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This site has been created by the UK charity Release International to raise the profile of the plight of North Korean refugees in China.
        Through our international network of missions, Release International serves persecuted Christians in 30 countries around the world by supporting pastors and Christian prisoners, and their families; supplying Christian literature and Bibles; and working for justice.
        For further information visit www.releaseinternational.org
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Watch these real-life stories of North Korean refugees in China by clicking on the circles below. To download any of these video files to your own computer, right click to 'save target as' or 'save link as'.

Tim Peters talks about the underground church in North Korea.
            Click circle to watch video (2m). 'Religious persecution is absolute inside North Korea. Christians outside the few state-run 'show churches' are not allowed to have a Bible, are forbidden to gather. If it is revealed that a family is Christian, then not only the one who has committed this state crime would be taken off to a political prison camp, but that individual's children, and their parents: three generations. This is possibly the most severe Christian persecution that exists in the world.'
Tim Peters, Helping Hands Korea. Chul
North Korean farmer
‘When the harvest comes, the military take all our food ...’
Click circle to watch video (30s). Suk
North Korean lady farmer
‘I escaped from North Korea five times, and twice I was captured by traffickers’
Click circle to watch video (1m). Peter
North Korean evangelist
‘When I go back to North Korea it’s very dangerous’
Click circle to watch video (1m).
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