North Korea executed three leaders of the underground church and jailed 20 other Christians, reported a news agency focused on Asia.
Although the execution and imprisonment happened in mid-May, news only got out this month.
According to AsiaNews, North Korean police raided a house in Kuwal-dong in Pyungsung county, Pyongan province, and arrested all 23 believers who were gathered there for religious activity.
The leaders were sentenced to death and soon after executed. The other 20 were reportedly sent to the infamous prison labor camp No. 15 in Yodok. The 23 Christians had come to faith after some of them traveled to China on business and met with church members there.
North Korea Intellectual Solidarity, a group of North Korean defectors based in Seoul that seeks to raise awareness about injustice in North Korea, confirmed the events.
For eight straight years, Open Doors has ranked North Korea as the world’s worst persecutor of Christians.
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