Communist Party Members Infiltrate Chinese Churches for DecadesMay 22, 2018 — ICC Note: UCA News published the first of three articles focusing on research carried out by Professor Ying Fuk-tsang about the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to infiltrate churches and church organizations...
Ways You Can Pray for North Korea’s Human Rights and ChristiansMay 21, 2018 — ICC Note: Although North Korean government recently released three Korean-American detainees all believed to be Christians, it does not signify that human rights situation in the country is improving. Open Doors...
Shandong Authorities Confiscate More Than Thousands of Christian PublicationsMay 7, 2018 — ICC Note: Authorities in China’s Shandong province confiscated more than 1,100 copies of alleged “illegal” Christian publications and disks during their visits to at least five house churches, in the name...
North Korean Christians Disappointed at Summit Peace TalksMay 7, 2018 — ICC Note: North Korean Christians do not find the historic summit between the two Koreas last month satisfactory. “This is not what we’ve been praying for,” they said. A serious focus...
Three Korean-American Detainees in North Korea Could Be Released SoonMay 2, 2018 — ICC Note: Sources say the American detainees Kim Hak-song, Kim Sang-duk and Kim Dong-chul in North Korea might be released soon to coincide with the upcoming U.S-North Korea Summit. They are...
Fujian Kindergarten Set Up by Church Raided by PoliceApril 27, 2018 — ICC Note: On April 16, officials from local religious affairs bureau and ministry of education investigated a kindergarten in Fujian province set up by a local church. Classes, books, supplies,...
Papuan Christians Fear Islamization of Their ProvinceApril 26, 2018 — ICC Note: In Christian majority Papua, Indonesia, local residents begin to see growing number of mosques in this once quite isolated province. A controversial Islamic center and cemetery was recently...
Montagnard Christian Refugees in Cambodia Concerned About Possible DeportationApril 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...
Missionaries in Northeast China Spread Gospel to North KoreaApril 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Along the Chinese border, many missionaries are risking their lives to spread Christianity to North Korea. They host or provide refuge to North Korean defectors, and in terms...
Rights Group Reports Intensified Crackdowns on Activists and Religious Followers in VietnamApril 5, 2018 — ICC Note: In its latest report, Amnesty International condemns Vietnam for targeting religious followers and activists over basic human rights. Among the 97 known prisoners of conscience, 57 are religious followers,...
In Mindanao, Christians and Muslims Gather to Bring Peace and Hope After WarMarch 25, 2018 — ICC Note: Silsilah, a Catholic initiative for dialogue and peace is continuing its activities to rebuild hope and peace between Christians and Muslims in a war torn Mindanao. The five-month...
Mob Attacks Hmong Christians in Vietnam Who Refuse to Renounce Their FaithMarch 19, 2018 — ICC Note: On March 1, a mob attacked four Hmong families that recently converted to Christianity after they refused to renounce their faith. 24 people were targeted, and four were...
Release of Three Imprisoned Korean-Americans Being NegotiatedMarch 19, 2018 — ICC Note: According to multiple reports, North Korea has been talking with the U.S. and Sweden to negotiate the possibility of releasing three detained Korean-Americans. This comes at a time...
Myanmar and Its Burmanization of Ethnic Minority GroupsMarch 18, 2018 — ICC Note: For decades the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin and other minority groups in Myanmar have been put through a process they call Burmanization — an informal system in which...
Police in Myanmar Probe Killing of Two Christian Kachin RefugeesMarch 14, 2018 — ICC Note: The bodies of two Kachin refugees living in Mansi township were recovered last Thursday and police are investigating. Both victims are reported to have exit wounds in their...
Possible Talk Between North Korea and the U.S. Raises Hope for 3 Detained AmericansMarch 14, 2018 — ICC Note: A possible talk between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gives hope for the release of three American detainees currently held by North Korea. All three...
