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Thirty-three people have been arrested and face the death penalty in North Korea for helping a missionary in his efforts to set up a network of 500 underground churches.<\/p>\n

From Kim Jong-Un \u2018orders 33 people to be executed\u2019 say South Korean press | Mail Online<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Thirty-three North Koreans face execution after being charged with attempting to overthrow the repressive regime of Kim Jong-un.<\/p>\n

The Koreans have landed themselves in hot water after it emerged they had worked with South Korean Baptist missionary Kim Jung-wook and received money to set up 500 underground churches. It is understood they will be put to death in a cell at the State Security Department.<\/p>\n

Experts believe the North Koreans are being punished more harshly than usual as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un combats a wave of dissatisfaction at the regime\u2019s isolationist \u201cjuche\u201d doctrine.<\/p>\n

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Missionary Kim Jung-wook was arrested and jailed last year for allegedly trying to establish underground churches. Last week he held a press conference at which he apologized for committing \u201canti-state\u201d crimes and appealed for his release from North Korean custody<\/p>\n

He told reporters that he was arrested in early October after entering the North from China and trying to make his way to Pyongyang with Bibles, Christian instructional materials and movies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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