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According to the Associated Press, such reports are almost impossible to verify because of the North Korean government’s tight control over its citizens.
North Korea claims to guarantee freedom of religion but severely restricts religious observance. She was executed June 16 in Ryongchon, a city near North Korea’s border with China.
The following day, her parents, husband and three children were sent to a political prison camp in Hoeryong, the activists said.
The group claimed it has papers obtained from North Korea documenting the arrests and execution, the Associated Press reported. It is not known whether this woman survived.
Although North Korea claims its citizens have freedom of religion, the government allows only four Christian churches to operate publicly and ordinary North Koreans are not allowed to attend services, the Associated Press reported.
Korea reportedly executes Christian woman for distributing Bible
Seoul, South Korea, Jul 25, 2009 / 11:49 am
Last month North Korea publicly executed a Christian woman for distributing the Bible, South Korean activists said on Friday. Some observers estimate 30,000 Christians worship secretly in the country, where the government promotes a cult of personality focused on its late president, Kim Il Sung, and his son, the current ruler, Kim Jong Il.
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North Korea does not maintain an embassy in the United States, but the country does have a representative to the United Nations.
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N. However, executions are still carried out for crimes ranging from murder to circulating foreign movies.
"North Korea appears to have judged that Christian forces could pose a threat to its regime," South Korean activist Do Hee-youn told reporters.
It is believed that tens of thousands of Christians are currently suffering in North Korean prison camps, according to Open Doors.
The government has authorized four state churches: one Catholic, two Protestant and one Russian Orthodox. Her grieving and distraught family were then packed off to a prison camp.
Curiously, the United Church of Canada (UCC) — a nominally Christian organization — failed even to mention the Pyongyang regime’s systematic persecution of its co-religionists, including the murder of Ms.
Ri, during its national conference last week. According to a report from an alliance of several dozen anti-North Korea groups, her execution took place on June 16 in the northwestern city of Ryongchon near the Chinese border.
Her relatives were sent to a political prison camp in the northeastern city of Hoeryong the day after her execution.
The report on her execution cited unidentified documents said to be obtained from North Korea.
Her husband also was arrested and their two children disappeared. The U.S. State Department says that genuine religious freedom does not exist in the country.
While the government in the North has authorized four state churches, one Catholic, two Protestant and one Russian Orthodox, they cater to foreigners and ordinary North Koreans cannot attend.
Her parents, husband and three children have reportedly been sent to a prison camp.
Ri Hyon Ok, 33, was also accused of spying for South Korea and the United States and organizing dissidents, Fox News reports. She was executed in the northwestern city of Ryongchon bordering China on 16 June, according to a report from the Investigative Commission on Crimes against Humanity published Friday.
The Investigative Commission on Crime Against Humanity report included a copy of Ri's government-issued photo ID and said her husband, children and parents were sent to a political prison the day after her June 16 execution.
The report said the claims cannot be verified Friday and there has been no mention by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) of her case.
The Investigative commission, a coalition of 50 activist groups, is calling for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to be charged with crimes against humanity.
Officially North Korea guarantees freedom of religion.
As her parents, husband and children were forced to look on, the 33-year-old mother was shot in front of a crowd in the northwestern city of Ryongchon. More than 30,000 North Korean are believed to practice Christianity secretly.
A state-run South Korean think tank’s annual report on human rights in North Korea reported that the number of public executions is declining in recent years, the Associated Press says.
And practically no Korean dare to practice their faith.
The execution would mark a harsh turn in the crackdown on religion in North Korea, a country where Christianity once flourished and where the capital, Pyongyang, was known as the "Jerusalem of the East" for the predominance of the Christian faith.
Earlier, warning was given to Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) who had confirmed that an anonymous fax apparently from the North Korean embassy for Finland on 5 June promises workers affiliated with VOM that "something very bad will happen to you" if VOM continues a special project to share the Gospel.
The warning was in response to VOM who has been sending faxes to many fax numbers it has obtained from inside the reclusive nation.
North Korea is ranked number one for seven years in a row in the annual Open Doors Watch List 2009 as the country that has the worst persecution of Christians.
Christian mother executed in North Korea on Bible distribution charges
A mother of three, Ri Hyon-ok, 33, was accused of spying for South Korea and the United States, organizing dissidents, the Associated Press reported.
Instead, the UCC devoted hours to discussing of alleged crimes by the Jewish state of Israel against Palestinians. Compiled by Baptist Press assistant editor Mark Kelly.
Blind to True Suffering
Lorne Gunter, National Post Published: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
On June 16, North Korean Christian Ri Hyon-ok was publicly executed for the crime of distributing Bibles.