The charity’s statement comes after the joint Korean women’s ice hockey team and the pro-unification flag show.

Also, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shook hands with South Korea’s president which also showed an unexpected show of unity in Pyeongchang.

Open Doors has asked people not to forget the thousands of Christians persecuted under the brutal Kim regime.

South Korean President Moon Jae (centre) shakes hands with North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong (sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un) during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium in South Korea.

Dr Matthew Rees, advocacy policy officer at Open Doors, said: “As many nations come together to take part in the Winter Olympics, let us not forget that every day over 300,000 Christians are denied the right to take part in the religious observance of their choice. They are a beleaguered community who are fighting for their very survival.”

The belief that God is a higher authority than North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, is seen as a threat .

It’s lead to tens of thousands of Christians being incarcerated in labour camps, and thousands more keeping their faith in Christ a complete secret.

“They ignore all freedoms,” said Timothy, a North Korean refugee. “The human…

Svetlana Powell was dismissed by the T2 Apprenticeship Academy, a government-funded pre-apprenticeship academy, in Bristol in July 2016 after being asked by students about her views on homosexuality.

According to Christian Legal Centre, which is supporting Powell, she was also reported as a “radicalisation threat” to the government’s anti-terrorist watchdog, Prevent.

In reply to a question by a 17-year-old student, Mrs Powell said that her personal belief was that homosexuality was against God’s will, but that he loved every person, regardless of what they did, or who they were.

When told that one of the students identified as a lesbian, Mrs Powell said: “God loves you”.

 Two days later she was told she was being fired for “gross misconduct” with immediate effect.

The Academy’s Chief Safeguarding Officer, Sian Prigg, told the Tribunal that after a group of students complained that they were “brainwashed and preached to”, she decided to contact the local coordinator for Prevent – the government’s ‘counter-terrorism’ strategy group – to report the incident.

Mrs Powell said she did not know of being reported as a “radicalisation threat” until she brought a legal claim against the Academy and read Mrs Prigg’s witness statement for the Tribunal.

Employment Judge Maxwell has ruled that the…

Members of the General Synod backed a motion on Friday outlining ways retailers and Church of England members can attempt to tackle food poverty in Britain.

The motion calls for the Government to consider steps to reduce waste in the food supply chain. It also urges parishes to help lobby retailers on food waste and stressed the need for church members to reduce waste in their own homes.

Presenting the motion, the Rev Andrew Dotchin from the Diocese of St Edmundsbury said: “The figures on food waste in our nation are horrible and rehearsing them will not make them any more attractive.”

Although there is no official measure of food poverty in the UK, a recent United Nations survey found that in 2014, an estimated 8.4 million people in the UK were living in households with insufficient food.

Rev Dotchin added: “We must work not only with shops and the supply chain – and our thanks and support go to retailers who have already made a commitment to reducing food waste – but also work alongside the many charities and community groups who, with us, treasure the world and its people.”

Christian humanitarian charity Tearfund, which has been running a campaign urging shoppers and supermarkets to reduce the amount of food they waste, has welcomed the motion.

Tearfund senior campaigner Clare Lyons said: “We’re delighted that Synod has shown that, like Jesus, the…