North Korea detains U.S. citizen for spreading Christianity

North Korea confirmed Thursday that it is preparing to indict an American who is accused of proselytizing.

Jun Young-Su has been held since November, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said.

The report did not state what crime he was accused of committing, but South Korean media have reported that an American was detained for spreading Christianity. He is the latest U.S. citizen to be detained in the reclusive communist state in recent years.

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We must pray for this brother. N. Korea is considered the worst persecutors of Christians by human rights groups. Over 40,000 of our brothers and sisters are on N Korean death camps. The average life span of an evangelist in N Korea is3 months. We must keep these brothrrs and sisters in prayer.