YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Striving for a peaceful legacy, Christians in Burma (also called Myanmar) are choosing to patiently endure an influential Buddhist monk’s campaign to build pagodas on church properties. Initially social media and news media registered an outcry from Christians when U Thuzana, a powerful monk better known as Myaing Kyee Ngu […]
Christians in Burma Patiently Endure Building of Pagodas on Church Lands
Buddhist monk said to be using structures for religious, political aims.
May 3, 2016 By - 1 Comment
Burma (Myanmar) Military Offensive Displaces Kachin Christians
In spite of elections and reforms, no end in sight for conflict with ethnic minorities.
November 22, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Artillery and air strikes by Burma (Myanmar) government forces on rebel bases in Kachin state in the past week displaced hundreds of ethnic Kachin, a predominantly Christian people long targeted in part because they are not Buddhist. The Rev. Lama Yaw of the Kachin Baptist Convention, who visited areas near […]
Influential Monk in Burma Builds Buddhist Structures on Church Property
Baptist congregation unable to worship at site.
October 26, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
MAE SOT, Thailand, October 26, 2015 (Morning Star News) – An influential Buddhist monk in southern Burma (also called Myanmar) has erected Buddhist structures in a Baptist church compound. Ethnic Karen Christians in Hpa-An, capital of Karen state, have protested against a Buddhist pagoda and a stupa, a structure containing Buddhist relics, since building began […]
Amid Reforms in Burma, Killing of Christian Civilians Continues
Report documents rapes, destruction of church buildings and homes.
March 14, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Morning Star News) – Days before Burmese President Thein Sein was reportedly nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize last week, a report revealed his government troops had killed and raped dozens of civilians and burned hundreds of churches and homes. At war with rebels in predominantly Christian Kachin state, government troops killed […]
Will We Be Their Voice?
Bill would create special envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East/South Central Asia.
January 17, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – Christians worldwide just celebrated the birth of Jesus. For many in the West this was a festive season marked by worship services, gift-giving and time with family and friends. But for the church in the Middle East, fear of persecution cast a long, dark shadow over the Christmas holiday. Oppression […]