Paintings of Chin Woman in Traditional Dress
07 August 2011: Another collection of paintings by the 21-year-old Chin female artist Anna Biak Tha Mawi reveals a fascinating intricacy of Chin traditional women dresses and hairstyles.
Seven Arrested after being Accused of Supporting Insurgent Group
07 August 2011: Seven locals from Vangva, Satawm and Saek villages in Falam Township were arrested on suspicion of supporting the Chin insurgent group by Burma Army soldiers late last month.
Interview with Bawm Christian Pastor from Bangladesh
06 August 2011 [CG Note: Rev. Thimkhup Buiting, General Secretary of the Evangelical Christian Church (ECC), took part in the recent GCCF (Global Chin Christian Fellowship) Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Father of Two Killed by Explosive Device in Kalay Myo
05 August 2011: An explosive device, reportedly used for catching fish, went off near 9-Mile of Kalay Myo in Sagaing Division today, killing a Chin resident identified as Mr. Lian Za Thang.
Photos of Chin Youth Conference in Norway
05 August 2011: The Norway Chin Christian Youth Fellowship (NCCYF) organised its biennial conference in Sandnes, Norway from 27-31 July, with more than 500 participants.
Establish ‘Peace Committee’: Ethnic Parties
4 August 2011: The ‘Ethnic Brotherhood Forum’, a five-member ethnic alliance, on Wednesday appealed for the establishment of a “Peace…
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
2 August 2011: (Commentary) The military regime likes to trumpet its hollow rhetoric about democratizing the Union of Burma through its cautiously premeditated seven-step road-map to a disciplined democracy. However, the regime’s ongoing full-scale military onslaught against ethnic armed opposition groups such as the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and Shan State Army (SSA) indicates that the new Burmese military government has no intention of ending the long-standing political stalemate. The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), is in fact led by a general-turned-President Thein Sein, who has no intention of pursuing any peaceful political dialogue.
University Student Detained in Kalay
28 July 2011: Burmese police has detained a Chin student studying Civil Engineering at the Kalay Technological University in Sagaing Division after he was caught in a raid at a local home that turned up with five grams of herion on Sunday.
Suu Kyi Calls for End to Armed Hostilities
28 July 2011: In a rare open letter addressed to the new Burmese president and ethnic resistance groups, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday called for the immediate cessation of all armed hostilities across Burma, saying the ongoing conflicts have only brought devastation to country.