19 August 2016 — People lined up expressing sympathy at airports, towns and villages that the dead body of Piang Ngaih Don passed through as it was carried all the way from Singapore to her native village, Chin State in Burma.
18 August 2016 — School students in Paletwa Township, Chin State have not received their textbooks three months after the commencement of the 2016-2017 academic year in June.
16 August 2016 — Private companies contracted by the State authorities of Thein Sein’s government for road construction in Chin State get the blame for chaos caused on the roads.
14 August 2016 — Chin committee based in Kalay town of Sagaing Region are putting more effort into seeking official recognition as an organization representing their communities.
PUTRAJAYA, 20 August 2016 – Malaysian government want to set up a special task force with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to look into and settle complicated migrant issues, including those related to the issuance of refugee cards.
11 August 2016 — A group of indigenous peoples in Burma organized an event at the National Theatre in Rangoon on Tuesday, celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
Statement of Myanmar Indigenous Peoples/Ethnic Nationalities Network
10 August 2016 — San Yu Htwe, a Chin athlete originally from Mindat, Chin State, is tomorrow to compete against Bobae Ki, from South Korea, in archery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
03 August 2016 — Burma’s Foreign Minister, Aung San Suu Kyi was identified as among nine high ranking Southeast Asia politicians and officials targeted by Islamic State (IS) after police stations in Malaysia received a threatening mail allegedly sent by a terrorist group based in Iraq and Syria.
02 August 2016 — The Malaysian authorities carried out a night raid on Chin youth practicing a choir in a church in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday.
