East Asia

Prayer Cards

China

KEY PRAYER NEEDS

1. Imprisonment and torture of human rights defenders.
2. Persecution of the Tibetan people.
3. Religious Persecution.
4. Gender based discrimination.
5. Trafficking of women for the "bride shortage".
6. Entrapment of poor countries through expensive infrastructure projects.
6. Returning defecting North Koreans back across the border to face extreme torture.

Taiwan

KEY PRAYER NEEDS

1. Drug trafficking.
2. Constant political and military intimidation by China.
3. Losing the support of allied countries due to China.
4. Extreme discrimination within the Church.
5. Unsettled and unpredictable domestic politics.
6. Domestic violence.
7. Trafficking of women and young girls by family members.

Japan

KEY PRAYER NEEDS

1. Over 95 percent of incidents of sexual violence in Japan are not reported to police.
2. Grades of women in medical universities are reduced to prevent them from outperforming men.
3. Child abuse.
4. No freedom for media.
5. No law against racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination.

North Korea

KEY PRAYER NEEDS

1. Extreme Religious Persecution.
2. Starvation and malnutrition.
3. Forced labor of children as young as 4 years of age.
4. Deplorable conditions for women and girls with rampant sexual abuse.
5. No contact with the outside world or media for North Korean people.

Tibet

KEY PRAYER NEEDS

1. Intimidation and arbitrary violence by security forces.
2. Mining and land grabs by local officials.
3. Intensified surveillance of online and phone communications.
4. Religious Persecution.
5. A fair justice system for Tibetans.

Mongolia

KEY PRAYER NEEDS

1. Rampant corruption.
2. Environmental degradation.
3. Religious Persecution.
4. Unemployment and underemployment.
5. Equitable access to justice.