May 03, 2024
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North Korea’s treatment of religious people worse than China’s: Pence

U.S. will "stand for the freedom of religion" on the Korean peninsula, VP says

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday criticized North Korea's poor record on religious freedom, calling its treatment of people of faith worse than China's.

Speaking at a State Department conference on religious freedom, the U.S. vice president indicated Washington would push the DPRK on its religious persecution record.

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