Khonumthung News

December 23, 2025
CDF-Paletwa bars Chin youths from leaving Paletwa Township
December 11, 2025
Junta launches heavy airstrike on Kanpetlet
November 26, 2025
Junta offensive from Taingen to Falam sparks fierce clashes
August 29, 2019
Chin Christian Alliance Seeks Permission for Religious TV Channel
Representatives of the Chin Christian Alliance met with Burma’s information minister on Monday to discuss the possibility of bringing an...
August 20, 2019
Kalay-Falam-Hakha Highway to be Upgraded With World Bank Loan
Discussions are underway between the government and the World Bank for funding to upgrade the road linking Kalay in Sagaing Region with Falam and...
August 20, 2019
More Than 100 Falam Villages to Get Electricity Access by 2026, Govt Rep...
More than 100 villages in Chin State’s Falam Township will get electricity by the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the Union deputy minister of electricity and...
August 14, 2019
Number of Doctors Not Sufficient to Treat Flu-Affected Children in Tedim
Children affected by influenza and dengue fever have been brought to Tedim public hospital, but the lack of doctors on staff has meant that not all...
August 14, 2019
More Civilians Being Reported Missing in Paletwa, Human Rights Org Says
The number of people who have gone missing in Chin State’s restive Paletwa Township has been increasing, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)...
Interview
August 13, 2019
‘We Did Not Go with Them Voluntarily’: Chin Villager on AA Abduction
On February 2, Arakan Army (AA) forces entered the village of King-talin in southern Chin State and forced its inhabitants to go with them to an AA...
August 13, 2019
Chin State Gov’t Postpones Hakha House Demolition Plans
The government of Chin State has decided to postpone its plans to start demolishing unregistered homes in an area slated for development in the state...
August 9, 2019
Villagers Flee Clashes near Chin-Rakhine Border
Clashes between the Burma Army and the insurgent Arakan Army (AA) just across the border in Rakhine State have forced hundreds of villagers in...
August 8, 2019
Company Seeks Signatures to Open Mine near Tedim Township
A company that is trying to extend a three-year license to mine near Chin State’s Tedim Township has been canvassing homes in three villages in hopes...
August 8, 2019
Over 100 New HIV Cases Reported in Chin State Last Year
The number of HIV-positive patients in Chin State increased by more than 100 last year, according to figures compiled by the state’s public health...
August 6, 2019
Police Seize Weapons in Kalay Drug Raid
Police in northern Burma’s Sagaing Region seized weapons and other items from the home of a Chin man in Kalay Township on Sunday after receiving a...
August 5, 2019
Abducted King-talin Villagers Arrive in Meezar
Thirty-nine villagers from southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township who were released earlier this week after nearly six months in Arakan Army (AA)...