Khonumthung News

November 4, 2020
A market and minibus station is planned in the town of Rihkhawdar in Chin State, along the Indian border. Salai Thein Htay Lwin, from the town’s...
November 4, 2020
The Khumi Affairs Coordination Committee (KACC) called for polling reinstated in 12 village-tracts in Paletwa Township, located in southern Chin...
November 4, 2020
Without access to the internet, residents of Paletwa Township, located in southern Chin state, can’t access vital information about the election or...
November 2, 2020
Even though the World Food Program (WFP) and government have been providing rice to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Paletwa Township, the...
November 2, 2020
The Union Election Commission (UEC) announced the cancelation of the general election in 94 village tracts in Chin State’s Paletwa Township on...
October 30, 2020
Khonumthung News recently interviewed Salai Htet Ni, spokesperson for the Chin National Front (CNF), about the state of Burma’s current peace process...
October 29, 2020
After a lengthy delay, the first passenger aircraft successfully landed at the brand new Surbung Airport around 10:30 a.m. this Tuesday (October 27...
October 28, 2020
With polling about two weeks away, Election Commission (EC) officials are facing challenges collecting advance votes from Chin residents staying in...
October 28, 2020
Burma’s Union Election Committee (UEC) said it canceled polling for the 2020 general election in over two-thirds of Paletwa Township due to...
October 23, 2020
The Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) has spoken out against the government designation of a village they say is part of Chin State into...
October 20, 2020
Citizens of southern Chin State, who are sequestered by fighting between Burma Army and Arakan Army (AA), are more concerned about having enough food...
October 19, 2020
Civil society organizations (CSOs) in Kanpetlet town, Chin State, released a statement this week calling for a case to be opened against a police...