http://au.christiantoday.com/article/n-korean-christians-pray-amid-gov-military-aggression/6348.htm

Open Doors ranked North Korea as the No. 1 persecutor of Christians for the seventh year in a row in its latest World Watch List. Earlier this month, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that the State Department re-designate North Korea on its list of “countries of particular concern” (CPCs) for its systematic and egregious violations of religious freedom.

It is illegal to be a Christian or to believe in any faith in North Korea other than a semi-personality cult revolving around dictator Kim Jong-Il and his deceased father. Being discovered a Christian can result in imprisonment in labor camps, torture or even public execution.

Dictator Kim Jong-Il is said to be greatly afraid of the expansion of Christianity in North Korea. He reportedly attributes the fall of communism in Eastern Europe to the expansion of Christianity and fears he will be toppled if the religion grows in the country.