Salai Hung Thun, a director of the Chin Media Network said: “This meeting will very different from previous meetings. New members will be confirmed and some projects will be started, so it is very important for all of us.”

He also said that new members will be confirmed at the meeting. The criteria to become a member is that news organisations should be registered and independent groups regularly producing news.

Discussions at the meeting will deal with setting up sub-offices, re-election of leaders for network empowerment and how to conduct management training for organisations.

Chin Media Network is supported by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for Chin media groups’ sustainability and empowerment. The main office is located in Hakha, the Chin State capital.

In 2012, Chin journalists established the Chin Journalists Network in Thantlang Town. Following that they had meetings in the towns of Falam, Hakha and Mindat. After those meetings the membership of 30 media groups decide to change the name of the organisation from the Chin Journalists' Network to the Chin Media Network.

Edited in English by Mark Inkey for BNI