Eric Foley
@revericfoley.bsky.social
CEO and Co-Founder of Voice of the Martyrs Korea
Could difficulties could be ahead for groups like ours broadcasting to NK? It's too early to tell. 3/3
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Lee calls broadcasting info to North Korea ‘foolish’ since everything’s online | NK News
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Monday dismissed broadcasts aimed at delivering uncensored media to the North Korean people as “foolish acts” that bring no benefit, stating that information is...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Could difficulties could be ahead for groups like ours broadcasting to NK? It's too early to tell. 3/3
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www.nknews.org/2025/11/lee-...
The only NKs I've ever met who had Internet access were high-level NK workers sent abroad by the government. 2/3
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Lee calls broadcasting info to North Korea ‘foolish’ since everything’s online | NK News
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Monday dismissed broadcasts aimed at delivering uncensored media to the North Korean people as “foolish acts” that bring no benefit, stating that information is...
www.nknews.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The only NKs I've ever met who had Internet access were high-level NK workers sent abroad by the government. 2/3
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www.nknews.org/2025/11/lee-...
Korean President Lee questions the value of radio broadcasts to NK, contending that "all the information is available online"--an unusual claim about NK, which has the lowest rate of Internet access in the world due to govt restrictions. 1/3
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Lee calls broadcasting info to North Korea ‘foolish’ since everything’s online | NK News
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Monday dismissed broadcasts aimed at delivering uncensored media to the North Korean people as “foolish acts” that bring no benefit, stating that information is...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Korean President Lee questions the value of radio broadcasts to NK, contending that "all the information is available online"--an unusual claim about NK, which has the lowest rate of Internet access in the world due to govt restrictions. 1/3
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tinyurl.com/33bw9act
Notable: Prosecution of one group for launching Bibles and snacks to NK from Jan 2024 to Apr 2025.
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tinyurl.com/54asd4xu
Activist group members sent to prosecutors over anti-North leaflet launches
Members of an activist group accused of launching balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets and other items from the South's border areas have been referred to prosecutors without detention, the Gye...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Notable: Prosecution of one group for launching Bibles and snacks to NK from Jan 2024 to Apr 2025.
tinyurl.com/54asd4xu
tinyurl.com/54asd4xu
Great reporting here from Mission Network News: Don’t be misled by reports of major crackdowns on religious liberty in South Korea; . But do pay careful attention to decisions being made which significantly impact North Korean ministry. tinyurl.com/4r9xafpt
Religious freedom clampdown: what is and isn't happening in South Korea - Mission Network News
Policies implemented under the administration of South Korea’s newly elected president, Lee Jae-myung, have driven reports of religious freedom being curtailed in that nation.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Great reporting here from Mission Network News: Don’t be misled by reports of major crackdowns on religious liberty in South Korea; . But do pay careful attention to decisions being made which significantly impact North Korean ministry. tinyurl.com/4r9xafpt
FYI. Dr Foley and I are joining Bob Fu in hosting the East Asian part of the 24-hour prayer relay for Zion Church tomorrow. www.eventbrite.com/e/global-day...
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
FYI. Dr Foley and I are joining Bob Fu in hosting the East Asian part of the 24-hour prayer relay for Zion Church tomorrow. www.eventbrite.com/e/global-day...
Deacon Jang, who ministered to North Koreans in Changbai, China alongside martyred Pastor Han Chung-Ryeol, served more than 12 years of a 15 year sentence.
More information about Deacon Jang’s case can be found at vomkorea.com/en/2020/04/2...
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More information about Deacon Jang’s case can be found at vomkorea.com/en/2020/04/2...
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DEACON SPENDS 2,000TH DAY IN NK PRISON AS CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED FOR HIS RELEASE – Voice of the Martyrs Korea
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November 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Deacon Jang, who ministered to North Koreans in Changbai, China alongside martyred Pastor Han Chung-Ryeol, served more than 12 years of a 15 year sentence.
More information about Deacon Jang’s case can be found at vomkorea.com/en/2020/04/2...
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More information about Deacon Jang’s case can be found at vomkorea.com/en/2020/04/2...
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URGENT: Voice of the Martyrs Korea is reporting that Deacon Jang Moon Seok 장문석, also known by his Chinese name Zhang Wen Shi, was released from prison in North Korea and returned home to China on November 5. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
URGENT: Voice of the Martyrs Korea is reporting that Deacon Jang Moon Seok 장문석, also known by his Chinese name Zhang Wen Shi, was released from prison in North Korea and returned home to China on November 5. 1/2
The most troubling thing about the wildly inaccurate reports of South Korean Christians losing their religious freedoms is that accurate reports about actual troubling legislative changes go almost completely unreported. Exhibit A. www.chosun.com/english/nati...
Democratic Party Revives Leaflet Ban via Aviation Law
Democratic Party Revives Leaflet Ban via Aviation Law Revised bill bans border balloon launches, facing opposition as unconstitutional revival
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October 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The most troubling thing about the wildly inaccurate reports of South Korean Christians losing their religious freedoms is that accurate reports about actual troubling legislative changes go almost completely unreported. Exhibit A. www.chosun.com/english/nati...
