Humanitarian Access Blocked for Myanmar’s Kachin State

May 18, 2019 — 05/18/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – According to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in Kachin and northern Shan state, nearly 47,000 people have been temporarily displaced...

Burmese Radical Monk Wants People to Worship Military Like God

May 16, 2019 — 05/16/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On May 5, hundreds of people joined a pro-military rally in front of the city hall in Yangon, to protest the government’s efforts to...

Malaysian Police Foil Terror Plot Against Churches, Temples

May 15, 2019 — 05/15/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Malaysian authorities foiled a plot by the Islamic State (IS) to assassinate high profile Malaysians and attack Buddhist, Hindu temples, and Christian churches. The...

Surabaya Remembers Victims of 2018 Church Suicide Bombings

May 14, 2019 — 05/14/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A year has passed since Indonesia experienced one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in recent history. On May 13, 2018, a radicalized family of...

Church in Malaysia Opens Its Parking Lot to Ramadan Bazaar Visitors

May 11, 2019 — 05/11/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – This year, the Church of Mary Immaculate, a Roman Catholic church, in Bukit Padang will continue to open its gates for the sixth year,...

Indonesia Police Arrests Terrorists Ahead of Plotted Attacks

May 6, 2019 — 05/06/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Over the last weekend, the anti-terror squad of the Indonesian police arrested several and killed two terrorists belonging to ISIS-linked local group, weeks before...

Intolerance, Radicalism Remain Serious Threats for Indonesia’s Youth

May 5, 2019 — 05/04/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – While Indonesia is on track to enjoy a demographic dividend, when the number of people of working age is higher than the number of...

Ceasefire Extended to June in Myanmar’s North

May 4, 2019 — 05/04/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The Burmese Army (tatmadaw) has extended by two months a unilateral four-month ceasefire that was put in place last December in five regional commands...

U.S. Commission Calls For Vietnam’s Designation as CPC

May 2, 2019 — 05/02/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – On Monday, a U.S. bipartisan commission called on State Department to place Vietnam on the blacklist of the world’s worst abusers of religious freedoms....

Christianity Grows in China Despite Persecution

April 29, 2019 — 04/29/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – China is historically known for its animosity towards Christianity. Because Christianity teaches freedom of choice and responsibility, the atheistic communist government views it as...

Malaysia on High Alert After Sri Lanka Bombings

April 27, 2019 — 04/27/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Following the deadly suicide bombings in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, Malaysian police have stepped up security for houses of worship and diplomatic...

Lao Christian Arrested, Asked to Renounce Faith

April 26, 2019 — 04/26/2019 Laos (International Christian Concern) – Police in southern Laos have allegedly arrested, beaten and detained a man in Savannakhet province for practicing his Christian faith on Thursday, according to...

Missing Pastor’s Family, Christian Group Call for Establishment of Task Force

April 22, 2019 — 04/22/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The family of abducted pastor Raymond Koh and a Christian group joined forces together on April 20 to urge Kuala Lumpur to act on...

Indonesia Tightens Security for Churches During Holy Week

April 20, 2019 — 04/20/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – This Easter Triduum, thousands of police, troops and Muslim groups will be guarding churches, particularly those considered high risk in Indonesia. Authorities will make...

Catholics in Marawi Have Nowhere to Worship

April 19, 2019 — 04/19/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Catholics in Marawi city in the southern Philippines still have no place to worship and celebrate Easter, two years after the devastating terrorist siege...

Release of Three American Christians Held in Laos Might Be Delayed

April 16, 2019 — 04/16/2019 Laos (International Christian Concern) – ICC reported yesterday on three American Christians detained last week in northern Laos for distributing Christian materials. The U.S. organization they volunteer for, Vision...