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Mullah Mateen—a key player in the kidnapping of 23 South Koreans—has been killed in an operation by Afghan forces. Is the hunt on?
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The Taliban is releasing more Korean hostages as a result of talks with South Korean negotiators.
Dr. Shackleford at the Jawa Report is thankful for their release, but issues this stinging admonishment:

“People generally only fight if they believe they can win. By negotiating with the Taliban, sympathizers are led to the inevitable conclusion that maybe the [...]

Is Pakistani Intelligence and its Pakistani Taliban allies holding the Korean hostages in Afghanistan? That’s what Ghazni governor Merajuddin Pattan says:

Indian Express—The governor of the Afghan province where Taliban militants took 23 South Koreans hostage has accused Pakistani Taliban working with Pakistani intelligence agents of holding them captive.
“In the beginning it was the local [...]

This short video is dedicated to the Korean missionaries ( Bae Hyung-kyu and Shim Sung-min ) that were slain by the Taliban in Afghanistan July, 2007. Keep the others in your prayers as well:

What does it mean for a follower of Christ to be faithful unto the end? Shim Sung-min knows. He was faithful unto the end.
The Jawa Report has video and pictures of this martyr. Rusty Shackleford says, “Friends and family of the Korean hostages should not view. Some of you, though, need to [...]

The International Herald Tribune reports that the Taliban has executed another Korean hostage.
Folks, pleading with these monsters isn’t going to bring the hostages home. They are in the hands of men controlled by Satanic forces. And they are doing what is in their evil heart. Murder.
The hostages continue to be in our [...]

In a column today at Hankyoreh, Park No-ja says:
“Of course it shows you quite well how intimate with imperialism the Korean church is, in that it goes to “serve” on a battlefield in a way that speaks the same religious language as the invading nation. We have to call on the church to return to [...]

According to media reports, the remaining South Korean missionaries will be executed by the Taliban around 5pm EST. It doesn’t look like anyone really cares…
Before the Apostle Paul was executed in Rome, he said, “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought [...]

** Update: A second Korean missionary has been executed **
A Taliban spokesman has announced that a South Korean missionary has been executed.
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More on the crisis from Rok Drop
KBS Global reports that the hostage is believed to be 42-year-old Bae Hyung-kyu. His body was dumped somewhere in Musheky area of Qarabagh district [...]

South Korea is demanding U.S. nuclear protection. Demanding? Isn’t this the same country that had anti-American protests? What of all their “Unification” initiatives? Seems their naughty neighbor might have nuclear weapons and the wherewithal to use them, hence the rethinking of “unification” desires and the demand for U.S. protection:

The Australian—THE South [...]