By Anthony Bushfield
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Items with crosses on them are being confiscated across North Korea as the secretive state begins its latest crackdown on Christianity.
The dictatorship has banned crucifixes and crosses, according to Radio Free Asia.
Clothing, books, jewellery and other items are being binned by officials in a bid to wipe out all signs of faith.
Kim Jong-un's regime is atheist and believes North Koreans should only worship the country's leaders.
Students have even been warned to take care when writing plus signs in maths lessons to avoid them being mistaken for a cross.
"We've always had to make sure there were no Korean characters on the labels of products that we brought in from China," said one shop keeper on Radio Free Asia.
"Now we have to check again to see that there isn't anything that looks like a cross.
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