Pastor Son's case certainly deserves review on its own merits; however, to claim that Korean Protestants see his case as representative of a growing constriction of their religious liberties is simply inaccurate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsgI...
Christians in South Korea Are Being Targeted
YouTube video by The 700 Club
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September 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Pastor Son's case certainly deserves review on its own merits; however, to claim that Korean Protestants see his case as representative of a growing constriction of their religious liberties is simply inaccurate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsgI...
God has made his decision about North Korea.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
God has made his decision about North Korea.
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While others are zigging, we are zagging: We're adding a fifth daily half-hour Voice of the Martyrs Korea shortwave radio broadcast to North Korea. www.mnnonline.org/news/voice-o...
Voice of the Martyrs Korea to add fifth daily broadcast to North Korea - Mission Network News
North Korea (VOMK) -- Christians broadcast another radio segment to North Korea as political pressure mounts.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
While others are zigging, we are zagging: We're adding a fifth daily half-hour Voice of the Martyrs Korea shortwave radio broadcast to North Korea. www.mnnonline.org/news/voice-o...
Poor article by Fox. What it should have said was: US/SK govt broadcast cancellation frees up NK jamming resources that could be used to jam Christian broadcasts, which have not been cut back (in fact, at VOM Korea we are increasing from 4 daily NK broadcasts to 5).
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South Korea's move to lower tensions with Kim Jong Un threatens 400,000 Christians
A move to lower tensions with Kim Jong Un's hermit kingdom has led to vital radio broadcasts of Christian material being cut off from the people who need it most.
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August 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Poor article by Fox. What it should have said was: US/SK govt broadcast cancellation frees up NK jamming resources that could be used to jam Christian broadcasts, which have not been cut back (in fact, at VOM Korea we are increasing from 4 daily NK broadcasts to 5).
www.foxnews.com/world/south-...
www.foxnews.com/world/south-...
"In [Foley's] view, the first thing people should do before undertaking any activity to serve North Korea is to take the time to ask believers there, “What would be helpful to you?” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/amer...
Christian Groups Perplexed, Wary After Korea Bible Incident - Christianity Today
South Korea detained six Americans trying to send rice and Bibles by sea to North Korea.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In [Foley's] view, the first thing people should do before undertaking any activity to serve North Korea is to take the time to ask believers there, “What would be helpful to you?” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/amer...
My comments on the six Americans detained for rice bottle launching in South Korea: Wow, I wish you guys wouldn't have done that. mnnonline.org/news/six-ame...
Six Americans detained for attempting to send Bibles to North Korea – why the story matters - Mission Network News
Americans reportedly tossed bottles filled with Bibles, and rice into the sea, hoping they’d reach North Korean shores — but were detained.
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July 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
My comments on the six Americans detained for rice bottle launching in South Korea: Wow, I wish you guys wouldn't have done that. mnnonline.org/news/six-ame...
Mrs. Lee, a 96-year old North Korean defector wasn't a Christian when she lived in the north. But the way she saw Christians endure persecution there prepared her for the persecution she experienced when she became a Christian in South Korea.
dotheword.org/2025/05/27/nk/
dotheword.org/2025/05/27/nk/
96 Year-Old Persecuted North Korean Christian Says that Enduring Persecution is God’s Work
“Who’s in charge?” the Communist soldiers shouted as they brandished a sickle before a small group of North Korean believers. The believers were gathered outside of a small church in a mountainous …
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May 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Mrs. Lee, a 96-year old North Korean defector wasn't a Christian when she lived in the north. But the way she saw Christians endure persecution there prepared her for the persecution she experienced when she became a Christian in South Korea.
dotheword.org/2025/05/27/nk/
dotheword.org/2025/05/27/nk/
“The North Korean worker wrote, ‘Pitifully, [the NK workers returning from China due to illness] will have a very difficult life in NK but there are many women who have gone back carrying hope.”
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NK WORKERS RETURN FROM CHINA “SICK BUT CARRYING HOPE” – Voice of the Martyrs Korea
vomkorea.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“The North Korean worker wrote, ‘Pitifully, [the NK workers returning from China due to illness] will have a very difficult life in NK but there are many women who have gone back carrying hope.”
vomkorea.com/en/2025/05/1...
vomkorea.com/en/2025/05/1...
Korean Christian leaders making clear that Jeon Kwang-hoon is not driving the Christian bus in present political matters. tinyurl.com/2z35vwaa
February 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Korean Christian leaders making clear that Jeon Kwang-hoon is not driving the Christian bus in present political matters. tinyurl.com/2z35vwaa
"[Private groups] could be managed by...a military-administered permit system."
So since the military, not private groups, allegedly gave us the botched PY drone & loudspeaker provocations, we should require private groups to apply for permits from them.
