Asia

“Christmas in a North Korean gulag will be just another day of grotesque suffering”

British Parliamentary report urges global pressure to oppose systematic religious persecution in N.Korea Originally published in World Watch Monitor It was International Human Rights Day on Wednesday (December 10, 2014) but the right to freedom of belief is violated each and every single day, especially in North Korea, despite being protected […]

Asia Bibi’s final plea to avoid the gallows

Originally published in Aleteia Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who has received the death penalty for being accused of blasphemy made an appeal to the Supreme Court of Justice in her country to change her sentence. Her sentence is considered “unfair” and excessive in light of the insufficient evidence and […]

After Kenneth Bae release, Christians vow to continue missionary work in North Korea

Originally published in Christian Today Christian groups in North Korea are vowing to carry on their missionary work despite mounting risks since Korean-American activist Kenneth Bae was imprisoned two years ago. North Korea and neighbouring China have clamped down on the groups’ activities recently, and the organisations say that has […]

Child trafficking a $343 billion trade in India

Originally published in Christian Telegraph The National Crime Records Bureau says a girl gets trafficked once every eight minutes in India. The money generated through the sex trade stands at a whopping $343 billion a year, reports MNN. Is there social justice? Not really. It’s a lucrative business in a country […]

North Korea executes senior officals for watching soapies

Originally published in Christianity Today There are reports in The Telegraph today of senior figures in the North Korean government being executed for watching South Korean soap operas. South Korean intelligence puts the number of government and military officials publically executed in North Korea this year at around 50. They include […]

Christian temples unearthed in ancient Mongolian city

Originally published in The Gospel Herald In an amazing unearthing, two Christian temples believed to be remains of a 750-year-old city of Ukek, founded by descendants of Genghis Khan, have been discovered along the banks of the river Volga in Russia.  According to archeologists from Saratov Regional Museum of Local […]

US citizen released from North Korea

Originally published in Christian Telegraph One of three US citizens being detained in North Korea has been released, US officials said yesterday (Tuesday, October 21), reports Michael Ireland, Special Correspondent, ASSIST News Service. State department spokeswoman Marie Harf confirmed that Jeffrey Fowle was on his way home on Tuesday following […]

Youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner pleads for kidnapped Nigerian girls

Originally published in Crossmap.com Malala Yousafzai, the youngest-ever Nobel peace laureate, has called on Nigeria to intensify efforts to free 219 schoolgirls who were abducted by Islamist militants six months ago. The Nobel Peace Prize winner said campaigners needed to raise their voices “louder than ever” to demand the freedom […]