Khonumthung News

April 30, 2026
Junta’s recapture of Falam raises threat to remaining resistance-held...
April 27, 2026
Junta orders shutdown of three more news agencies
April 24, 2026
CPU/CPA and IKACC/PC hold talks on Chin State issue
December 9, 2020
Complaints of Proxy Voting Filed With Election Commission in Chin State
Two complaints have been filed with village election commissions in Chin State’s Tedim and Thantlang townships regarding voting practices in Burma’s...
December 9, 2020
Civil Society Org Sends Thousands of Winter Clothing Items to Paletwa IDPs
The first shipment of 5,000 clothing items and blankets from the Relief and Rehabilitation Committee for Chin IDPs (RRCCI) arrived in southern Chin...
December 4, 2020
NLD Chair for Thangtlang Township Investigated for Graft
A copy of a letter allegedly signed by the chair of the National League for Democracy (NLD) for Thangtlang Township, involving corruption during the...
December 3, 2020
Chin Youth Detained by AA Over Four Months
Family members of Salai Aung Soe are increasingly anxious after the four-month period has passed since he was abducted by the Arakan Army (AA)...
November 27, 2020
Chin IDPs in Ann Township Not Receiving Support
Chin villagers displaced by clashes between Arakan Army (AA) and Burma Army in Ann Township, Rakhine State, are facing severe food shortages after...
November 26, 2020
Farmers Refuse to Move for Dam Project
Farmers are angry with the government because of plans to build a dam to divert water to Chin State’s capital, Hakha because it will inundate their...
November 26, 2020
Paletwa Residents Fear COVID-19 Outbreak
After four cases were confirmed, there’s concern among residents in Paletwa Township that coronavirus infections will continue to spread in southern...
November 24, 2020
CSOs Call for Prosecution of Rapist Who Assaulted a Visually Impaired IDP
Twelve civil society organizations have called on the Paletwa Township legal system to take action against the perpetrator in the rape of a 23-year...
November 24, 2020
Face Masks, Hand Sanitizer Run Out in Paletwa Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Locals in Paletwa, southern Chin State, say that the town has run out of COVID-19 preventative materials, even as new cases of the virus appear in...
November 23, 2020
Locals Fearful After New Infections Detected in Paletwa
Health officials detected four cases of COVID-19 among individuals staying at a quarantine center in Paletwa town, located in southern Chin State, on...
November 23, 2020
Election Cancellation in Paletwa Demonstrates Govt’s Weakness, CHRO Says
The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) blamed the government for the fact that many people in southern Chin State couldn’t participate in the...
November 20, 2020
Family World Provides Blankets and Mosquito Nets to IDPs in Paletwa
Villagers displaced from the conflict in Chin State’s Paletwa received blankets and mosquito nets from a local non-governmental organization (NGO)...