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  • WITHOUT FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF IN NORTH KOREA; WITHOUT FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF IN NORTH KOREA ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; A PRISON WITHOUT BARS: REFUGEE AND DEFECTOR TESTIMONIES OF SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF IN NORTH KOREA ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; Highlights from the Second Round of Interviews ; Variations over Time: Evolution Perhaps, but Little or No Basic Improvement ; DPRK Police Testimony: Breaking up South Korean Spy Rings ; Conclusion: Severe Religious Freedom Violations ; 2. TESTIMONY ON THE STATE OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF IN NORTH KOREA.
  • I. The State of Religious Freedom Specific Responses on the Overall State of Religious Freedom in North Korea ; II. Awareness of or Participation in Religious Activities ; Specific Responses on the Awareness of or Participation in Religious Activity ; III. The Propagation and Practice of KimIlSungism; Specific Reponses on the Practice of KimIlSungism ; 3. RELIGIOUS LIFE IN NORTH KOREA: CONTINUED REPRESSION, CLANDESTINE EXISTENCE, AND THE GROWTH OF SHAMANISM; I. Buddhism in North Korea ; Specific Responses on the Existence of Buddhist Life and Practice.
  • II. The Existence of Clandestine Protestant Activity: An Inconclusive Picture Specific Responses on Clandestine Religious Activity ; III. TheWidespread Re-emergence of Shamanism and Fortune-Telling ; Specific Responses on the Existence of Folk Beliefs and Shamanism ; 4. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE PERSECUTION OF MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND REPATRIATED REFUGEES ; Specific Responses on the Repression of Individuals on Account of their Religious Belief, Affiliation, or Practice ; I. Persecution of Refugees along the North Korean-Chinese Border.
  • Specific Responses on Refugee Lives in China after Fleeing North Korea II. Treatment of North Korean Refugees after Repatriation from China; Specific Interviewee Descriptions of and Responses on the Treatment of Refugees Who Have Had Contact with Religious Groups and Organizations in China ; 5. THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF REPRESSION: TESTIMONIES OF FORMER SECURITY AGENCY OFFICIALS; I. The Roles and Methods of the PSA and NSA ; Specific Responses on Surveillance Methods of the PSA and NSA ; Specific Responses on Training Given to Uncover Clandestine Religious Activity.
  • II. Uncovering Clandestine Religious Activity: The Training and Tactics of Security Agencies in the DPRK Specific Responses on Tactics Used to Uncover Clandestine Religious Activity; III. NSA and PSA Operations along the China-North Korea Border ; Specific Responses on Interrogation by the NSA and PSA ; IV. Religion as a Security and Ideological Threat ; Specific Responses of Former North Korean Security Agents ; APPENDIX 1: METHODOLOGY FOR AND INFORMATION ON THE NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE INTERVIEWS ; I. The Interview Questions.