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News North Korea » Religion: Rethinking North Korea: The Christian Roots Of A Political Cult

News channel or source: https://religionunplugged.com/news/2026/5/11/rethinking-north-korea-new-book-looks-at-the-christian-roots-of-a-political-cult
Published on: Thursday 28 May 2026

How did Christianity shape North Korea? A new 745-page book argues the regime built by Kim Il Sung resembles a national religion that borrows some ideas from Christianity — complete with myths, ...

News North Korea » Religion: North Korea claims victory in 'war on religion'

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/north-korea-claims-victory-in-war-on-religion/ar-AA1RleQL
Published on: Thursday 27 November 2025

Pyongyang boasts of crushing underground churches, but defectors and rights groups say secret worship persists despite harsh crackdowns and severe punishments.North Korea is continuing its crackdown ...

News North Korea » Religion: Digging Up North Korea’s Christian Roots

News channel or source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/12/digging-up-north-koreas-christian-roots/
Published on: Monday 11 May 2026

In the summer of 1998, I traveled to the northeast region of China to visit a unique educational institution. The Yanbian University of Science and Technology (YUST), founded six years before, was the ...

News North Korea » Religion: Korean cultural roots : religion and social thoughts / edited by Ho-Youn Kwon

News channel or source: https://www.si.edu/object/korean-cultural-roots-religion-and-social-thoughts-edited-ho-youn-kwon:siris_sil_888666
Published on: Saturday 02 August 2025

"The articles in this book have been chosen from the third North Park College Korean Symposium held in October of 1993." -- p. [11] Foreword / David Horner. -- Introduction / Ho-Youn Kwon. -- Part 1.

News North Korea » Religion: The unlikely inspiration for North Korea’s first dictator

News channel or source: https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/05/21/the-unlikely-inspiration-for-north-koreas-first-dictator
Published on: Thursday 21 May 2026

P eople have been predicting the collapse of North Korea’s communist dictatorship since 1948, when Kim Il Sung seized p ...