Per the United States Department of State on Christians in North Korea...
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-repor...rth-korea/
Quote:In an October 2021 report, the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Korea Future described the government’s denial of religious freedom as absolute and cited multiple incidents of arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and inhuman treatment, and executions of persons because of their religious belief.
The NGO Open Doors USA (ODUSA) estimated that authorities held 50,000 to 70,000 citizens in prison for being Christian. ODUSA stated that Christians experienced persecution that was “violent and intense” and that “life for Christians … is a constant cauldron of pressure; capture or death is only a mistake away.”
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-repor...rth-korea/