Tag: North Korea
What Pope Francis’ trip to Mongolia could mean for Vatican relations...
During the four-day trip, the pope is scheduled to meet with government leaders, engage in interreligious dialogue
2.3 billion people lack access to clean cooking globally
Currently, only seven countries in Asia have clean cooking access rates below 20%, including five small island nations
Study shows over 50 million people living in modern slavery worldwide
Urgent and coordinated action is needed to protect and support the millions of victims trapped in this grave violation of human rights
North Korea punishes unwed couples who are living together
North Korea is sending unwed couples who are living together to serve time in labor camps
In bid to boost childbearing, North Korea offers sporadic extra food
North Korea’s birth rate is about 1.8 children per woman – just below the replacement level of 2.1 births, according to 2020 World Bank data
Persecution of Christians at its highest point in 30 years; North...
An increasing phenomenon of a “refugee” church, due to the number of Christians fleeing persecution has been noted
North Korea forces youth to join grueling pilgrimage to sacred Paektu...
‘Why should I have to pay so much money to go suffer in the freezing cold?’
Pope Francis asks North Korea to invite him to visit
A potential papal visit to the isolated, nuclear-armed country was previously floated in 2018
Graveyard sheds light on Kim Jong Un’s South Korean heritage
A remote graveyard on a resort island shows, Kim Jong Un has closer links to the South than he might like to admit
North Korea confirms first COVID-19 death in ‘explosive’ outbreak
North Korea has been under a rigid coronavirus blockade since the start of the pandemic in 2020
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