http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/seeking-logic-in-north-koreas-mass-spectacles/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/seeking-logic-in-north-koreas-mass-spectacles/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:11:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133685 AP: For centuries, rulers have used choreographed spectacles to help them maintain control, mixing the appearance of absolute public unity with an underlying threat of what happens to anyone who goes against the grain. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/seeking-logic-in-north-koreas-mass-spectacles/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/north-korean-women-sold-into-slavery-in-china/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/north-korean-women-sold-into-slavery-in-china/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:33:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133496 Christian Science Monitor: Like the thousands of women who fled North Korea before her, Kim Eun-sun made it into China and paid a woman to help her, only to discover she'd traded one form of captivity for another. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/north-korean-women-sold-into-slavery-in-china/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/n-korea-the-ghastly-hellhole-of-camp-14/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/n-korea-the-ghastly-hellhole-of-camp-14/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 15:37:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133394 Townhall: There is no cruelty so depraved that people cannot be induced to do it, or to look the other way while it is being done. Escape from Camp 14 reconfirms what we have known for years: North Korea's rulers brutalize their people with unparalleled and bloody barbarity. Why do we find it so easy to look the other way? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/n-korea-the-ghastly-hellhole-of-camp-14/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/wrong-turn-grants-glimpse-behind-nkorean-curtain/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/wrong-turn-grants-glimpse-behind-nkorean-curtain/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:07:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131079 AP: The press bus took a wrong turn Thursday. And suddenly, everything changed in the official showcase of North Korean achievement. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/wrong-turn-grants-glimpse-behind-nkorean-curtain/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/150000-languish-in-nkorean-prison-camps/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/150000-languish-in-nkorean-prison-camps/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:17:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130827 AP: The U.S. human rights envoy for North Korea says conditions in communist country's "brutal" prison camps are worse than in the Soviet Union's gulag during the Cold War. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/10/150000-languish-in-nkorean-prison-camps/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/south-korea-allows-group-to-deliver-aid-to-nkorea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/south-korea-allows-group-to-deliver-aid-to-nkorea/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:07:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124209 News from The Associated Press: South Korea allowed members of a private group to accompany aid to North Korea for the first time Friday since leader Kim Jong Il died last month. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/south-korea-allows-group-to-deliver-aid-to-nkorea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/china-to-restructure-north-korea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/china-to-restructure-north-korea/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:06:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121380 National Review Online: Beijing has, for decades, been buying the loyalty of the North’s generals and admirals faster than Kim Jong Il could purge them. Now that Kim is resting under glass in the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, the Chinese are going to own all the flag officers they need. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/china-to-restructure-north-korea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/north-koreas-leader-kim-jong-il-dead/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/north-koreas-leader-kim-jong-il-dead/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:17:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121117 TheHill.com: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, has reportedly died after nearly two decades in power. The White House said it was closely monitoring reports that the reclusive leader was dead. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/north-koreas-leader-kim-jong-il-dead/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/us-to-meet-with-nkorea-to-discuss-food-aid/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/us-to-meet-with-nkorea-to-discuss-food-aid/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:44:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120947 News from The Associated Press: The United States will hold talks with North Korea in Beijing on Thursday on the possibility of providing food aid to the impoverished country, the State Department said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/us-to-meet-with-nkorea-to-discuss-food-aid/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/12/n-korea-warns-against-christmas-lights-near-border/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/12/n-korea-warns-against-christmas-lights-near-border/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:14:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120584 Breitbart: North Korea warned South Korea on Sunday of "unexpected consequences" if Seoul displays Christmas lights near the tense border, and vowed to retaliate for what it called propaganda attempts. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/12/n-korea-warns-against-christmas-lights-near-border/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/reclusive-north-korea-opens-door-a-crack/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/reclusive-north-korea-opens-door-a-crack/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:18:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118785 The Washington Post: Just don’t bring your cellphone or BlackBerry, don’t try to send an e-mail, don’t plan to stroll down a street, and never try to talk to strangers or take pictures of ordinary people. None of that is allowed. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/reclusive-north-korea-opens-door-a-crack/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/07/crisis-grips-north-korea-amid-food-shortage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/07/crisis-grips-north-korea-amid-food-shortage/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:47:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115741 MSNBC.com: In a pediatric hospital in North Korea's most productive farming province, children lay two to a bed. All showed signs of severe malnutrition: skin infections, patchy hair, listless apathy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/07/crisis-grips-north-korea-amid-food-shortage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114308 OneNewsNow.com: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the Obama administration's release of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, and the Commission is urging the U.S. government to increase action to promote freedom of religion or belief. Burma, Eritrea, China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan are eight "countries of particular concern," but USCIRF spokesperson Elizabeth Cassidy says her group thinks the list is incomplete . