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North Korean Christians Endure Another Year of Worship to Country’s ‘Living God’ on Founder’s Birthday

April 16, 2021 by Staff

(Premier Christian News) Although the founder of North Korea died in 1994, an escapee tells Premier that Christians still have to bow to Kim Il-Sung every year, something he remembers doing himself. 

The current leader Kim Jong-Il’s grandfather was born on 15th April 1912 and is praised publicly each year for founding the state, although this year it was marked with mask-clad dancers in the capital Pyongyang.  

A escapee from North Korea has told Premier that for Christians, it is a reminder of how they are not allowed to worship their own God. 

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