By Lalnuna – The Swedish government will provide assistance focused on poverty eradication, health care, and promoting human rights and gender equality, a diplomat said in Kalay, Sagaing Region this week. Johan Hallenborg, the minister counsellor and head of office for Sweden’s section office in Yangon, made his first visit to Chin State from November 5-10. In Kalay, at the end of his trip, he told journalists at the GBH Hotel on Sunday about Sweden’s five-year plan to increase aid to the region, noting that he saw “many difficulties” and that poverty eradication was “very slow.” “Health care and the…
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Yangon-based Chin civil society organizations (CSOs) and the Burmese government have agreed to cooperate in helping repatriate Chin refugees now in Malaysia and India. The move follows a June decision by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to no longer resettle or designate refugee status for people from Chin State, describing it as no longer being an active conflict area. Representatives from the All Chin Society-Yangon (ACSY)—made up of 19 organizations—met with Vice President Henry Van Thio on November 3. According to ACSY chairperson Peter Cung, the decision to collaborate in working with Chin refugees was made then. “Some…
(Mizo version) – (The Chinland Post = TCP , Tuan Kil= TK) TCP :- Dr. Sui Hingz nen hian engtin nge in inhriat dan? TK – Ka thiannu Cerpi, Hakha awm nen kum 2014 khan Sui Hings chu Moe Hein (Restaurant)-ah zanriah kan kil pui a, chuta tangin kan inhria. Chuan Hakha a rawn kal apiangin thiante nen kan leng ho thina Timit, Tita-ah te kal hoin kan inti hlim thin. Kum 2017 khan Pawisa 3%, 5% pungin puk tur min zawn sak rawh a ti a, chuta tang chuan kan thawk dun tan a. Kei chu Pawl 4 pass chauh…
The construction of a building honoring all ethnic Chin tribes is now underway in Yangon. The structure is being built under the leadership of the All Chin Society-Yangon (ACSY)—a network of 19 civil society organizations—and will be located on the corner of Anawrahta and Konbaung roads in east Dagon Township. According to ACSY chairperson Peter Cung, the building will house a guesthouse, museum, an event hall, and offices for Chin representatives of different groups. The project is being financed by members of the Chin community. ACSY applied for permission to create the building, make a fence, dig a well, and…
The Union Solidarity and Development Party’s (USDP) candidate for a vacant Lower House seat in Kanpetlet Township acknowledged his defeat in Saturday’s by-election, which was won by the National League for Democracy (NLD). “I’m satisfied with the election result because the votes came from the people. This by-election was fair,” the candidate, Mana Naing, said of the November 3 race. In addition to the NLD and USDP, the Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP) and Chin Progressive Party (CPP) competed to represent Kanpetlet. Mana Naing lost to the NLD’s candidate U Nyunt Win by 556 votes. Mana Naing attributed his defeat…
The Chin League for Democracy (CLD) and the National League for Democracy (NLD) each won representation in Saturday’s by-elections in Chin State. NLD candidate U Nyunt Win secured a vacant Lower House seat in Kanpetlet Township, and the CLD’s Awng Liang won a state parliament seat in Matupi Township. Candidates from the NLD, Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP), Chin Progressive Party (CPP), and the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) competed for the Lower House seat. In that race, U Nyunt Win earned 3,083 votes, while the USDP’s Maner Nai got 2,527 votes. The CNDP’s Ke Thang Lun received…
A second landmine victim in as many months in Chin State’s Paletwa Township has been transferred to an out-of-state hospital to treat injuries described as critical. Huay Tang, a 35-year-old father of six, stepped on a landmine on Monday after searching for edible plants with five other locals in the jungle near Yap Chaung village. Ko Aung Kyaw, of the Paletwa Social Welfare Team, told Khonumthung News that Huay Tang was moved to a hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, on Tuesday. “He got serious landmine injuries. His situation is critical,” Ko Aung Kyaw said, explaining that much of Huay Tang’s…
Villagers and local administrators are planning to move the body of a World War II-era Chin soldier in the aftermath of a natural disaster in his home community. Col Sithu Hrang Thio’s tomb was originally set up in Falam Township’s Thanhniar village, but following a bad storm in 2015, the colonel’s descendants moved to Lungpi village, taking the remains with them. Rev Don Hre Dun, the nephew of Sithu Hrang Thio, told Khonumthung News that they have asked the municipal committee to provide space in the municipal park for the tomb. Township administration officer Caawi met Col Hrang Thio’s grandchildren…
A demonstration originally planned for Monday against the Chin State government’s establishment of a national park and dam on locals’ ancestral land has been delayed until next month. Villagers from the community of Chuncung, whose land and livelihoods would be affected by the project, will determine a date for the demonstration after the November 3 by-elections, following a request to do so from local administrators. “The township general administration office called us. They said they would be busy with security issues because of the by-elections and requested that we demonstrate after it. So we decided to demonstrate after the by-elections,”…
Organizers completed an ethnic Matu forum in Chin State’s Matupi Township despite a verbal order from state authorities to close the event. The forum was held from October 23-25. However, on the first day of the event, the Matupi Township administrator summoned the organizers and asked them to end the forum. Chin Youth Organization’s Matupi chairman Annobik said that it since it was “not an official order with a document,” they decided to continue for the full three days. The Matu forum was held with the Chin League for Democracy, which will run in the Matupi Township by-elections this year.…