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So since the military, not private groups, allegedly gave us the botched PY drone & loudspeaker provocations, we should require private groups to apply for permits from them.
tinyurl.com/j5w62nfv
The Case for South Korea Prohibiting Anti-North Korean Leaflet Launches
That the provocations exchanged between the Koreas – leaflets, balloons, and noise – were of relatively low intensity should give no one a sense of security.
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January 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"[Private groups] could be managed by...a military-administered permit system."
So since the military, not private groups, allegedly gave us the botched PY drone & loudspeaker provocations, we should require private groups to apply for permits from them.
tinyurl.com/j5w62nfv
So since the military, not private groups, allegedly gave us the botched PY drone & loudspeaker provocations, we should require private groups to apply for permits from them.
tinyurl.com/j5w62nfv
Methodology problem: Persecution in Nigeria is absolutely severe, yet Nigeria also has 16,000 churches, the largest one with an auditorium seating 120,000--more than the total number of Christians in NK. Simply counting cases obscures the nature of persecution in each country. tinyurl.com/3vvvfwcf
North Korea no longer tops global persecution - Mission Network News
International (MNN) -- Global Christian Relief Red List exposes the world’s most dangerous places to follow Jesus.
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January 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Methodology problem: Persecution in Nigeria is absolutely severe, yet Nigeria also has 16,000 churches, the largest one with an auditorium seating 120,000--more than the total number of Christians in NK. Simply counting cases obscures the nature of persecution in each country. tinyurl.com/3vvvfwcf
Shamanism features prominently in Squid Games Season 2...and in pretty much everything associated with Yoon Suk Yeol's presidency.
Squid games shamanism: tinyurl.com/mr46eke3
Yoon Suk Yeol shamanism: tinyurl.com/bdh4d7ec
Squid games shamanism: tinyurl.com/mr46eke3
Yoon Suk Yeol shamanism: tinyurl.com/bdh4d7ec
‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Highlights The Popularity Of Korean Shamanism
The second season of the global streaming sensation “Squid Game” introduced viewers to several new characters. One of the most intriguing has been Player 044 due to her strong religious beliefs. Playe...
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January 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Shamanism features prominently in Squid Games Season 2...and in pretty much everything associated with Yoon Suk Yeol's presidency.
Squid games shamanism: tinyurl.com/mr46eke3
Yoon Suk Yeol shamanism: tinyurl.com/bdh4d7ec
Squid games shamanism: tinyurl.com/mr46eke3
Yoon Suk Yeol shamanism: tinyurl.com/bdh4d7ec
"The [MOU] requested that private organizations exercise restraint in distributing propaganda leaflets."
The govt allegedly buzzed PY/crashed a drone. If the govt persuades itself not to launch, regular launchers prob won't present more difficulties than they have since '69.
tinyurl.com/3499jpfa
The govt allegedly buzzed PY/crashed a drone. If the govt persuades itself not to launch, regular launchers prob won't present more difficulties than they have since '69.
tinyurl.com/3499jpfa
South Korea’s Unification Ministry Shifts Stance on Anti-North Korea Leaflet Campaigns
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Ministry of Unification announced on December 16 a shift in its approach to anti-North …
koreabizwire.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:27 PM
"The [MOU] requested that private organizations exercise restraint in distributing propaganda leaflets."
The govt allegedly buzzed PY/crashed a drone. If the govt persuades itself not to launch, regular launchers prob won't present more difficulties than they have since '69.
tinyurl.com/3499jpfa
The govt allegedly buzzed PY/crashed a drone. If the govt persuades itself not to launch, regular launchers prob won't present more difficulties than they have since '69.
tinyurl.com/3499jpfa
Worth noting how normal life still is here in Korea. I see headlines about how Korea has descended into chaos. Korea's political order, yes. Korea, no. There are demonstrations where one would expect them. But outside of those areas, it's all city sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style.
December 12, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Worth noting how normal life still is here in Korea. I see headlines about how Korea has descended into chaos. Korea's political order, yes. Korea, no. There are demonstrations where one would expect them. But outside of those areas, it's all city sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style.
Simone Weil's On the Abolition of Political Parties:
1. A political party is a machine to generate collective passions.
2. It is designed to exert collective pressure on its members.
3. Its ultimate goal is its own unlimited growth.
Thus, every party is totalitarian potentially & by aspiration.
1. A political party is a machine to generate collective passions.
2. It is designed to exert collective pressure on its members.
3. Its ultimate goal is its own unlimited growth.
Thus, every party is totalitarian potentially & by aspiration.
December 7, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Simone Weil's On the Abolition of Political Parties:
1. A political party is a machine to generate collective passions.
2. It is designed to exert collective pressure on its members.
3. Its ultimate goal is its own unlimited growth.
Thus, every party is totalitarian potentially & by aspiration.
1. A political party is a machine to generate collective passions.
2. It is designed to exert collective pressure on its members.
3. Its ultimate goal is its own unlimited growth.
Thus, every party is totalitarian potentially & by aspiration.
Where is Ahn Chang Ho? Where is Cho Man Sik? Where is Kim Kyo Shin?
December 7, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Where is Ahn Chang Ho? Where is Cho Man Sik? Where is Kim Kyo Shin?