The festival of Christmas may have been celebrated with joy and happiness in most parts of the world but not in North Korea.
Yes, you read it right! This Christmas, the dictator of the country, Kim Jong-un, forced the Christians of North Korea to worship his grandmother Kim Jong-Suk, who is known as “Sacred Mother of the Revolution” and not Jesus Christ.
Kim Jong-Suk was also born on the Christmas eve; she worked as a Communist activist and anti-Japanese guerilla. She married Kim II Sung who was the first dictator of the country. Kim Jong-Suk died in 1949 in unexplained circumstances.
Kim Jong-un hates the Christmas tree so much that in 2014, when he came to know that South Korea is planning to erect a big Christmas tree along the border, he warned them of a war and thus, the tree was never planted.
There was a good number of Christians in the capital city of North Korea, Pyongyang, and a seated Catholic Bishop but in 1950, the authorities curbed all the Christian activities and it is being estimated by the Human Rights Group that nearly 50,000 -70,000 people are in prison for following Christianity. It is also said that these prisons are similar to the concentration camps.
The dictator definitely has crossed all the limits and it’s really surprising that the big nations of the world are not trying enough to help the people of North Korea. What is your opinion in this matter? Do let us know in the comments section below.