Category: Chin News

12 January 2016 — A Chin athlete won the first prize in a wrestling competition organized in Nay Pyi Taw this year by the Institute of Sports and Physical Exercise.

12 January 2015 — Road expansion work in Matupi town, Chin State has destroyed water pipes, leaving hundreds of residents without water.

11 January 2016 — President Thein Sein, 70, is expected to arrive in Hakha, Chin State on 20 February, Chin National Day, according to sources from the State government.

08 January 2015 — More than one thousand people, mostly affected by landslides, in Hakha marched along the main road on Tuesday and Wednesday protesting against the construction of housing for the displaced at a new relocation site.

06 January 2016 — The Arakan Liberation Party forcibly demands money from local traders in Paletwa Township, Chin State for crossing the India-Burma border.

04 January 2016 — The Arakan Army released seven Chin farmers, including two mothers, who were detained in Paletwa Township, Chin State on 31 December 2015.

02 December 2015 — About one hundred people including ten children are living with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) in Chin State, the State Health Department said.

01 December 2015 — The authorities in Chin State allowed private companies to start construction on buildings of new colleges in Hakha.

30 November 2015 — More than 350 villagers displaced since March this year by conflict between the Burma Army and the Arakan Army are running out of food, the local humanitarian committee said.

27 November 2015 — Than Er, one of the seven injured victims, died from his injuries at the Hakha General Hospital around 3am this morning.