Christian groups in North Korea are vowing to carry on their missionary work despite mounting risks since Korean-American activist Kenneth Bae was imprisoned two years ago.
North Korea and neighbouring China have clamped down on the groups’ activities recently, and the organisations say that has forced them to become more secretive. Bae’s unexpected release has not changed that.
“We are getting more nervous,” said Kim Seung-eun, a missionary for the Caleb Mission, which is based in South Korea’s South Chungcheong Province but frequently travels to North Korea. “We have to come up with a strategy to avoid another case like Kenneth Bae’s.”
The North Korean government arrested Bae in November 2012 at a border crossing with a tour group of Christian students, saying he was plotting to bring down the government through “religious activities” by setting up a base for Christian missionaries at a hotel in the northern city of Rason…Read More
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