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Chin State sees more new cases of COVID-19

October 18, 2020 195

18 October 2020 Six individuals infected through local contacts and one returnee from India tested positive for COVID-19 in Chin State, according to the Chin Health Department. The swab test results of the seven patients, who are four females in Mindat, two males in Falam, and one male in Tonzang, were confirmed yesterday, and are […]Continue Reading

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COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard, Chin State (13 Oct 2020)

October 15, 2020 376

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Flight landing to be tested at Surbung Airport

October 15, 2020 181

15 October 2020 – The Surbung Airport near Falam, Chin State is set to see its first flight landing and take-off tested late this month as the construction has been completed. The testing would take place on 27 October, according to the MRTV, a state-run Myanma Radio and Television. However, the airport will not start […]Continue Reading

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Two more COVID-19 cases confirmed in Hakha

October 14, 2020 207

14 October 2020 – A truck driver and his assistant plying from Pakokku, Magway Region to Hakha, Chin State tested positive for COVID-19, the Hakha Township committee for prevention and response of COVID-19 announced today. The committee said that the two men had travelled along the Gangaw-Hakha road and arrived at the entrance to Hakha […]Continue Reading

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A Tiny Glimpse Inside Life and Legacy of Burma’s Student Leader Salai Tin Maung Oo

June 26, 2020 457

Van Biak Thang (26 June, 2009) You can kill my body but you can never kill my beliefs and what I stood for. I will never kneel down to your military boots! - Salai Tin Maung Oo

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As death toll mounts, 139 organizations worldwide urge ASEAN to help end war crimes in Burma

April 15, 2020 379

139 civil society organizations across the world have sought the involvement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in helping to protect civilians from “war crimes” being committed in the ongoing fight between government troops and rebel army in Chin and Rakhine States in the west of Burma. The joint statement, initiated by Chin […]Continue Reading

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Prominent Mizoram Politician Dies at 82

April 10, 2020 351

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Prominent Mizoram Politician Dies at 82

April 8, 2020 372

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Fresh armed clash in North East Burma displaced villagers

August 8, 2013 235

21 June 2013: Fresh armed offensive by the Burma Army troops on Thursday against ethnic Palaungs has forced more than a hundred villagers in eastern Shan Sate to flee their homes, according to the Palaung Women's Organization.

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Chin youths engage Burmese Parliament

August 8, 2013 189

Thirty members of Chin Youth Forum (CYF) paid a vsit to Burma's new capital Nay Pyi Taw last week to engage politicians and exchange views with Parliamentarians. For the first time, the youth delegation from CYF met with a group of Union Parliamentarians from Chin State and handed them a policy paper titled "Policy Continue Reading