Demand for the Bible in North Korea has increased during the pandemic – ministry leader

Some 23,000 Bibles were sent to North
Korea during 2020, Voice of the Martyrs
Korea has said.
It marks a lower figure for the ministry
than previous years after South Korean
officials started clamping down on balloon
launches close to the North Korean border,
but CEO Dr Eric Foley says that demand
for a Bible from individuals in the closed-
off communist country rose last year.
While the mass distributions were down, he
said hand-to-hand distributions in North
Korea had doubled last year, a trend he
attributed to fears over Covid-19.
“On the one hand, the efforts of South
Korean authorities to halt all balloon
launches, including our Bible launches,
decreased mass distribution,” said Foley,
who has been distributing Bibles to the
North for 15 years.
“On the other hand, demand for Bibles
from individual North Koreans was higher
than in any prior year.
“Regardless of culture, thoughts turn to
God anytime life is threatened and the
future appears bleak.
“North Koreans, like people everywhere,
turned to the Bible for hope in 2020, and
they found it there.”

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Foley is facing charges under the Inter-
Korean Exchange Act and the National
Safety Law over his involvement in Bible
balloon launches into North Korea.
He said it was too early to tell what impact
the legislation would have on balloon
launches planned for 2021, but that he was
prepared to face charges.
“The wind and the weather always prohibit
balloon launching in January, even if laws
were favourable. Thus, our focus this time
of year is completely on the many unique
Bible distribution opportunities that are only
possible in the winter,” he said.
“When summer comes and the winds blow
north, we will do what we do every
summer: evaluate the legal situation, make
the best decisions we can, and act
transparently.”
He said he was not worried about the
threat of prosecution.
“If I worried about tomorrow, I would never
have gotten into North Korean ministry,” he
said.
“Today is all God gives to us. My focus is
fully on keeping our North Korean Bible
supply chain operational today. If
tomorrow it is determined that this is a
criminal act, then I will joyfully and willingly
submit to the consequences.”
Foley added that balloon launch bans and
coronavirus travel restrictions did not have
as much of an impact on the ministry’s
mass Bible distribution efforts as had been
expected.
He is projecting a 30 per cent increase in
mass Bible distribution this year.

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“Every year there are new challenges and
new obstacles, but we plan years in
advance, anticipating difficulties and
working together with Christians in North
and South Korea and around the world to
develop new technologies and strategies to
identify and overcome possible problems,”
he said.
“We believe the adversity makes us more
creative and ultimately more effective. The
Lord always finds a way, even in a
pandemic.”

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