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/20/hell-on-earth-detailed-satellite-photos-show-death-camps-north-korea-still-deny-even-exist/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/20/hell-on-earth-detailed-satellite-photos-show-death-camps-north-korea-still-deny-even-exist/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:00:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113965 Daily Mail Online: The North Korean government may deny their existence, but photos taken from space have revealed in unprecedented detail the concentration camps that are used imprison more than 200,000 citizens. Men, women and children are forced to work seven days a week as slaves and eat 'rats, frogs, snakes, insects' and even faeces to battle starvation in the camps. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/20/hell-on-earth-detailed-satellite-photos-show-death-camps-north-korea-still-deny-even-exist/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/n-korea-implicated-in-missionary-death/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/n-korea-implicated-in-missionary-death/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:35:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113233 SMH.com.au: A South Korean missionary working with North Korean refugees in China died suddenly in the street amid suspicions Pyongyang agents were involved, a newspaper and another missionary said Friday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/n-korea-implicated-in-missionary-death/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/church-and-civic-ngos-criticise-north-korea-presidency-of-un-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/church-and-civic-ngos-criticise-north-korea-presidency-of-un-group/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:12:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110475 Ekklesia: Christian advocacy groups are among a 28-strong international coalition calling for North Korea, criticised by many for its human rights abuses and nuclear threats, to step down from the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (UNCD) - writes John Zarocostas. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/church-and-civic-ngos-criticise-north-korea-presidency-of-un-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/china-praises-visiting-leader-of-north-korea-for-improving-peoples-lives/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/china-praises-visiting-leader-of-north-korea-for-improving-peoples-lives/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 06:06:36 +0000 jazepro http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104871 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/china-praises-visiting-leader-of-north-korea-for-improving-peoples-lives/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/17/skorea-us-envoy-to-visit-nkorea-for-aid-talks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/17/skorea-us-envoy-to-visit-nkorea-for-aid-talks/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 15:10:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103809 AP: The United States plans to send an envoy to North Korea for talks on the North's urgent request for food aid, a South Korean official said Tuesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/17/skorea-us-envoy-to-visit-nkorea-for-aid-talks/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/03/north-korean-political-prison-camps-growing-amnesty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/03/north-korean-political-prison-camps-growing-amnesty/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 21:34:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102663 BBC: A rights group has published satellite images of what it says are North Korea's political prison camps, saying they appear to be growing in size. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/03/north-korean-political-prison-camps-growing-amnesty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:27:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102403 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 2011 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following nations “countries of particular concern” or CPCs: Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/religious-freedom-denied-over-50-thousand-christians-in-prison-camps/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/religious-freedom-denied-over-50-thousand-christians-in-prison-camps/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:38:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101217 Fides: Human rights trampled and denied freedom of religion, more than 50 thousand Christians in prison camps for their faith, victims of a judicial system based strictly on ideology of the regime: this is the picture of the situation in North Korea, a country, according to the 2011 Report of the Ong "Open Doors", holds the "black shirt" in terms of respect for freedom of conscience and religion in the world. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/religious-freedom-denied-over-50-thousand-christians-in-prison-camps/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/15/campaign-to-end-persecution-of-christians-in-north-korea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/15/campaign-to-end-persecution-of-christians-in-north-korea/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:20:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98052 Christian Today: "Release International has launched a new campaign calling upon North Korea to protect the human rights of Christians." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/15/campaign-to-end-persecution-of-christians-in-north-korea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:05:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90661 writing at The Center for Vision & Values: "There is more than enough bad news to fill the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s latest annual report. Worst of all were the conditions in 13 'countries of particular concern.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/lost-religious-liberty-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/05/islamic-countries-dominate-open-doors-2011-world-watch-list/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/05/islamic-countries-dominate-open-doors-2011-world-watch-list/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:11:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=89907 ChristianNewsWire: "Despite Communist North Korea topping the annual Open Doors World Watch List (WWL) for the ninth consecutive year, the most dangerous countries in which to practice Christianity are overwhelmingly Islamic ones." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/05/islamic-countries-dominate-open-doors-2011-world-watch-list/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/defectors-testify-to-near-zero-freedom-of-religion-in-north-korea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/defectors-testify-to-near-zero-freedom-of-religion-in-north-korea/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:21:39 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88225 Korea Times: "Some 99.5 percent of defectors living in Seoul said that they had not had religious freedom in North Korea." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/defectors-testify-to-near-zero-freedom-of-religion-in-north-korea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/religious-persecution-in-north-korea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/religious-persecution-in-north-korea/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:17:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85808 writing at The American Spectator: "The DPRK routinely rates among the world's worst religious persecutors. Formally atheistic, the regime has turned politics into a quasi-religion. The communist system is holy like a church, the ruling Kims, both father and son, are secular saints, the self-reliance philosophy of Juche amounts to theology, recorded in books of Kim sayings, and heretics are severely punished." