13 September 2011: Local students and teachers in Thantlang Town, Chin State have been forced to go to school on Saturdays in replacement of Buddhist sabbath day that fall on a weekday, mostly Monday.
13 September 2011: In an effort to forge communication and strengthen collaboration, 22 representatives of 17 Chin Christian churches, organizations and NGOs held a consultancy meeting for two days in Hakha, Chin State last week.
12 September 2011: UK-based Chin graduate civil engineer Van Cung Lian is to take part in The Great North Run 2011 next Sunday to raise fund for building and repairing Bualrawn Middle school toilets in Falam, Falam Township, Chin State.
12 September 2011: Six families whose houses were completely destroyed by recent landslides in Khayaing village, Kanpetlet Township of Chin State have not still got proper places to stay, a Chin Christian pastor said.
11 September 2011: Despite government’s ‘declared’ efforts to combat drug production in Burma, authority-run opium plantation has continued to increase in Chin State, with a rise in its addiction among the Chin people.
11 September 2011: A group of six Chin refugees working in a farm were robbed in their sleep by a gang of ‘unknown’ thugs in Kampar, Perak State of Malaysia in the early morning of last Monday.
10 September 2011: Mr. Tial Lian Thang, a Chin Christian from the US visiting his family, has been ordered to leave town by the local authorities while preaching at a local church in Thantlang, Chin State.
09 September 2011: More than 100 people today joined a demonstration led by Burma Campaign UK in front of the Burmese Embassy in London, UK, demanding the immediate release of journalists and reporters imprisoned in Burma.
08 September 2011: A biopic film The Lady about Burma’s democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is to be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) scheduled to open today in Toronto, Canada.
08 September 2011: The new government of Chin State held a closed-door meeting with representatives and leaders from 21 development and humanitarian agencies working for the northwestern state and some parts of Kalay District of Burma last Thursday.
