Christian women are ‘agents of resistance’ against North Korea’s Communist regime
by Julian Mann, Christian Today:
Christian women are acting as “agents of resistance” against the Communist regime in North Korea, according to a human rights organisation.
Korea Future launched its latest report, “Religious Women as Beacons of Resistance in North Korea”, on Thursday.
Using their membership of underground churches, Christian women are spreading the faith and challenging the regime, the report found.
Through their networks on the margins of society, women who convert to Christianity “challenge the authority of the state’s control over women’s bodies and minds and empower other religious women to become agents of resistance”, it says.
One witness interviewed for the report said: “The underground church members in North Korea were believers who had converted in China.
“They already knew about Christianity, including hymns and the Bible.
“Most members were women who had been trafficked and sold into forced marriages with Chinese men and later escaped.”
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