Khonumthung News

December 23, 2024
Chin Resistance Forces Take Kanpetlet Town
December 23, 2024
Chin Brotherhood takes Mindat, Falam Offensive Ongoing
December 13, 2024
Falam and Mindat Township Offensives Enter Second Month
November 11, 2020
Five Recovered COVID-19 Patients Discharged From Kalay Hospital
Five patients who have recovered from COVID-19 were discharged from a hospital in Kalay, Sagaing Region on Tuesday morning. The five people include a...
November 10, 2020
NLD Reports Victory in Chin State Ethnic Party’s Stronghold
According to initial tallies, the National League for Democracy (NLD) is reporting that they won every parliamentary seat in northern Chin State’s...
November 9, 2020
Less Than 20 Percent of Paletwa’s Residents Able to Vote on Election Day
Voters in the seven wards and one village tract allowed to vote in Paletwa Township’s election cast their ballots on Sunday. Nineteen polling...
November 9, 2020
As Govt Is ‘Busy With Election Matters,’ Chin State IDPs’ Needs Grow
Civil society in Paletwa Township, southern Chin State, is reminding the government and donors that internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the region...
November 6, 2020
Dispute Over Eligibility Arises Between Chin Affairs Ministerial...
The Kalay Township Election Commission resolved a dispute on Wednesday between two candidates contesting for the position of Chin ethnic affairs...
November 4, 2020
After Receiving Govt Aid, IDPs in Meezar Village Still Hungry
Internally displaced persons (IDPs), who are taking refuge in Meezar village after fleeing from conflict in southern Chin State, don’t have enough to...
November 4, 2020
Market and Minibus Station Planned in Rihkhawdar
A market and minibus station is planned in the town of Rihkhawdar in Chin State, along the Indian border. Salai Thein Htay Lwin, from the town’s...
November 4, 2020
KACC Wants Polling in 12 Village-tracts in Paletwa Township
The Khumi Affairs Coordination Committee (KACC) called for polling reinstated in 12 village-tracts in Paletwa Township, located in southern Chin...
November 4, 2020
Internet Services in Paletwa Township Must Be Restored
Without access to the internet, residents of Paletwa Township, located in southern Chin state, can’t access vital information about the election or...
November 2, 2020
Paletwa IDPs Run Out of Rice
Even though the World Food Program (WFP) and government have been providing rice to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Paletwa Township, the...
November 2, 2020
UEC Cancels Voting in Nearly All Paletwa Village Tracts
The Union Election Commission (UEC) announced the cancelation of the general election in 94 village tracts in Chin State’s Paletwa Township on...
Interview
October 30, 2020
Peace Process ‘Slowed Down’ Under NLD Govt, CNF Spokesperson Says
Khonumthung News recently interviewed Salai Htet Ni, spokesperson for the Chin National Front (CNF), about the state of Burma’s current peace process...