Delhi Chin Refugee Couple Gang-Assaulted by Landlord
21 March 2012: Chin refugee tenants, Pum Ngaih Khual and his wife Go Sawn Cing, were severely assaulted by their landlord and family members in Hustal block, Vikaspuri in Delhi, India last Sunday.
Soldiers Interrupted Christian Conference, Threatened MP in Chin State
20 March 2012: In a fresh public incident that contradicts the new image of Chin State government as a peace-loving authority, Burma Army soldiers interrupted a Chin Christian conference and threatened an MP at gunpoint in Chin State, Burma.
Questions over Govt’s Plan to Construct New Buddhist Pagoda in Chin State
19 March 2012: Chin Christians living outside Burma have expressed their displeasure with a recent decision of the State level ministerial meeting to build a new Buddhist pagoda near Hakha Town, the capital of Chin State.
Famous Chin Female Singer to Get Hitched in Australia
19 March 2012: Chin sensational singer, Mai Dawt Hlei Hniang, is to get married with her boyfriend at Victorian Chin Baptist Church in Melbourne, Australia this Saturday.
Mindat-Mkuiimnu Motor Road Construction Underway
14 March 2012: About an 87-mile long motor road construction from Mindat Town to Mkuiimnu village in southern areas of Chin State has been in motion as part of the reduction of poverty and rural development planning by the Chin State Government.
The Transparency Deficit: The Culture of Secret Talks and Political Deal-Making
13 March 2012: (Editorial) Secret talks and deal-making between the political elites are no new phenomenon in Burma. In fact, transparency – no matter how much anybody on either ends of the political spectrum claims to want it – has been lacking in the political discourse since before the founding of the Union of Burma in 1947.
Chin Learning Center Won First Prize for Neighbourhood Cleaning Competition in Malaysia
19 February 2012: The Chin Diamond Learning Center, a community-based informal school run by Chin refugees in Malaysia, has won the first prize of community sanitation service competition organized by the UNHCR’s Social Protection Fund (SPF).
Book of Poems by Young Chin Girl to be Launched
18 February 2012: A collection of romantic verses composed by a young Chin girl pen-named Aidii is due to be out for purchase on the Chin National Day in Rangoon, Burma.
Families in Hakha Demanded Money for ‘Chin State Day’ Celebration
17 February 2012: The Chin State government demanded financial contributions from each family in Hakha, Chin State for a celebration that will mark the 64th anniversary of Chin National Day on 20 February.
CNF to Launch Chin-Govt Preliminary ‘Peace-talk’ DVD
16 February 2012: The Chin National Front (CNF) is to make a DVD production of the preliminary peace-talk procession recently held in Hakha with the Chin State government available for purchase early next week.