Religion in North Korea (2005)[1]
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There are no known official statistics of religions in North Korea. Officially, North Korea is an atheist state, although its constitution guarantees free exercise of religion, provided that religious practice does not introduce foreign forces, harm the state, or harm the existing social order. Based on estimates from the late 1990s[2] and the 2000s,[1][3] North Korea is mostly irreligious, with the main religions being Shamanism and Chondoism. There are small communities of Buddhists and Christians. Chondoism is represented in politics by the Party of the Young Friends of the Heavenly Way,[4] and is regarded by the government as Korea's "national religion"[5] because of its identity as a minjung (popular)[6] and "revolutionary anti-imperialist" movement.[4]
Chondoism, National Religion
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).