Cheongju, South Korea – The Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) is set to host the 11th Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit from September 18-19, 2025, in Cheongju, South Korea. Under the theme “Uniting for Peace and Fulfilling Humanity’s Duty Together,” this year’s event will bring together high-level attendees from around the world to celebrate 11 years of progress and chart a path forward for global peace. The event will welcome over 770 distinguished attendees including presidents, prime ministers, speakers of national assemblies, chief justices, government ministers, and leaders from educational, religious, and media…
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Trade routes in Matupi Township, southern Chin State, which were temporarily closed due to security concerns, have been reopened since August 28, according to the Matupi Revolutionary Organisation/Chinland Defence Force – Matupi (MRO/CDF-Matupi). “We have reopened all public roads. They were temporarily closed due to an emergency status, but now everything is back to normal. Trade activities in Matupi Township will also resume,” said Ko Bway Oap, spokesperson for the MRO/CDF-Matupi. MRO/CDF-Matupi reopened trade routes in Matupi Township 22 days after their closure, which was prompted by a security emergency on August 6. On August 28, MRO/CDF-Matupi announced that the…
Charcoal and gas prices have surged in Tedim Town, Tedim Township, northern Chin State, following the junta’s blockade of the vital Kale-Taingen (Siyin) Road linking Kale in Sagaing Region to northern Chin State. Although the Chinland Defense Force-Civic Defense Militia Siyin (CDF-CDM Siyin) has announced the reopening of the Kale-Taingen Road, the junta continues to block the section near Shu Khin Thar area, on the outskirts of Kale Town, leaving travelers unable to use the route. As a result, the number of trucks reaching Tedim has dropped sharply, forcing residents to rely on alternative routes, mainly using motorbikes, to bring…
An Online Peace Educator Training Program was held from June 28 to August 9, taking place every Saturday across six sessions. The program brought together 94 educators and organizational leaders from seven countries: Burundi, Cameroon, India, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste. The participation of education professionals from multiple regions and continents highlights that peace education is emerging as a global trend that transcends national boundaries. Participants acknowledged the need for peace education into their national education systems and, in collaboration with HWPL(Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light), engaged in demonstrations of the 12 units of HWPL’s Peace Textbook.…
An unexploded artillery shell detonated in Thlangpanga Village, Matupi Township, Chin State, injuring four children, two of them seriously, according to locals. On the afternoon of August 18, a 60 mm artillery shell, an ordnance remnant, exploded on the outskirts of the village while children were playing with it. “The children were playing nearby, and it seemed they had come into contact with the unexploded shell. The blast was so powerful that four of them were injured, including two who were seriously hurt,” a Thlangpanga villager said. The injured children, aged between 5 and 12, included one who was directly…
Three civilians, including two schoolgirls, were injured when junta troops opened fire in central Hakha City, the capital of Chin State. Around 11:30 am on August 20, a shooting occurred in Hakha City, a territory still under junta control in Chin State. A man was shot in the stomach, and two schoolgirls sustained leg injuries. “The reports of a shooting are true. Junta troops reportedly opened fire, injuring a man in the stomach and two young girls in the legs. As far as we know, the girls are school students,” said a Hakha resident. The two girls sustained minor injuries,…
The junta launched an airstrike on Kanpetlet Town in southern Chin State’s Kanpetlet Township, damaging five houses but causing no injuries. A fighter jet that took off from Aye Lar Airbase in the capital, Naypyidaw, carried out two bombing runs on Kanpetlet on the morning of August 17. “The plane dropped bombs in the morning, but no one was hurt. Several houses in the central wards, near the town’s school, were badly damaged. People had already taken shelter in the orchards, so the houses were empty when the air raid struck,” a Kanpetlet Town resident said. Although Kanpetlet Town is…
In Hakha, the capital of Chin State, the junta has carried out a series of targeted abductions of young men, seizing more than 50 in just one week. In Hakha City, one of the few areas in Chin State still under its control, the junta has intensified abductions targeting young men since early August, with at least two mass abductions reported in the past week, a resident said. “The mass abduction on August 10 was the second time it happened. The first time, they took more than 30 young men. Soldiers waited at intersections for young men coming back from…
The junta arrested 40 young men in Hakha City, the capital of Chin State, and only eight have been released, with the rest still in detention. On August 3, the junta arrested young men at a tea shop along the Hakha-Gangaw Highway, as well as those returning from Sunday church services, a total of 40 individuals. “We don’t know why the junta made these arrests. All of those taken were civilians with no ties to the armed resistance. Targeting innocent people like this is completely unacceptable. Arresting young people who were just coming back from church is also a clear…
Roads in the Daa Yindu area of Kanpetlet Township, southern Chin State, near the border with Magway Region, will be closed for a week starting August 4 due to urgent defense and security needs, according to an August 4 announcement by the Khonum Battalion (Battalion 5) of the Chinland Defence Force – Kanpetlet (CDF-Kanpetlet). Following the junta’s July 31 announcement of a rebranded governing body, retaining the same leadership, it declared states of emergency and imposed martial law in more than 60 resistance-held townships nationwide, including Kanpetlet. In response, CDF-Kanpetlet temporarily closed roads in the Daa Yindu area. “The announcement…