Foreign-affiliated churches are continuously harassed: religious venues closed down, believers investigated and prohibited from traveling abroad.
South Korean Christian groups
South Korean Church Shut Down in 2012
In China’s Heilongjiang Province, a South Korean church was shut down over six years ago, and its pastor deported back home.
China’s Provinces Intensify Persecution of South Korean Christianity
Two internal documents reveal further plans by the Chinese Communist Party to crack down on South Korean Christianity in China on the grounds of “resisting infiltration.” Bitter Winter received copies of two internal documents from China’s provinces of Heilongjiang...
South Korean Pastor Prohibited From Visiting China
A pastor deported years ago was forced to sign a statement saying he wouldn’t return to China for eight years. In 2016, police officials had conducted a raid at a house church in Jilin’s Meihe city. A South Korean pastor, Kim Ju-hwan, and his wife led the church. At...
Over 100 Officers Storm a South Korean Christian Church
A South Korean-sponsored Christian house church in Heilongjiang's Hegang city was closed down after a raid by the police. On June 17, 2018, more than 100 police officers broke through three gates guarded by believers to raid the meeting place of a South Korean house...
Authorities Persecuted South Korean Missionaries in Shandong
South Korean missionaries and pastors in China’s Shandong Province have been arrested and deported, and churches have been forcibly shut down. At two o’clock on the afternoon of May 6, 2018, a police station in Heze city dispatched eight officers to an apartment in a...
Chinese Ministry of State Security Takes Over the Campaign Against Bitter Winter
Since the arrests of reporters did not stop Bitter Winter, China escalates the campaign against our magazine and adopts extraordinary measures to prevent the leaks of secret documents. Bitter Winter reported on August 1 that several reporters that have sent...
China Intensifies the Suppression of Foreign Religious Missions
Classified document exposes the Chinese government’s plans to crack down on South Korean Christian missions in Shanxi Province. A classified document obtained by Bitter Winter reveals that the CCP puts great emphasis on propaganda aiming to increase the restrictions...
Korean Church Elder Forced to Flee After Communist Party Persecutions
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 13, 2018 Since April this year, Korean missionaries in various parts of China have experienced increased scrutiny and harassment resulting in the closure of Koreans Christian churches. The crackdown intensified after the...
China Launches a Special Campaign to Crack Down on South Korean Christian Groups
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 18, 2018 Sources from mainland China report that the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Religious Affairs jointly...