[Prayer] North Korean children being abused for the group gymnastics performance
North Korean children who participated in the group gymnastics performance in September this year are known to suffer from various diseases. The performance, which is mobilized by tens of thousands of people from the age of five to the young adults, is famous for the fact that its preliminary practice is very intense. Children aged 5 to 6 prepare their lunch boxes and leave home at 7:00 am to practice all day and return home after 10:00 pm. People cannot go to the restroom during the practice. Moreover, they practice in the midst of over 30 degrees of heat. Even healthy people cannot handle this severe practice schedule. Since the mistake is not tolerated during the practice, physical punishment and additional exercise wait if someone does not play the role properly.
It causes lots of children and adults to suffer from cystitis, neuralgia, and arthritis. The North Korean gymnastics, known as the Arirang performance, resumed this year in the name of the shining country in five years. The performances lasted almost two months, and the period of practice was six months long. We need to pray for God’s help to stop this kind of performance that promotes Kim’s family idol worship and to deliver the children and the adults who join the performance from the suffering of being abused.
“The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.”
Psalm 9:9
