Asia/Pacific

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An influential Chinese house church pastor was briefly detained in southern China shortly after authorities evicted his congregation from a hotel, his church and rights investigators said Friday, August 13.

By Mike Bouwer, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Malaysian court sentenced two Muslims Friday, August 13, to five years imprisonment for torching a Protestant church, the first of several attacks on places of worship that shocked the nation this year.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An impoverished Christian family in Pakistan faced uncertainty Thursday, August 12, after a Muslim cleric pledged to withdraw a case of blasphemy against them, officials familiar with the procedures said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian woman who spent nearly six months in prison with her infant son in the country's Punjab province on "a false charge of blasphemy", her defense team told BosNewsLife.

By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Fighters of the militant group Taliban have killed an international team of eye medics, including eight Christian aid workers, in a remote mountainous area of Afghanistan, officials confirmed Monday, August 9.

By Mike Bouwer, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife) -- Hundreds of Muslim militants surrounded and attacked a Protestant church in Indonesia's province of West Java Sunday, August 8, injuring at least a dozen Christians including a pastor, Christians said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BosNewsLife)-- Rights investigators expressed concerns Monday, July 26, about the plight of a jailed American Christian in North Korea, while U.S.and South Korean warships practiced anti-submarine maneuvers off the Korean peninsula to warn Pyongyang against aggression.

By Xavier P. William, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Christian evangelists who were shot dead by suspected Islamic militants were quickly buried around sunrise Tuesday, July 20, in the Pakistani city of Faisalabad after a night of sectarian clashes, officials told BosNewsLife.

By Xavier P. William, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan FAISALABAD/ISLAMABAD (BosNewsLife)-- Gun battles broke out in a predominantly Christian neighborhood of the Pakistani city of Faisalabad Monday, July 19, shortly after two Christian evangelists were shot and killed by suspected Islamic militants, witnesses told BosNewsLife.

By Xavier P. William, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Muslim militants shot and killed two Christian men who were due to appear in court on charges of blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan's Punjab province, trial observers confirmed Monday, July 19.