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
January 23, 2020
Paletwa Mother and Daughter Injured in Landmine Explosions 10 Days Apart
A 22-year-old Paletwa Township woman was injured in a landmine explosion just 10 days after her mother had also stepped on a landmine in the area...
January 23, 2020
Multiple Maps Needed to Determine Chin State’s Borders
Chin land activists are concerned about the historic materials being consulted regarding the demarcation of Chin State. The state, which borders...
January 20, 2020
AA: Burma Army Is Responsible For Murder of Paletwa Teacher, Villagers
After a primary school principal and two villagers were found dead of knife injuries in the jungle in Paletwa Township on January 10, the Khumi...
January 18, 2020
Burma Army Tortured Woman in Rakhine State, Rights Group Says
A 44-year-old woman in Rakhine State’s Ann Township was tortured by soldiers from the Burma Army’s Western Command on January 4, the Chin Human...
January 17, 2020
Daw Khin Kyi Foundation Builds 50 Houses For Chin State IDPs
A foundation created in the memory of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s mother is building 50 houses for Chin internally displaced people (IDPs) in...
January 16, 2020
Manipura Hydropower Project in Falam to be Resumed
The Burmese government will continue the controversial Manipura hydropower project in Chin State’s Falam Township this year, a spokesperson said...
January 16, 2020
After Months Without Food Aid, Paletwa IDPs Struggle With Rice Shortage
Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Meezar village in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township are facing a shortage of rice due to ongoing clashes...
January 14, 2020
School Principal, Two Villagers Found Dead in Paletwa
A school principal and two villagers who had gone missing in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township were found dead in the jungle on Friday. Abyayla...
January 13, 2020
‘Restrictions Are Everywhere’ as Holiday Celebrations Are Called Off in...
Recent public activities for Christmas and New Year were not able to be held in the southern Chin State town of Paletwa due to ongoing conflict...
December 20, 2019
Paletwa Christians ‘Cannot Be Happy’ This Christmas Due to Ongoing War,...
An ongoing curfew in Paletwa Township has made it impossible for locals—most of whom are Christian—to engage in their regular Christmas festivities...
December 20, 2019
Paletwa Curfew Interfering With High School Education Initiative, Locals...
Education department officers in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township say they are concerned that the ongoing curfew in the area will contribute to...
December 20, 2019
Dozens More Villagers Flee to Paletwa Town to Escape Armed Conflict
Some 40 villagers from the communities of Kyaung Chaung and Thaphan Chaung in Paletwa Township sought refuge in Paletwa town on Tuesday, due to fears...