Khonumthung News

April 4, 2019
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Chin National Front (CNF) met last week to discuss the provision of assistance to...
April 1, 2019
Thousands of civilians displaced from fighting between the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army in southern Chin State don’t have enough food, medicine and...
April 1, 2019
Chin State has the highest rates of malnutrition for children under age five out of all of Burma’s 14 states and regions, the Ministry of Health and...
March 29, 2019
The Champai Vehicles Association has indefinitely blocked the transport of imported goods from Burma’s No. 2 Border Trading Camp near Rihkhawdar,...
March 28, 2019
Residents of southern Chin State are planning a demonstration against the proposed location of the Matupi District Office—eight miles from the town...
March 27, 2019
The construction of a bridge across the Kaladan River in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township has been stopped temporarily due to attacks in the...
March 27, 2019
Out of the 640 children under the age of five that died in 2018 in Chin State, Kanpetlet township recorded the highest numbers of child fatality...
March 20, 2019
At a recent investment fair intended to boost the economy of one of Myanmar’s most impoverished state, the government of Chin State closed lucrative...
March 20, 2019
The Chin State government has confirmed that the Matupi District Office complex will be built near Hpanai Ngahlaing village, which is located about 8...
March 20, 2019
After declaring it wouldn’t renew refugee cards for ethnic Chin refugees, the UNHCR recently announced it will renew cards until 2021. Last year, the...
March 19, 2019
A local man was seriously injured on the Indian side of the country’s border with Burma after stepping on a landmine in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai District...
March 18, 2019
Citing deteriorating security in southern Chin State, representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on March 14...