Terrain: mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; wide coastal plains in west, discontinuous in east

Environmental Issues: water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; waterborne disease; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation

Environment

Loving well

Despite the many challenges we face, we continue to strive to create good and meaningful jobs and to meet their needs as best we can. Although we cannot share the Gospel through words of writing, we bear witness to the Kingdom of God by living out the Gospel through our lives.

Persecution Currently or Potentially Being Experienced:

Physical abuse / beatings

Persecution from family

Financial persecution

Verbal abuse

Blacklisted

Arrests

Imprisonment

Kidnappings

Bribes

Deportation

Destruction of property

Fines

Torture

Murder

Execution

How to Pray

  • Pray for Almighty God to deliver a nation long-enslaved by a brutal regime.
  • Pray for the church to persevere and multiply amid horrific persecution.
  • Pray for truth to reign and liberate the nation from the regime’s indoctrination and lies.