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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

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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

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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

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
readPsalm 32:5

Pray those who are lost will realize their sin, confess their iniquity, and grow in their understanding of salvation through faith in Christ alone.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 8:38-39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence in their salvation, knowing that nothing can separate them from the One who conquered death and loves them as His children.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

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

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35 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
KoreansPG050601KoreansHong Kong8,600No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG050301KoreansGuam4,300No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG050228KoreansNorthern Mariana Islands1,600No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG048088KoreansSouth Korea50,290,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG047592KoreansNew Zealand38,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG046918KoreansArgentina35,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanUnaffiliated
KoreansPG043424KoreansCanada163,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG043310KoreansUnited States1,095,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG042347KoreansSpain2,900No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024842KoreansPanama325No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024788KoreansHonduras150No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024719KoreansGuatemala15,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024684KoreansUzbekistan257,000No Longer UnreachedRussianAtheism
KoreansPG024622KoreansTurkmenistan5,300No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024358KoreansKyrgyzstan4,100No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024281KoreansKazakhstan133,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG024174KoreansIran17,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG022409KoreansDominican Republic750No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG021625KoreansAustralia167,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG017246KoreansParaguay8,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG016974KoreansBrazil48,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG015382KoreansMozambique36,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG015310KoreansMadagascar18,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG010874KoreansThailand20,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG010710KoreansSingapore24,500No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG007526KoreansTaiwan7,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG000650KoreansUnited Kingdom41,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG000249KoreansGermany45,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG000171KoreansFrance29,000No Longer UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG049435KoreansMongolia2,800Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG007583KoreansNorth Korea26,120,000Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAgnosticism
KoreansPG007572KoreansJapan795,000Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG007549KoreansChina2,460,000Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAtheism
KoreansPG000920KoreansRussian Federation182,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianAtheism
KoreansPG000420KoreansNetherlands8,800Engaged yet UnreachedKoreanAtheism

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