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2017.08.04
| Won | Pyongyang | Sinuiju | Hyesan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange Rate | 8,130 | 8,110 | 8,125 |
| Rice Price | 5,770 | 5,740 | 5,800 |
[imText1]Dozens of people involved with the running of underground churches in North Korea have been sent to prison camps and their leaders executed, according to information received by North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity (NKIS).
Citing a source inside North Korea, NKIS released the news in a report on Wednesday, saying, “In mid-May it came to light that 23 residents of Kuwal-dong, Pyungsung, South Pyongan Province were involved in religious activities and arrested.” The source went on, “After interrogation, three of them, who were found to have been the leaders, were executed, and the rest were sent to the No. 15 Kwanliso in Yoduk.”
According to NKIS, the three learned about Christianity while in China on private business, and after that had begun to spread the gospel to relatives and neighborhood acquaintances.
The National Security Agency (NSA) has apparently expanded its investigation after confirming that the missionary activities may have reached as far as Shinuiju, the NKIS source added.
The source reported that, “Several residents who met these religious people were also caught and have been put under interrogation. Since the situation is getting worse, many people have become susceptible to superstition and religion. Therefore, the authorities deal with religious cases severely.”
North Korea claims to have complete freedom of religion, and maintains Bongsu and Chilgol churches in Pyongyang and a number of Buddhist temples to try and prove it, but the reality is that they strictly punish religious expression if they find it.
Hwang Jang Yop, the former President of Kim Il Sung University, explained, “We established the Religion Department when I was President of Kim Il Sung University. The reason was to show to other countries that North Korea has freedom of religion.” According to Hwang, religion graduates become agents working on espionage operations against South Korea.
One defector, who came to South Korea from Chongjin in 2006 and whose parents were Christians until the liberation from Japan in 1945, added, “Some graduates of the university worked at these churches, but they were not real Christians.”
Citing a source inside North Korea, NKIS released the news in a report on Wednesday, saying, “In mid-May it came to light that 23 residents of Kuwal-dong, Pyungsung, South Pyongan Province were involved in religious activities and arrested.” The source went on, “After interrogation, three of them, who were found to have been the leaders, were executed, and the rest were sent to the No. 15 Kwanliso in Yoduk.”
According to NKIS, the three learned about Christianity while in China on private business, and after that had begun to spread the gospel to relatives and neighborhood acquaintances.
The National Security Agency (NSA) has apparently expanded its investigation after confirming that the missionary activities may have reached as far as Shinuiju, the NKIS source added.
The source reported that, “Several residents who met these religious people were also caught and have been put under interrogation. Since the situation is getting worse, many people have become susceptible to superstition and religion. Therefore, the authorities deal with religious cases severely.”
North Korea claims to have complete freedom of religion, and maintains Bongsu and Chilgol churches in Pyongyang and a number of Buddhist temples to try and prove it, but the reality is that they strictly punish religious expression if they find it.
Hwang Jang Yop, the former President of Kim Il Sung University, explained, “We established the Religion Department when I was President of Kim Il Sung University. The reason was to show to other countries that North Korea has freedom of religion.” According to Hwang, religion graduates become agents working on espionage operations against South Korea.
One defector, who came to South Korea from Chongjin in 2006 and whose parents were Christians until the liberation from Japan in 1945, added, “Some graduates of the university worked at these churches, but they were not real Christians.”
