YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Government military operations in northern Burma (Myanmar) escalated in December, culminating in civilian casualties on Christmas Eve that left Christians feeling attacked in part for their faith. Offensives against rebel groups in Kachin state, where predominantly Christian, ethnic Kachin live, displaced dozens of villagers and seriously injured two civilians on […]
Fighting in Burma Hits Civilians in Christian Areas on Christmas Eve
Christians spend another Christmas in fear.
January 5, 2018 By - Leave a Comment
Two Pastors in Burma Sentenced to Prison
No basis for conviction of Baptist leaders, sources say.
October 29, 2017 By - 1 Comment
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Two assistant pastors arrested by the Burma (Myanmar) army last December were sentenced to prison on Friday (Oct. 27) on false charges of unlawful association, defaming the military and spying, sources said. Pastor Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, received a prison term of four years and three months, and fellow […]
Buddhists in Burma Attack, Injure Newly Converted Christians
Angry mob ruins properties.
July 30, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – About 150 angry Buddhists and monks this month attacked newly converted Christians in Burma (Myanmar), destroying their homes and property and injuring seven people. In Thi Taw village in northwest Burma’s Sagaing Region, the mob threw stones and broke into houses on July 6, two days after two families put […]
Pastor Jailed in Burma Falls Ill
65-year-old Baptist leader on trial for ‘spying.’
June 20, 2017 By - 1 Comment
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – One of two assistant pastors arrested by the Burma army last Christmas Eve is suffering deteriorating health from malnutrition, sources said. Pastor Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, has become weak, lacks energy and suffers from asthma and diarrhea, according to his wife and a lawyer for Nawng Latt and fellow […]
Two Assistant Pastors in Burma Charged with Unlawful Association
Kachin Baptist Convention church leaders deny charges.
January 27, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
MAE SOT, Thailand (Morning Star News) – The Burma (Myanmar) military on Wednesday (Jan. 25) charged two assistant pastors (not Catholic priests as previously reported) with unlawful association with an armed ethnic group, an accusation the Kachin Baptist Convention church leaders deny. Pastors Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, and 35-year-old La Jaw Gam Hseng could face […]
Burma Army Admits Detaining Two Church Leaders
Pastors accused of aiding armed ethnic groups.
January 23, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Burma (Myanmar) army officials have confirmed that they arrested two pastors missing since Dec. 24 and accused them of aiding ethnic separatists. The Burma army accused Dom Dawng Nawng Latt and La Jaw Gam Hseng of serving as “informers and spreading false news on behalf of the armed insurgents” in […]
Concerns Mount that Clergymen in Burma Have Been Killed
Two pastors missing for more than two weeks.
January 9, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Villagers in Shan state, Burma (Myanmar) are increasingly concerned over indications that two pastors in Burma have been killed. Sources told Morning Star News that the Burma army arrested Kachin Baptist Church pastors Dom Dawng Nawng and La Jaw Gam Hseng (not Catholic assistant priests as previously reported) on Dec. […]
Burma Armed Forces Bomb Church Building Previously Seized as Base, Sources Say
Such occupation, destruction 'routine,' USCIRF report says.
December 19, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Burmese armed forces last month bombed a Catholic church building in northern Shan state that soldiers had occupied earlier in their fight against ethnic separatists, sources said. In a practice that a U.S. government report released last week described as “routine,” the Burma (also called Myanmar) soldiers occupied the church […]
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
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 […]
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 […]