Category: Chin News

26 September 2013: Residents in Hakha and Thantlang towns have experienced power outages since Tuesday owing to problems with the Laiva hydropower station.

25 September 2013: During the sixth regular session of the first Chin State Hluttaw held in Hakha, the Chin State parliament agreed to establish a new department for pensioners.

24 September 2013: Malaysian authorities conducted an operation cracking down on illegal immigrants in Seremban last night, arresting over one hundred Chin asylum seekers and refugees, the Chin Refugee Committee (CRC) said.

23 September 2013: Recent years have seen a sharp rise in demand for tomatoes and petai beans, aka twisted cluster beans or stink beans, from Chin State.

21 September 2013: A 29 year-old Chin activist has been profiled by Washington DC-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as one of 30 most inspiring young leaders around the world working to promote democracy.

20 September 2013: A Chin Christian college student, 19, lost 16,500 Rupees after being mugged near Vaishali Metro Station in Delhi by a group of five men, believed to be local Indians, last Tuesday.

19 September 2013: Community leaders in Hakha, Chin State wrote a letter to President Thein Sein, asking permission to establish a private university in the Chin capital.

19 September 2013: Building committee of the Khumi cultural museum in Paletwa town of Chin State said works on the construction have neared its completion with about 90 percent finished.

19 September 2013: The World Bank said development projects in Kanpetlet township of Chin State will start in October this year.

18 September 2013: Over 100 bottles of OP (overproof) alcohol, which has been banned by communities, were seized from soldiers from Burma Army based in Hakha, Chin State.