Khonumthung News

February 8, 2020
An unidentified armed group that robbed two villages in southern Chin State returned the money by the following day. Salai Aung Min, of Paletwa...
February 7, 2020
Members of the Chin National Front (CNF) said they will boycott the 72nd Chin National Day in Thangtlang town after the government denied the...
February 7, 2020
Youth in Hakha, capital of Chin State, are opposing a shopping mall the government wants to build at the location of their football ground. “I think...
February 6, 2020
The government shut down internet access again in Rakhine and Chin states. Internet services in Rathaytaung, Buthitaung, Maungdaw, Myaebon townships...
February 5, 2020
Chin State parliament approved five Chin languages to be introduced into schools after meeting late last month. Initially, four ethnic languages were...
February 3, 2020
Company officials have sought support from village headman in Chin State’s Tedim Township in resuming the Mwe Tawng mining project, Khonumthung News...
January 30, 2020
The Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) has warned the Arakan Army (AA) not to reference the Khumi people as an ethnic Rakhine sub-group. After...
January 30, 2020
Teachers in the Chin State capital of Hakha have said that if the government does not reconsider its order to extend the academic year through March...
January 30, 2020
The public health department in the Chin State town of Rihkhawdar established a medical checkpoint at a bridge marking the border between India and...
January 25, 2020
An extension to the academic year by one month put forward by the Ministry of Education has been contested by teachers who say it is “overloading”...
January 23, 2020
The Arakan Army released Paletwa Township parliamentarian Hawi Tin on Tuesday after holding him for more than two months in the group’s custody...
January 23, 2020
More than 200 teachers in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township have applied for permission to transfer to other areas, the director of the township...