The problem with State Department reports on religious freedom in North Korea

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The problem with State Department reports on religious freedom in North Korea

Narrow research obscures fact that more citizens are exposed to religion, feeding into pessimism about the situation

Eric Foley June 22, 2023

The problem with State Department reports on religious freedom in North Korea

North Koreans at a church in Pyongyang, which is widely regarded as a fake place of worship set up to hold services for foreign observation | Image: Eric Lafforgue (Sept. 2008)

The following article is an opinion piece by Eric Foley, CEO of the Voice of the Martyrs Korea. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

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