Category: Recent News

06 November 2012: New classes to study Zomi, Falam and Matu dialects of Chin State, Burma have been opened at the Victorian School of Languages (VSL) in Melbourne, Australia.

05 November 2012: Leaders of the Global Chin Christian Fellowship (GCCF) call for support and collaboration on mission works among the ‘unreached’ Chins as part of its long-term goals.

05 November 2012: Chin communities and individuals have made attempts to protect and improve their dialects by developing new mobile and online application software.

04 November 2012: Chin refugee communities are worried that at least two Chin refugees who have been reported ‘missing’ in Malaysia for weeks might be dead.

03 November 2012: Preparation of work on the Indo-Burma multimillion dollar Kaladan project is underway since last Thursday after a break during the rainy season as a group of Indian engineers arrived in Paletwa town of Chin State on 31 October 2012.

02 November 2012: The headmaster and teachers are reported to have violently treated children from the middle school of Congthia village, Thantlang Township of Chin State.

01 November 2012: For the first time in over 20 years, Burma’s military medical teams provided ‘free’ health care services to villagers in Mindat, Kanpetlet, Matupi, and Thantlang townships of Chin State as well as in Magway and Sagaing Regions.

01 November 2012: The relevant authorities of Burma have not taken any action against a Burmese medical doctor, who was accused of being responsible for the death of a Chin mother and her unborn child in Chin State.

31 October 2012: India’s Mizoram government said it will soon send 73 persons of 11 households, identified as foreigners, residing in Saikhumphai village of Champhai District back to Burma.

30 October 2012: Minister for Border Affairs Lt. Gen Thein Htay said a new ‘Border Areas National Races Youth Development Training School’ will be opened in Paletwa Township of Chin State next year.