"To a concentration camp for North Korean defectors facing North Korea and Christianity"

Last year, it was alleged that among North Korean defectors forced to return to the North from China, those who had contact with Christians were sent to political prison camps.

Radio Free Asia, RFA, cited a report published by ACN, an international aid organization under the Vatican, to help the suffering church.

The broadcaster said ordinary North Korean defectors who were forcibly sent to the North were given relatively light punishments, but those who came into contact with Christians entered political prison camps and received life sentences without parole.

In addition, it is difficult to accurately identify Christians in North Korea due to severe religious persecution, but it was estimated that there are about 98,000.