Source:         www.MNNonline.org

Date:            March 27, 2008

North Korea (MNN) -- The United Nations is voting on a resolution critical of human rights abuses in North Korea. Among those abuses is religious persecution targeting Christians and those involved in Christian work. It's timely, considering the latest, says Voice of the Martyrs' Todd Nettleton. "Ten college students in one of the northern provinces of North Korea have been arrested by the National Security Agency. They apparently were caught reading the Bible and watching a Christian DVD. Because of that, they were all taken into custody. Their situation is very grim." The man who reported the case has since escaped to China to avoid arrest. Nettleton urges prayer. "What we can do now is pray. That is really all we can do. The North Korean government is almost immune to international pressure. So our option, at this point, on behalf of these brothers and sisters who have been arrested, is simply to go to the Lord, to pray for their safety, to pray for justice for them, and pray that their lives would be spared."