Category: Recent News

31 October 2011: The majority of men and women Tchoukball squads representing Burma in the 2nd South East Asia Tchouball Championship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam are from Chin State.

30 October 2011: In an attempt to forge closer collaboration, leaders of Chin churches in Australia gathered yesterday in Melbourne, forming an umbrella organization called Chin Christian Council in Australia (CCCA).

29 October 2011: Dozens of Chins currently living in Bangkok have run away from the capital city to escape ‘life-threatening’ floods that continue to ravage the Thai capital for weeks now.

27 October 2011: A new school building constructed for ‘underprivileged’ Chin children is soon to be open in a remote area of Chin State.

27 October 2011: The Malaysia Chin Christian Union (MCCU) has decided to raise fund from within its member communities for helping refugees and IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) in Kachin State.

26 October 2011: The Zomi National Congress (ZNC), a political party that boycotted 2010 general elections, on Monday called for the immediate release of Chin political prisoners in Burma.

25 October 2011: The Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) revealed in its report opium cultivation in Namkham Township of Shan State under Burma’s new government has rapidly increased, with an ‘alarming’ surge of over 78 percent within two years.

25 October 2011: Nationals of India and Burma will be able to travel crossing the Indo-Burma border without a passport or a visa up to a period of one week following a meeting held in Falam Town, Chin State last week.

23 October 2011: A delegation of six Chin Christian pastors making a humanitarian visit to Kachin State, Burma handed over financial contributions made by Chin churches and communities toward helping conflict-affected Kachin refugees.

22 October 2011: Burma’s military soldiers have been slammed for attacking churches, raping women and killing civilians in its ongoing launch of offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Kachin State, a report by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said.