Bridge of Grace

Min-Ji's story began in North Korea when she was arrested by the authorities in 2008 for selling DVD's from South Korea.  Min-Ji's husband, Kun-woo, feared for his life as he was a high ranking member of North Korea's State Security Department.  His wife's crime was a death sentence, and the authorities would not only execute her, but could decide to execute the entire family.  Kun-woo decided to flee to China while their family bribed officials so that Min-Ji was only sentenced to prison, and not death.  Following her release from prison, Kun-woo returned from China, but he was now a changed man, for while in China, he discovered Christ.  In North Korea, being a Christian is illegal, and very dangerous.  Neighbors are trained to spy on each other and evening being overhead mentioning Jesus could lead to one's arrest as the nation's "no mercy law" decreed that anyone who elevated God above Kim Jong Il would be taken to a camp without trial.  Eventu...

Lee Chul-ho fled from his native nation of North Korea to escape the famine that ravaged his country by crossing the Tumen River into China.  Shortly after he escaped, a South Korean missionary helped him and shared with him the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  In 1998, Lee gave his life to Jesus and for the next three years, shared the Good News with other North Korean defectors.  Then one day, without warning, Lee was arrested by Chinese authorities along with his wife, who was seven months pregnant.  Lee tried to protect his wife by saying he didn't know her, but it was to no avail.  The Chinese authorities took them both back to North Korea.  His wife was taken away by North Korean authorities and forced to abort her child.  Lee never saw her again.   A few months later Lee escaped to China again to resume his ministry work with other defectors.  In Spring of 2002, Lee was once again arrested by Chinese authorities and charged with "charged ...

As of now it is estimated that over 2 million Uyghur Muslims are imprisoned inside of Chinese Concentration Camps.  China has tried to justify the incarceration by stating that this is being done in response to terrorist attacks and that their efforts are aimed to de-radicalize the populace.  However, it fails to account for the fact that the overwhelming majority of the Uyghur's are not radicalized, nor does it account for the fact that many of the Uyghur's that are imprisoned are citizens of other nations such as Kazakhstan who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when China began their terrible crackdown.   Camp survivors and Human Rights activists have testified that the imprisoned Uyghur's have been subject to ongoing human rights violations that included forced abortions & forced sterilization, rape, beatings, torture, and execution.  Though it cannot be determined how many Uyghur's have been murdered outright, human rights activists nev...