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North Korea has a reputation for locking up Christians, but there are some officially sanctioned churches. One of them is a Roman Catholic church, and now South Korea's Catholic Church says it has reached an agreement with North Korea to send priests there on a regular basis to celebrate major holy days. The announcement follows a visit to Pyongyang by South Korean bishops last week. Donald Baker, Professor of Korean History and Civilisation at the University of British Columbia, explains what a service is like inside the Catholic Church in Pyongyang.

(Picture: North Korean Roman Catholics at worship in Pyongyang. Credit: Piergiorgio Pescali)