North Korea Celebrates its Founder Kim Il-sung’s “Birthdaymas”

April 16, 2018 — ICC Note: April 15 is known as the “Day of the Sun” and celebrated as the most important holiday in North Korea, as it is the birthday of the country’s...

Damaged Cathedral in War-torn Marawi to be Demolished

April 16, 2018 — ICC Note: St. Mary’s Cathedral in Marawi city was desecrated and burned by terrorists during the siege last May. With the consent of Marawi Bishop Edwin dela Peña, the 84-year-old cathedral...

Special Report: North Korean Defectors’ Journey to the South

April 15, 2018 — 04/13/2018 North Korea (Channel News Asia) – Most North Koreans who break out do so by crossing the river border. Meet some of those who made it to Seoul: Song...

Philippine Diocese Seeks Justice for the Killing of Catholic Priest

April 14, 2018 — ICC Note: Father Marcelito Paez was killed last December by unidentified gunmen after he facilitated the release of a political prisoner. A diocese in the northern Philippine has launched a campaign...

Henan Demands Religious Practitioners to Register with the Residents’ Committee

April 13, 2018 — ICC Note: On April 4, local authorities in Pengyuan district of central Henan province demanded residents who follow the officially recognized five religions to register with the residents’ committee. Whether...

Vietnam Sentences Catholic Activist to 9 years in Prison

April 13, 2018 — ICC Note: Vietnam sentenced Teresa Tran Thi Xuan, a Catholic activist who speaks out on social injustice to nine years in prison and five years under house arrest, for “attempting to...

Nagasaki Opens Museum Honoring Persecuted Christians in Japan

April 12, 2018 — ICC Note: A museum in Nagasaki opened earlier this month in remembrance of the 26 Christians who were killed for their faith before Japan legalized the religion in the 19th century....

Missionary Shares How Her Abduction Helps Lead Captors to Christ

April 12, 2018 — ICC Note: Gracia Burnham, a Kansas missionary who was abducted by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines in 2001 along with her husband, shares recently how her year-long abduction planted seeds...

Indonesia Engages Youth to Tackle Religious Intolerance

April 11, 2018 — ICC Note: Two Indonesian interfaith groups held a special peace-building gathering on April 7 featuring 50 young children from various faiths, including Muslims, Christians and Buddhists, in an attempt to...

Former State Administration for Religious Affairs Director in China Promoted

April 11, 2018 — ICC Note: Former head of the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA), Wang Zuoan, has been transferred to the United Front Work Department (UFWD) and promoted to deputy director. Some believers...

Church Crosses Removed in Henan Province

April 11, 2018 — ICC Note: According to the state news agency Global Times, China approved the removal of "two or three" crosses of churches in Yichuan county, Henan province, because the parishes were...

Cardinal Zen Dedicates His Human Rights Award to Persecuted Christians in China

April 10, 2018 — ICC Note: Hong Kong’s Bishop Emeritus, Cardinal Joseph Zen, wants to dedicate the human rights award he receives from the Stephanus Foundation to all Christians persecuted in China, and will use...

Young Adventist Missionary in Papua, Indonesia Killed

April 8, 2018 — ICC Note: A 24-year old medical missionary serving in a remote area of the Star Mountain regency in Papua, Indonesia, was violently killed on March 29, 2018. Police is still...

Montagnard Christian Refugees in Cambodia Concerned About Possible Deportation

April 7, 2018 — ICC Note: Montagnard Christians fleeing religious persecution in Vietnam are afraid of imminent deportation, as they see heightened police presence outside their homes in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Cambodian government has...

Vietnamese Christian Lawyer and Pastor Sentenced for ‘Subversion’

April 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Vietnam sentenced six Vietnamese activists to harsh jail sentences on April 5, accusing them of overthrowing the communist state. Among them, pastor Nguyen Trung Ton and Christian lawyer...

Armed Ethnic Minority Group Will Launch New Offensives Against Burmese Army

April 6, 2018 — ICC Note: The Kachin Independence Army is planning to launch new offensives on April 10 against the Myanmar military in Kachin state. The majority Christian ethnic minority group has been rocked...