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The following is another edition of Way of Life Literatureâs Persecution Watch, which is published to encourage prayer and vigilance on the part of Bible-believing Christians:

The following is from Religion Today, May 2, 2000 --

North Korea has publicly executed 23 Christians by firing squad since October, a religious liberty group says. All of those killed were new converts, Terry Madison of Santa Ana, Calif.-based Open Doors told Assist Communications. Most had fled to China, where they became Christians, then returned to North Korea to share the Gospel with their people, he said. New converts are more vulnerable than older Christians, who know how to survive in the hard-line communist country, he said.

A Christian falsely accused of selling North Korean girls to China was executed in March 1999 in Ham Buk province, Madison said. "In reality, he was simply shot because he was an active Christian, [nevertheless] he remained faithful to His Lord until the end." Two Christians were tortured and killed in Chung Jin prison in October and two women in Hae San city were shot in December for smuggling, Madison said. "In reality they were faithful Christians who ministered actively." Two others were shot in Ham Buk province the same month, he said.

That is "only the tip of the iceberg," Madison said. From May 1997 through July 1998, 11 North Korean Christians were starved or shot to death in a Ham Buk prison, he said.

There are an estimated 50,000 underground Christians in North Korea, Madison said. Religious freedom is officially permitted, but only two Protestant churches, controlled by the state, are allowed to meet. Underground believers meet at great risk, he said.