The North Korean government has released new guidelines outlining greater surveillance of 'anti-government' practices
New guidelines released by the North Korea's Ministry of People's Security will result in increased surveillance and even more severe punishment for Christians throughout the closed country, according to one organisation.
Reverend Eric Foley, chief executive of US-based Seoul USA, which works to equip and prepare those who feel called to ministry in North Korea, says that four behaviours will be subject to heightened enforcement under the new guidelines.
These are: slandering leader Kim Jong-un, drug trafficking and consumption, distributing or viewing illegal recordings, and superstitious behaviour.
There are fears that these guidelines will be used against Christians, leading to increased fears for believers in the officially atheist nation which regards organised religion as a threat to the dictatorship.
"In North Korea, failing to give Kim Jong-un all glory and honour is the same as 'slandering' him," Foley explains.
"Underground Christians also use Christian videos bought in from outside the country for discipleship. And everything – from bowing one's head to possessing a Bible – is 'superstitious behaviour'." Keep reading
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