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Spreading Gospel a mission of death.
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Christian converts sent back to evangelize in North Korea
SEOUL
Like most North Koreans, Son Jong-nam knew next to nothing about Christianity when he fled to neighboring China in 1998. Nearly 11 years later, he died back in North Korea in prison, reportedly tortured to death for trying to spread the Gospel in his native land, armed with 20 Bibles and 10 cassette tapes of hymns. He was 50.
His story, pieced together by his younger brother, a defector who lives inSouth Korea, sheds light on a little-discussed practice: the return of North Korean converts to evangelize in their home country - a risky move, but one of the few ways to penetrate a country that bars most citizens from outside TV or radio and the Internet.
Little is known about the practice, thought to have started in the late 1990s. Missionaries won't say how many defectors they have sent back to North Korea, citing their safety and that of the defectors.
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