Category: Chin News

06 November 2013: Par Tha Iang Chin surprised the audience at the Malaysia Chin Christian Youth Fellowship Conference when she performed her ‘unusual’ body-bending skills.  

05 November 2013: Preparations are in full swing for the Chin National Conference which will take place in Hakha, Chin State from 12 to 15 November.

03 November 2013: Salai Patrick Aung Naing Htwe, 34, died in a hospital after being hit by a vehicle on the Maple Shade-Cherry Hill border in New Jersey around 2am last Saturday.

31 October 2013: Representatives of the Chin National Front (CNF) participate in the ongoing meeting of Burma’s ethnic armed organizations held in Laiza, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Kachin State.

31 October 2013: Members of the Zomi Congress for Democracy (ZCD) decided to make more effort to change their ethnic name from ‘Chin’ to ‘Zomi’ on the Burmese national identity card.

30 October 2013: More than 500 Chin refugees took to the streets in Delhi today, highlighting their ‘unsafe’ conditions in both India and Burma.

30 October 2013: Two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi and Marima Co. Ltd., visited Chin State in an effort to conduct a survey on the possibility of extracting pine-related products such as resin and turpentine.

28 October 2013: The Chin National Front (CNF) has provided rice with the help of the Nippon Foundation for villages in Chin State affected by food scarcity.

26 October 2013: Thura Shwe Mann, Speaker of the Lower House of the Burmese parliament, has put off his ‘planned’ visit to Chin State, a source close to the government of Chin State said.

25 October 2013: Christians in Matupi Town, Chin State expressed their disappointment over a recent meeting organized last Sunday by Pu Hung Ngai, Chief Minister of the Chin State government.