According to a South Korean newspaper, several large-scale public executions of around 80 people have taken place in North Korea on Sunday November 3.
It is difficult to ascertain Why the executions took place, but the paper speculates that they may have been carried out to suppress unrest and stop capitalist ideology from growing, as they took place in areas of recent economic growth.
It is difficult to ascertain Why the executions took place, but the paper speculates that they may have been carried out to suppress unrest and stop capitalist ideology from growing, as they took place in areas of recent economic growth.
JoongAng Ilbo reported that in Wonsan, in Kangwon Province, 10,000 people, including women and children were ordered into Shinpoong Stadium, and forced to watch eight people, who were tied to stakes with sacks over their heads, being killed by machine guns.
Its source said: ‘I heard from the residents that they watched in terror as the corpses were riddled by machine-gun fire that they were hard to identify afterwards.’
Other executions took place in Chongjin in North Hamgyong Province, Sariwon in North Hwanghae Province and Pyongsong in South Pyongan.
North Koreans are forced to adhere to the Juche ideology - a doctrine which mixes Marxism with the worship of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung and his descendents.
Colorado-based preacher, Pastor Foley, estimates that there are 100,000 Christians in North Korea. For the past seven years him and his supporters have been been releasing hydrogen balloons carrying bundles of Bibles into North Korea. Last year, they dropped an estimated 50,000 Bibles into the country.
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