The “Hermit Kingdom” of North Korea is inarguably one of the darkest corners on the planet, both figuratively and literally. The country is basically one big indoctrination center; a communist dictatorship worse than Cuba.
 
Because the only deities allowed are the megalomaniacal Dear Leaders, Christians are treated as common criminals. Or worse. When believers are discovered, they face almost certain imprisonment in harsh prison camps, and quite possibly death.
 
But when it comes to Christianity, it’s frequently under the worst living conditions that the strongest faith is found – as this video from Open Doors describes ~
 

 
Despite the harsh persecution in this police state, the Holy Spirit is always finding ways to reach new believers in North Korea. An organization called Seoul USA regularly launches bible balloons across the southern border ~ Christian group takes to sky to sneak Gospel into North Korea ~

On a rainy afternoon last Spring, American pastor Eric Foley and his wife stood in a muddy field near the North Korea border and prayed – their hands clasped to a 40-foot homemade balloon that would carry Bibles to the communist dictatorship’s underground Christians […]
 
Owning a Bible is a crime, and any person caught with one is sent – along with three generations of his or her family – to prison. Foley said despite the risks, demand for Bibles is strong within North Korea. His group targets rural areas where they might be picked up discreetly, he said.

In addition to supplying religious materials by air, Foley’s group produces short-wave radio programs with North Korean defectors reading the Bible. He said about 20 percent of North Koreans own radios, which are illegal.
 
Foley and his group won the legal rights to conduct the balloon launches from South Korea, but officials there “don’t make it easy,” he said, noting that they often try to force hydrogen suppliers not to sell the group hydrogen.
  
“Every time we fill up one of these balloons, we hold it and we pray together in English, North Korean and South Korean,” Foley said. “We pray loudly and always with tears.”

 
Not surprisingly – unlike America – North Korea has no problem at all with illegal immigration. No one wants in; they all want out…