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“Including prisoners in political prison camps, there are 40,000 underground believers,” Minister Lim Chang Ho asserts.North Korean officials, in spite of asserting to the outside world that they guarantee the freedom of religion and maintaining some churches in P..
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North Korea has not made any progress in allowing genuine religious freedom, according to the 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom released by the U.S. State Department yesterday, the 26th.The report notes that the North Korean government allows litt..
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) reported in an announcement on the 15th that North Korea remains one of the world’s greatest repressors of religious freedom and other human rights. In its report, the USCIRF states, “The internationa..
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Yanji, China -- According to a testimony from a source inside the North, some underground churches operating in the North are, in fact, fake churches which take orders from the National Security Agency and whose mission is to unmask underground Christians. “It was..
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The U.S. State Department, which annually investigates religious freedom of each country, pointed out through the “2006 Report on Religion,” that, “Normally, communist countries tend to gradually ease religious persecution, but North Korea is an exceptional count..
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“When North Korean church members meet, they send their children outside the room. This is because it is too dangerous for even the children to know that they believe in Jesus.”On the 29th, Todd Nettleton, Director of News Services for the Voice of the Martyrs, a..
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Bongsu Church is the first Christian place of worship built during the communist rule. In September 1988, North Korean regime constructed the two-storey building with 450 seats in Mankyongdae district, Pyongyang, in order to show the country’s ‘religious freedom’..
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On the 15th the U.S. Department of State announced the ‘International Religious Freedom Report 2006’ and categorized North Korea as a country with severe restrictions to religious freedom. U.S. Department of State John Hanford, Ambassador at Large for Internationa..
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An international missionary organization ‘Open Doors International’ asserted that of 200,000 Christians residing in North Korea, 50,000~70,000 believers are being detained in gulags. ‘Open Doors International’ is an organization known for ministering to communis..
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Pastor Issac, of the Motungidol mission, which has been focusing on North Korean missions, stressed that “Churches that are part of the North Korean Christians Federation have been using the Bongsu Church and the Chilgol Church for publicity, although the funds and..
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