When most people hear of persecution of the Christians, they think of Ancient Rome in the 1st century. The days of martyrs and edicts banning Christian practices are considered long gone. People usually never think to consider it as something that is currently going on. But what people don’t know is that 65% of the 70 million Christians who have been killed for their faith lived in the 20th century, and believers are still being killed to this day.
In North Korea, persecution is alive and rampant.
North Korea is known to be intolerant of religion, and only the founder of the country and his son(Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-il) can be worshipped in mass public display.
Human rights groups in North Korea are saying that the persecution of Christians is growing more intense every day. In North Korea, owning a Bible can be just reason for torture.
There are reports of a woman being publicly executed last month because she was charged with distributing Bibles and spying for South Korea and the U.S. Her parents, husband, and children were then sent to prison camps.
According to Open Doors USA, North Korea is the number one nation in the world for persecuting Christians. Tens of thousands are reported to have been sent to prison camps, tortured, and/or killed. Saudi Arabia, Iran and Somalia are also listed in the Open Doors top five.
It is estimated that there are currently 30,000 Christians practicing secretly in North Korea.
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This is deep Alex.I was reading something about this like a year ago. We take things like simply carrying a Bible for granted.
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