Communism Didn't End in Germany
October 18, 2009 | Baytown, Texas | Vetting explained
I wasn't there when the Berlin Wall fell...though I was about 7 years old at the time. However, I am highly interested in North Korea, & ...I am sure many of you don't know this, but there are actually concentration camps, still alive in this world! They are located in North Korea. Communism still highly exists both in China & North Korea.
Tearing down the Berlin Wall didn't end communism at all globally...just in Europe. Sadly, about 200,000 North Koreans are currently in concentration camps for "crimes against the government," such as "not bowing or paying respect to Kim Jung Il statues or pictures" or saying things such as "I wish I could visit America."
My source comes from none other than North Korean refugees that I have spoken to here in South Korea, where I am an English teacher & Christian missionary. They have shared with me small, horrific stories of what has happened...
The saddest thing to me is that people KNOW about North Korea's current condition but yet are willing to get involved. Why are we so concerned about the rich countries of Europe when there are 7,000,000 people currently dying of starvation in North Korea (many of whom are considered "unloyal" to the North Korean regime, therefore their rations are cut)?
I beseech each of you to really think about helping the North Korean people, & to also pray for them. They need to be delivered from their government. The only way to do that is for the people of this world to rise up! The time is not later...not now.
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