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The Koreans of North Korea

The Koreans of North Korea, numbering approximately 26,120,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula, today forming the dominant populations of South Korea and North Korea, with a large global diaspora. They mostly adhere to Agnosticism and Korean is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Korean

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: North Korea
People Cluster: Korean
Primary Language(s): Korean (kor)
Primary Religion(s): Agnosticism
Population: 26,120,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007583
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Pray for the Koreans of North Korea

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Agnosticism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

95%
%
Agnosticism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Korean
Language Family: Koreanic

100%
%
Korean Speakers

Media Resources in Korean:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

4 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Korean:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Korean Bible Version✓
Korean Revised✓
New Korean Revised Version✓
Chosun Bible✓✓✓
Sanuri Bible✓

5 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Korean bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Koreans are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Koreans:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Koreans of North Korea

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
readTitus 3:3

Pray for those who seek worldly pleasures instead of God to flee from sin and choose God’s goodness and lovingkindness by placing their faith in Jesus.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
read1 Peter 2:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim the good news and the lost will recognize their need for the Shepherd and turn to Jesus Christ in faith.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Korean Across Countries (ROP3 - 105225) reported in the following countries:

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35 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KoreansPG043310KoreansUnited States1,100,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024281KoreansKazakhstan133,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024358KoreansKyrgyzstan4,100No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024622KoreansTurkmenistan5,300No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024684KoreansUzbekistan257,000No Longer UnreachedRussianAtheism
KoreansPG024719KoreansGuatemala15,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024788KoreansHonduras150No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024842KoreansPanama325No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG042347KoreansSpain2,900No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024174KoreansIran17,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG043424KoreansCanada163,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG046918KoreansArgentina35,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanUnaffiliated
KoreansPG047592KoreansNew Zealand38,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG048088KoreansSouth Korea50,290,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG049435KoreansMongolia2,800Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG050228KoreansNorthern Mariana Islands1,600No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG050301KoreansGuam4,300No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG050601KoreansHong Kong8,600No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG010710KoreansSingapore24,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG000249KoreansGermany45,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG000420KoreansNetherlands8,800Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG000650KoreansUnited Kingdom41,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG000920KoreansRussian Federation182,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianAtheism
KoreansPG007526KoreansTaiwan7,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG007549KoreansChina2,460,000Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG007572KoreansJapan795,000Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG007583KoreansNorth Korea26,120,000Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAgnosticism
KoreansPG000171KoreansFrance29,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG010874KoreansThailand20,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG015310KoreansMadagascar18,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG015382KoreansMozambique36,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG016974KoreansBrazil48,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG017246KoreansParaguay8,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG021625KoreansAustralia167,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG022409KoreansDominican Republic750No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism

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