Asia/Pacific

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent Christian rights lawyer who has been on the run in Pakistan amid death threats asked fellow believers Thursday, August 1, to pray for his family after armed Islamic militants discovered a hiding address.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos SEOUL/PYONGYANG (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists used the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War on Saturday, July 27, to express concern over the plight of at least hundreds of thousands of Christians and other inmates in "political prison camps" across North Korea.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Four young students at an evangelical missionary school in eastern India are recovering from their injuries after they were gang-raped in what locals called "another chilling reminder" of how unsafe the area has become for schoolgirls and minority Christians, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 23.

By BosNewsLife North American and Asian Services with local news reporting BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (BosNewsLife)-- Mourning families from a major evangelical church in the San Fernando Valley of southern California were worshiping Sunday, July 14, without three Christian Chinese students they had been expecting.

By Xavier P. William, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants attacked a Pentecostal church in northwestern Pakistan killing a security guard and shooting at the building before leaving the scene, local officials and Christians told BosNewsLife Saturday, July 6

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists on Friday, July 7, condemned China's decision to refuse jailed Christian housing activist Ni Yulan medical parole, despite suffering from "serious health problems" including an untreated thyroid tumor.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- In a rare such case in Communist-run Vietnam, five ethnic minority Christian families from the country's Central Highlands have been able to resettle with the help of Vietnamese authorities after they were forcibly evicted from their homes because of their faith in Christ, rights activists said Tuesday, July 2.

By Stefan J. Bos,  Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China's Christian "prisoner-of-conscience" Peng Ming spent another day behind bars Tuesday, July 2, despite mounting concerns about his health after nine tortuous years in captivity, his Chinese friend and former house church pastor told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian woman who potentially faced the death penalty in Pakistan for blasphemy against Islam has been moved to Sri Lanka with her husband and daughter, an official told BosNewsLife, just hours after Canada admitted it had rescued another prosecuted, mentally challenged, Christian girl.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD/TORONTO (BosNewsLife)-- A mentally challenged Christian girl who was detained in Pakistan on charges of 'blasphemy against Islam' was in Canada Monday, July 1, after earlier fleeing to Norway, a Christian official with close knowledge about the operation told BosNewsLife.