Khonumthung News

May 29, 2019
Border trade between the town of Rihkhawdar in Chin State and Aizawl in India’s Mizoram State has returned to normal after a trading association in...
May 29, 2019
More than 20,000 people in Sagaing Region’s Kalay Township are facing a severe water shortage as local wells remain dry after more than a month of...
May 29, 2019
Residents of Chin State’s Paletwa Township are struggling to meet their basic food needs as Burma’s government army, the Tatmadaw, tightens its...
May 27, 2019
A Lower House parliamentarian for Mindat Township raised concerns this week about what he described as an unequal distribution of the state’s budget...
May 27, 2019
Steel sent by cargo ship to construct a bridge is unusable said a Chin State government spokesperson. Experts from Japan inspected the cargo twice...
May 24, 2019
After blocking rice sales to Paletwa township, the Myanmar Army is allowing limited amounts to be transported from Rakhine State into southern Chin...
May 22, 2019
Locals have been forced to carry food rations for Burma Army troops in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)...
May 21, 2019
The Burmese government is calling for new bids to build Chin State’s first cement factory, after the company that won the original tender was found...
May 21, 2019
Representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met with members of the Chin State government in Hakha on Thursday to...
May 14, 2019
Indian ambassador to Burma Saurabh Kumar discussed creating opportunities for less restricted travel between Mizoram and Chin State in a recent...
April 22, 2019
A total of 224 prisoners were released from In-tai-lay in Kalay, Sagaing Region, on Wednesday as part of a presidential amnesty to mark the...
April 22, 2019
Thousands of people gathered in the southern Chin State town of Matupi on Thursday for the second protest in less than a month against plans by the...