117 Witnesses Detail North Korea’s Persecution of Christians
Drawn from experiences stretching from 1990 to 2019, KFI’s report lists scores of violations. These include 36 instances of punishment meted out to family members, 36 instances of torture, and 20 executions. Women and girls represent 60 percent of the victims.
And Christians are disproportionately imprisoned—by far.
Open Doors, which has ranked North Korea No. 1 in its World Watch List for 19 straight years, estimates there are 300,000 Christians in the population of 25 million. Tens of thousands of these occupy the gulag.
Of KFI’s 273 victims, Christians total nearly 80 percent: 215 cases....