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/religious-persecution-in-north-korea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/international-court-investigating-north-korea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/international-court-investigating-north-korea/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:36:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85050 AP: "The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he has opened an preliminary investigation into possible war crimes by North Korea resulting from its recent clashes with South Korea." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/06/international-court-investigating-north-korea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/pat-buchanan-why-are-we-still-in-korea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/pat-buchanan-why-are-we-still-in-korea/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:07:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84206 writing at Townhall: "Fifty-seven years after that armistice, a U.S. carrier task force is steaming toward the Yellow Sea in a show of force after the North fired 80 shells into a South Korean village. We will stand by our Korean allies, says President Obama. And with our security treaty and 28,000 U.S. troops in South Korea, many on the DMZ, we can do no other. But why, 60 years after the first Korean War, should Americans be the first to die in a second Korean War?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/29/pat-buchanan-why-are-we-still-in-korea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/number-of-n-korean-defectors-in-south-rising-says-official/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/number-of-n-korean-defectors-in-south-rising-says-official/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:11:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82336 Christian Post: "Last year, about 2,900 people made their way to the democratic South, and over 2,000 have arrived so far this year, said Jong-joo Lee, an official with the Unification Ministry. Each month, an average of 200 North Koreans make it to the South, according to the Ministry." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/number-of-n-korean-defectors-in-south-rising-says-official/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/north-koreas-christians-face-uncertain-future-under-next-leader-christian-news-on-christian-today/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/north-koreas-christians-face-uncertain-future-under-next-leader-christian-news-on-christian-today/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:59:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76191 Christian Today: "Christians are treated without mercy. Up to three generations of Christian families are rounded up and thrown in prison camps to try to eliminate the faith. The nation is now grooming its next leader. But the question is, will Kim Jong-un finally put an end to his country's policy of ruthless persecution?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/11/north-koreas-christians-face-uncertain-future-under-next-leader-christian-news-on-christian-today/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/09/s-korean-pastor-indicted-after-trip-to-n-korea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/09/s-korean-pastor-indicted-after-trip-to-n-korea/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:24:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71756 Christian Post: "A South Korean pastor was indicted Thursday on the charge of violating South Korea’s National Security Law after returning from an unauthorized trip to North Korea . . . South Korea forbids its citizens from making unauthorized trips to the north and supporting Pyongyang’s repressive regime. Han, a pro-unification activist, could face up to seven years in prison if convicted of violating the security law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/09/s-korean-pastor-indicted-after-trip-to-n-korea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/boston-man-set-free-in-n-korea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/boston-man-set-free-in-n-korea/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:34:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70531 The Boston Globe: "A Boston man being held in North Korea since January for crossing into that country illegally was freed yesterday at the behest of former President Jimmy Carter, and is expected to arrive back in Boston today . . . His friends told the Globe he was active in an evangelical church in South Korea and was very upset when a friend, Korean-American Robert Park, was arrested after crossing into North Korea on Dec. 25 to protest human rights abuses there." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/boston-man-set-free-in-n-korea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/carter-heads-to-n-korea-to-seek-release-of-boston-man/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/carter-heads-to-n-korea-to-seek-release-of-boston-man/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:58:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69990 Boston.com (AP): "Jimmy Carter was to leave for North Korea today to try to gain the freedom of a Boston man imprisoned for illegally entering the communist nation, US officials said last night." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/24/carter-heads-to-n-korea-to-seek-release-of-boston-man/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/christian-group-calls-for-meaningful-action-on-north-korea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/christian-group-calls-for-meaningful-action-on-north-korea/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:16:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69840 Christian Post: "A U.K.-based Christian human rights group is urging Europe’s foreign ministers to add their support to a U.N. inquiry into crimes against humanity committed in North Korea. Christian Solidarity Worldwide has written to foreign ministers of all EU member states asking them to support the establishment of a U.N. Commission of Inquiry into the secluded communist country when the European Union introduces its annual resolution on the North Korean human rights situation to the U.N. General Assembly in October." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/christian-group-calls-for-meaningful-action-on-north-korea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/20/kevin-theriot-north-korea-is-this-where-our-country-is-headed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/20/kevin-theriot-north-korea-is-this-where-our-country-is-headed/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:17:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69721 Kevin Theriot writing at Speak Up Movement / Churches: "Thank God we’re not as far gone as North Korea, but we’re definitely headed that direction. Christianity Today reports that government officials raided a Christian church service and either executed or jailed all 23 in attendance . . . We’re still a long way off, but make no mistake, recent attacks on religious freedom here in the U.S. open the door for unlimited government, and eventual persecution of the Church. North Korea is a great example of what we’re fighting to avoid." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/20/kevin-theriot-north-korea-is-this-where-our-country-is-headed/feed/ 0