Locals Trained To Shoot In Chin State
25 October 2009: SPDC local authorities have given shooting training to a batch of people dubbed ‘volunteer firemen’ in preparation for helping monitor the 2010 elections, sources confirmed.
Interview With Burma’s Chin Female Rock Singer Sung Tin Par
23 October 2009 [CG Note: Her on-stage singing talent wows the audience in the whole country of Burma, and yet her off-stage warm-hearted and humble personality surprises the people around her. After making enormous efforts in raising awareness and fund for Chin mautam victims by performing voluntarily in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia last year, Sung Tin Par once again took the sweat out of the concerts, along with other Chin singers, in Denmark, Norway and Germany. 
Singers Ready For Chin Food Aid Concerts In US
23 October, 2009: A team of celebrated Chin singers from Burma, India and Switzerland safely arrived in the US yesterday to perform in a series of ‘long-awaited’ concerts organised as part of Global Campaign against Starvation in Chin State to raise awareness and fund for the victims of ongoing bamboo-and-rat-related food crisis in Burma’s Chin State.
EU Envoys Meet with NLD leaders
14 October 2009: In a sign of increasing Western engagement, a team of foreign diplomats from nine European countries today met with leading members of Burma’s National League for Democracy in Rangoon.
Burma’s 2010: the Opposition Dilemma
Analysis
12 October 2009
The date for junta-
orchestrated election is closer as Burma’s military dictator Senior General Than Shwe last week confirmed that plans are going ahead with holding a new election in 2010 in accordance with the new Burmese constitution that was passed in a referendum last year.
Purged Rangoon Police Chief Still at Large
11 October 2009: Former Rangoon Divisional Police Chief Col. Win Naing who was sacked last month on corruption charges is still at large and not being detained at Insein Prison as reported by some media, a Chindland Guardian source in Rangoon has disclosed.
Exile Opposition Alliances to Boycott Burma’s 2010 Election
10 October 2009: Five major opposition alliances based in exile have announced in a joint statement today they will boycott Burma’s planned elections. The announcement followed months of debates and division within the opposition groups on how to respond to the junta’s planned elections set for next year.
Suu Kyi Prepared to Reassess Impacts of Sanctions
9 October 2009: In a rare meeting with Western diplomats today, Burma’s pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi indicated that she was prepared to reassess the impacts of Western sanctions on military-ruled Burma, according to a Chinland Guardian source in Rangoon.
Burma Ethnic Conference Held And New Network Found
06 October 2009: The first Burma Ethnic Naitonalities Forum, held on 2-3 October 2009 at York University Toronto, Canada, ended successfully with a formation of new ethnic body named Burma Ethnic Nationalities Network-Canada (BENN-Canada).
Mautam-Hit Villagers Suffer Worse Due To Extortion By SPDC Army
05 October 2009: The plight of Chin villagers, who have been since 2007 suffering from food shortages, has deepened due to continuous extortion and forced labour imposed upon them by SPDC military army operating in Chin State, according to FBR (Free Burma Rangers).