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A North Korean Protestant pastor reported at a 1989 meeting of the National Council of Churches in Washington that his country had 10,000 Protestants and 1,000 Catholics who worshiped in 500 home churches. Today, the total number of Christians in North Korea is liberally estimated to be no more than somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000. [77]
However, due to the regime's policy of stifling religion, North Korea's religious population has been greatly reduced, In a report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council in 2001, the North Korean regime recorded a total of 37,800 religious people, including 15,000 Chondoists, 10,000 Buddhists, 12,000 Protestants, and 800 Catholics. [28]
[1] [5] Unauthorised religion is illegal and is often practiced in secret. [2] In 2019, North Korea was ranked as the worst country in the world in terms of Christian persecution by international Catholic aid organization Aid to the Church in Need. [6] In 2023, the country was ranked as the worst place in the world to be a Christian by Open ...
North Korea: Population 24,350,000, Christian 2.0%, Unaffiliated 71.3%, Buddhist 1.5%, Folk Religion 12.3%, Other Religion 12.9% traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
Pages in category "Religion in North Korea" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Category: North Korean people by religion. 7 languages. ... North Korean Christians (2 C, 6 P) This page was last edited on 23 December 2020, at 23:34 (UTC). ...
Taking a page from the Soviets, a “dictionary on philosophy” published by the North Korean Academy of Social Science Philosophy Institute defines religion as “historically seized by the ...
[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 ...