Aung San Suu Kyi Calls for New Strategic, Patience to Build Peace

July 17, 2018 — ICC Note: The civilian leader of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday calls for more patience and a new strategic vision in Myanmar peace talks. The 21st-Century Panglong Conference concluded...

Peace Process in Myanmar Hinges on Relationship Between Aung San Suu Kyi and the Military

July 13, 2018 — ICC Note: The peace talks in Myanmar to resolve ongoing military conflicts with ethnic militias, including the Christian-majority Kachin, have been hindered by the collapsed relationship between Myanmar’s civilian leader...

Christians in Myanmar’s Kachin State Need Help

July 12, 2018 — ICC Note: Advocates in the U.S. are calling for the U.S. to impose sanctions again on Myanmar, given the atrocities committed by the tatmadaw (Burmese army) against the mostly Christian Kachin...

Bishop Urges Myanmar’s Army To Stop Offensive Against Kachin State

July 10, 2018 — ICC Note: A bishop in conflict-torn Kachin State has warned Myanmar’s military not to reinforce its troops and called for a ceasefire in the run-up to a planned peace conference. Renewed...

Myanmar’s Military Bombs 60 Churches in Kachin State, Replaces Them with Pagodas

July 6, 2018 — ICC Note: American pastor Bob Roberts who recently traveled to Kachin State in Myanmar reports that Myanmar’s military has bombed 60 churches in the last 18 months, replacing 20 of...

Kachin: A Heaven or Hell of Dreamers’ Dreams

June 29, 2018 —

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06/29/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Beautiful, lush, and deadly, Kachin State sits nestled between the glorious...

Church Concerned About End to Humanitarian Aid in Kachin State

June 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Church aid workers in Kachin state are concerned that the Myanmar military’s warning to the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) to stop humanitarian aid will prevent other groups from helping...

Myanmar’s Ethnic Groups Ask Australia for Help

June 19, 2018 — ICC Note: Over five hundred migrants from Myanmar gather in Perth to call on Australia and other western governments to take action to help protect their ethnic minority groups. Chin (mostly...

Kachin Baptist Convention Halts Aid to IDPs after Threat by Burmese Army

June 18, 2018 — ICC Note: The Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) has been helping internally displaced Kachin after the tatmadaw (Burmese army) resumed its offensive against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in 2011. However, tatmadaw...

Kachin IDPs and Their Sense of Desperation Seven Years After Civil War

June 14, 2018 — ICC Note: Seven years after Tatmadaw (Burmese army) and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) interrupted a ceasefire agreement, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached 150,000. Many live in...

Seven Years of Ongoing Conflicts Affect 150,000 Kachin Lives

June 13, 2018 — ICC Note: On June 9, 2011, the Burmese army Tatmadaw broke the ceasefire agreement between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the government and led an offensive in Momauk. Seven years...

Kachin Catholic Church Damaged by Burmese Army

June 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Holy Family Catholic Church in conflict-torn Kachin State was damaged by Myanmar’s military on May 30. The soldiers fired at random and left bullet holes in the church building...

State Department Reports on Intensified Violence Against Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar

May 30, 2018 — ICC Note: In State Department’s religious freedom report released on May 29, Myanmar’s military campaign to eliminate or drive away its ethnic minorities has intensified. Fighting between the government and rebels...

A Holistic Look at the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar

May 23, 2018 —

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05/23/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In recent months, news outlets around the world have extensively covered...

Myanmar’s Churches Become Shelters for Thousands of Kachin IDPs

May 15, 2018 — ICC Note: More than thousands of internally displaced Kachin have taken refuge in churches as a result of the Burmese military’s ongoing offensive against ethnic rebel groups. The situation is worrisome...

Myanmar’s Invisible War on the Kachin Christians is Taking Place

May 14, 2018 — ICC Note: While the world zooms in on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, there are more than 6,800 Kachin Christian villagers forced to flee mortar and heavy weapon attacks from the...