North Korean Christians say north is worse than China or Vietnam

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By Michelle VuWhile international attention is focused on North Korea’s rocket threat, a citizen living inside the country raised another concern that often is overlooked.

According to a letter from a Christian in North Korea to Open Doors USA, the current living conditions in the reclusive country are “very bad.”

“The price of rice continues to increase,” the person (who was not identified) wrote in the letter recently received by the Christian ministry. “Recently five women from our neighborhood were publicly executed; the youngest only age 28… Their crime? Trying to survive by looking for food. After their execution, we were no longer allowed to trade at the market.”

North Korea is one of the poorest countries in the world with about 9 million citizens needing urgent food assistance, according to the World Food Program. The country has depended on food aid since the 1990s when a devastating famine resulted in the death of as many as 2 million people.

But despite widespread hunger, the North Korean government recently refused to accept future U.S. food aid and expelled all five relief groups that distribute American aid in the country.  For more, click here…http://www.christianpost.com/Intl/Persecution/2009/03/n-korean-christian-situation-inside-is-very-bad-30/index.html 

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