{"id":102350,"date":"2026-08-18T04:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102350"},"modified":"2026-08-18T04:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:08:45","slug":"korean-missionary-faces-17-year-imprisonment-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/korean-missionary-faces-17-year-imprisonment-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Missionary Faces 17-Year Imprisonment in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The trial of Korean missionary Park Tae-Yeon, 69, resumed recently in Russia. Missionary Park was arrested in January 2026, one week before she was due to return to South Korea to retire after 33 years of ministry in Russia. \u00a0 She was arrested for immigration violations, but there were also investigations into \u201creligious camps\u201d she was allegedly involved with in Khabarovsk, Russia. \u00a0 Missionary Park serves with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). CEF-USA was declared an \u201cundesirable organization\u201d in Russia on\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trial of Korean missionary Park Tae-Yeon, 69, resumed recently in Russia. Missionary Park was arrested in January 2026, one week before she was due to return to South Korea to retire after 33 years of ministry in Russia. \u00a0 She was arrested for immigration violations, but there were also investigations into \u201creligious camps\u201d she was allegedly involved with in Khabarovsk, Russia. \u00a0 Missionary Park serves with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). CEF-USA was declared an \u201cundesirable organization\u201d in Russia on\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":102349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-102350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69716,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/russia-continues-crackdown-on-unregistered-baptist-churches\/","url_meta":{"origin":102350,"position":0},"title":"Russia Continues Crackdown on Unregistered Baptist Churches","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Febbraio 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Russian courts banned three more Baptist churches in October for failing to register with the government, according to the religious freedom watchdog Forum 18. 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Serving In Mission (SIM) USA, a North Carolina-based ministry, confirmed his release on its website. \u201cKevin is in good health in the care of US officials,\u201d SIM\u2019s statement said. \u201cHe will soon be reunited with Krista, his children, and his extended family.\u201d The New York Times reported that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/persecution.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kevin-Rideout-Niger-2-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ICC-Favicon-80px-18.png?fit=80%2C80&ssl=1","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102350"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=102350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}