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Kim Il-sung criticized religion in his writings, and North Korean propaganda in literature, movies and other media have presented religion in a negative light. Kim Il-sung's attack on religion was strongly based on the idea that religion had been used as a tool for imperialists in the Korean peninsula.
[16] [17] There are other religious organizations such as the Korean Christian Federation, [18] founded by Christians that joined the communist administration during the division of Korea, [19] [20] or the North Korean Council of Religionists. [21] [22] [23]
Cheondoism (spelled Chondoism in North Korea; [1] Korean: 천도교; lit. Religion of the Celestial Way) is a 20th-century Korean pantheistic religion, based on the 19th-century Donghak religious movement founded by Choe Je-u and codified under Son Byong-hi. [2]
North Korean religious leaders (1 C) M. Monasteries in North Korea (1 C) O. Religious organizations based in North Korea (5 C, 1 P) R. Religious buildings and ...
[8] [9] [10] The Workers' Party of Korea also considers religion a tool of American imperialism and the North Korean state uses this argument to justify its activities. [ 1 ] In 2002, it was estimated that there were 12,000 Protestants , [ 11 ] and 800 Catholics in North Korea, but South Korean and international church-related groups gave ...
As a recent U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom report relays, “the North Korean government regards Christians as ‘counter-revolutionaries’ and ‘traitors’ … who must be ...
The religious behavior of Juche can also be seen in the perspectives of the North Korean people through refugee interviews from former participants in North Korea's ritual occasions. One pertinent example is the Arirang Festival , a gymnastic and artistic festival held in the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang.
North Korea portal; Religion portal; Subcategories. ... North Korean Christians (2 C, 6 P) This page was last edited on 23 December 2020, at 23:34 (UTC). ...