Khonumthung News

May 29, 2020
Civilians who were forced to flee their village in southern Chin State in March reported seeing Tatmadaw soldiers in their abandoned village several...
May 27, 2020
Chin farmers in Rakhine State say that they were afraid to go and work on their rotating farmland because of travel restrictions regarding the...
May 27, 2020
An artillery shell hit a house in Paletwa town, southern Chin State on Monday, damaging the property. Locals said that the weapon hit the Yeikkha...
May 21, 2020
Thousands are facing severe food shortages in war-stricken Paletwa township. There are over 20,000 experiencing food insecurity, according to the...
May 6, 2020
The World Food Program (WFP) reported that their food aid arrived in Paletwa on May 2 after their convoy came under attack by an unidentified armed...
May 4, 2020
Forty-eight people that had contact with Burma’s COVID-19 case-150 were placed in a government quarantine in Hakha, the capital of Chin State. Myint...
May 2, 2020
Burma’s COVID-19 case 150 stayed at a friend’s house instead of doing a government-mandated 14-day quarantine when she returned from China. After...
April 29, 2020
In a video conference streamed online on Friday, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi met with three people from Chin State to share updates on the...
April 27, 2020
A shipment of rice that was sent to Chin State’s Paletwa township falls short of what’s needed to feed residents for the month, according to a civil...
April 27, 2020
Four civilians were killed and three injured after fighting broke out in downtown Paletwa between the Burma Army and Arakan Army (AA) in southern...
April 25, 2020
The government extended the lockdown in a town in Chin State, the location of Burma’s first confirmed COVID-19 case, for another seven days. Keptel...
April 17, 2020
Four parliamentarians from Chin State’s Teddim and Tonzang townships have demanded that the government set up an emergency response committee to...