Asia/Pacific

By Eric Leijenaar, Senior Special Correspondent BosNewsLife and BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A Chinese court has postponed the trial of an owner of Christian bookstore, who has been detained since last year for the "illegal distribution of Bibles and Christian literature," well-informed observers told BosNewsLife Monday, March 23.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan SARGODHA, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani police have detained five Muslim militants for their alleged involvement in a shooting spree at a Presbyterian Church, which killed at least one woman and injured several worshipers, a key investigator told BosNewsLife Saturday March 21.

Eric Leijenaar, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent SEOUL/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of North Korean Christians have received food and Christian education from a major Western organization, despite fresh attempts by North Korea's leadership to crackdown on foreign aid, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, March 18.

BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- The wife of a detained Christian in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Antonymous Region said Tuesday, March 17, she has not heard from her husband for nearly ten months because authorities do not allow her to meet him.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- The executive branch of the European Union is "closely monitoring" the case of detained Vietnamese Christian Puih H´Bat amid mounting concerns over her whereabouts, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, March 14.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos SARGODHA, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian teacher says he has been dismissed and two students suspended from an academy in Pakistan's Punjab province over allegations they "humiliated Islam" and "blessed the Jewish descendants" of Abraham, the Biblical arch-father of the people of Israel.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists were hopeful Wednesday, March 11, that they would be able to "free" a Christian teenager who was allegedly abducted by a Muslim man last year in Pakistan's Punjab province, and forced to marry him.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian chief of a major hostel for nursing students in the Pakistani city of Lahore faced possible dismissal Wednesday, March 11, after she already receiving death threats from Muslim colleagues and militants for allowing Christian students to pray and worship on the hostel's premises, a Christian rights and advocacy group said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service RANGOON/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- The daughter of a detained prominent Burmese dissident fears her father will die in prison. In a statement, seen by BosNewsLife Tuesday, March 10, Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, 20, said “Unless the situation in Burma changes, I will never see my father again.”

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A man protesting conversions to Christianity went on a shooting spree and exploded a crude bomb in an evangelical church in India's eastern state of Bihar, seriously injuring the pastor and several worshipers, representatives confirmed Tuesday, March 10.