Category: Recent News

07 July 2011: Chin State has been ranked the poorest among the 14 states and divisions in Burma, according to a report ‘Poverty Profile’ published last month by the UNDP.

06 July 2011: Women employees of government departments in Hakha Town, Chin State were ordered to participate in a ceremony marking Myanmar Women’s Day last Sunday.

05 July 2011: Ms Siang Em, who has been separated from her family for more than 10 years, has come together with the parents with the help of the Chin Radio programme in Burma.

04 July 2011: The Internet has been made available for use to the locals for the first time, with at least two cybercafes opened in Paletwa Town, Chin State.

04 July 2011: Burma’s pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her younger son Kim Aris arrived in Bagan today amid warnings by the ruling military authorities.

3 June 2001: A motion seeking to denounce the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at the Sagaing Region Parliament special session was approved on Thursday for further discussion. But the co-sponsorship of the motion by an ethnic Chin parliamentarian has drawn criticism from within the ranks of his own party and outside.

02 July 2011: The 6th Conference of Chin Youth Organisation of North America (CYONA) has just held its opening ceremony in Indianapolis, USA today with about 2,500 participants.

02 July 2011: An ‘unknown’ burglar broke into the flat of a Chin refugee family in Delhi, India, stealing their belongings in the early morning of Wednesday, according to a source from Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO).

02 July 2011 – KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Government has denied allegations that a Chin refugee from Burma was wrongfully detained for three months and judicially caned last year.

01 July 2011: Chin female boxer Mai Nelly Bawi Nei Sin will fly to Jakarta, Indonesia tomorrow with her other team members representing Burma in the 21st edition of the traditional President’s Cup International Boxing Tournament.