Can religion give impetus for change in North Korea?

Characteristics of the Christian movement in North Korea and the former GDR are fundamentally different and based on the facts presented before. While the Christians in the North can only operate in the underground, at risk of being sentenced to work in a labour camp, to torture or even to execution...

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Main Author: Horak, Sven ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
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Published: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main 2010
In: Journal of religious culture
Year: 2010
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