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Interview With Chin Rock Singer Solomon Menrihai

[CG Note: Solomon Mang Tin Sawn, better known by his stage name Solomon Menrihai and acclaimed as Chin rock singer especially among the youths, was on tour in Europe for over a month as one of the four Chin singers invited to perform at Chin Famine Live Aid Concerts in Denmark, Norway and Germany.

Wearing Marilyn Monson style make-up on stage, he wowed his fans and audience with his hit songs including ‘Con Lo Laipa’, ‘Chin Nun Mawi’ and ‘Maw Lairam Na Dam Maw?’. Born in Falam to Van Lak Sak and Cal Lian Zingi, Solomon Menrihai is married to a Chuncung wife, Sui Hlawn Sung Menrihai and now they are blessed with a one-and-half-year old daughter Esther Khrih Mi Za Lan.

In this interview, the Chin rocker talked to Van Biak Thang of Chinland Guardian about his experiences during the tour, how he got into music and more.]

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Interview With Rev. Dr. Robert G. Johnson, The Last American Missionary to Chin Hills

10 June, 2009 [CG Note: The Chin people were animists before Christianity was brought to them in March, 1899 by the American missionary couple, Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Carson. It was only in May 1905 that the first four Chin believers,

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Negotiated Settlement Is The Best Means To Solve Political Crisis In Burma

17 May, 2009 [CG Note: While the whole world is helplessly watching the latest episode between the military dictatorship and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, the Chinland Guardian interviews one of Burma’s top opposition leaders

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Interview With General Secretary Of Ethnic Nationalities Council Duwa Mahkaw Hkun Hsa

25 October, 2008[CG Note: This interview was originally conducted in Burmese by Thangpi and translated into English by Van Biak Thang]

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Refugees In Malaysia: Interview With Chin Refugee Committee (CRC)

07 October, 2008 [CG Note: The Chin people leave their native place for other countries in search of refuge and security. The military junta’s systematic repression is most attributed to their massive exodus. For more than a decade,

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An Interview With Dai-Chin Pastor Shwekey Hoipang

30 August, 2008- London, UK [CG Note: He belongs to one of the Chin tribes called Dai. The Dai Chins live mostly in the Southern Chin State of Burma. Shwekey Hoipang, a pastor and evangelist, is currently studying Master of Theology in Wales, UK.

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Learning By Doing: An Interview With A British Photographer and Volunteer Benny Manser On Famine In Chin State

29 August, 2008 – London, UK [CG Note: Benny Manser, 24, a photojournalist, from Aylesbury, UK volunteers to work with and for the peoples of Burma. Currently based in Mizoram, India as a volunteer helping with media training skills such as photography and video-camera, he has been actively involved in working for the Chin people who are facing severe food crisis in Chin State, Burma.

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An Exclusive Interview With A Rock Band ‘The Occupiers’

13 August, 2008 – London, UK [CG Note: The Occupiers, a rock band based in the UK, wowed and rocked the crowd at Chin National Day celebration in London and recently at a fund-raising concert for victims of the Nargis cyclone in Burma.

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An Interview With Chairman of Bawm Literature Forum

26 October 2007 – London, UK [CG Note: Bawms are an ethnic group, believed to be of Chin origin, living along Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. As one of many tribes in the three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bawm has been actively engaged in promoting and preserving their own language.

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Interview With Harn Yawnghwe: Reconciliation through Dialogue?is the Name of The Game in Burma Politics

Ottawa: October 16, 2007 – While the whole world is condemning the Junta after it抯 brutal crackdown against peaceful demonstrators in Burma, Chinland Guardian has a chance to interview Harn Yawnghwe one of the most capable

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