Khonumthung News

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...
April 17, 2020
Khonumthung News recently interviewed Chin National Front (CNF) spokesperson Salai Htet Ni, who is also the organization’s Joint General Secretary 2...
April 13, 2020
The mother of Burma’s COVID-19 patient ‘zero’ tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) confirmed the 58-...
April 10, 2020
At least seven civilians were killed and eight injured in an air attack by the Burma Army on a village in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township on...
April 9, 2020
The Chin State government is building 150 huts for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the town of Sami in Paletwa Township in an effort to...
April 7, 2020
With both roads and waterways blocked between Kyauktaw in Rakhine State and Paletwa in Chin State, locals in Paletwa are facing severe shortages of...
April 7, 2020
Chin refugees in India say that they are facing severe food shortages following a nationwide lockdown imposed by the government in order to prevent...
April 6, 2020
Eighteen ambassadors to Burma from Europe and the US called for an end to fighting in Chin and Rakhine states to prepare for the Covid-19 pandemic...