Two groups have jointly launched a Japanese conversation class in Tar Han ward of the Sagaing Region town of Kalay. The Yangon-based Thein Tun Thitsa company and the Rih Region Multi Development Society are behind the initiative, which costs 30,000 kyats (US$20) per month. Students can register for the course this week. There are five official levels of Japanese language study—from N5, the most basic, to N1, highly proficient. This class will be offered at the two beginning levels, According to one of the course organizers, those who pass N5 and N4 could be eligible to undergo further language testing…
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A copper statue of the first two ethnic Chin students to earn Bachelor’s degrees will be placed outside a Falam high school this month. The Global Falam Youth Organization (GFYO) is preparing for the launch of the statue of Pu Liah Luai and Pi Hlawn Kip Thluai. GFYO secretary Van Bawi Lian said that the statue is being erected to inspire a new generation of Chin youth to pursue their education and spark an interest in their people’s history. “Our youth have forgotten history. We have tried to set up the statue of these Falam students, who are the first…
Student groups in India’s Mizoram State protested the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, on Tuesday. The North East Students’ Organization (NESO) and the Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) student organization participated in a statewide demonstration against the bill, demanding that locals not leave their houses from 5 a.m. until 4 p.m. on January 8. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 would grant Indian citizenship to Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Parsi, and Sikh migrants from neighboring Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan if they have been in the country for at least six years. The student organizations said they oppose the measure because it provides citizenship on…
By Lalnun – High school students in Chin State are drinking water extracted by the air that has been purified by state-of-the-art technology, thanks to the generosity of a Myanmar charity and an Indian company. Myanmar’s Heart, founded by former Miss Myanmar, Moe Set Wine, and Swelect Energy Systems Ltd donated the purification machine to a school in Tonzang. “This machine doesn’t rely on water resources,” said Wine. “It can change air to water. After, the water will be purified.” Actually, the system relies on fans that draw water vapours in the air through a hydro solar panel, according to…
A beauty pageant was organized to empower women because in Chin society they don’t have the same equal rights as men said a female senator. “According to our Zomi tradition sons has advantages over daughters. It’s our tradition and customs. I don’t want to be treating children this way,” Pi Cing Ngaih Mang said. “Women can do many things like men. I want to highlight this.” The senator said if women are confident they will be able to achieve more in the workforce. The beauty pageant in Tonzang was joined by former Miss Universe Myanmar, Moe Set Wine. Wine was…
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Chin refugees in New Delhi are largely choosing to undergo individual status determination interviews with the UN High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) instead of holding on to their refugee status for one more year as is advised, according to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO). Interviews with the UN refugee agency began on Tuesday. Salai Cung Dawt, who is in charge of CHRO’s New Delhi office, told Khonumthung News that 10 out of 11 Chin people said they would go ahead with the interviews after being consulted by UN officials. He said that they encouraged the refugees to take the…
By Lalnun – The Central Chin Youth Organization has called on the authorities to release three ethnic Kachin youth leaders now in prison for their role in campaigning for the protection of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kachin State. In a statement released late last week, the Chin youth group described the arrest and sentencing of the Kachin protesters as deviating from the government’s objective to restore rule of law in Burma. They also described the move as going against the democratic values of freedom of speech and assembly and that it threatened civil society and the peace process. Nang…
More than 100 Chin refugees in India demonstrated in front of the New Delhi United Nations offices on Monday in protest of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) decision to begin interviews determining whether they need international protection. On Tuesday, the option for Chin refugees in India to undergo these interviews begins. Those who opt not to participate must agree to give up their refugee status by the end of 2019, in accordance with the UNHCR decision to no longer grant protected status to those from Chin State. The New Delhi-based Chin Human Rights Organization’s (CHRO) office in-charge Salai…
By Lalnun – More than 20 Chin civil society organizations released a joint statement on Wednesday distancing themselves from a decision by the Tedim-based Zomi Organization to give Burma Army chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing the prestigious Chin Hero Award. The statement declared that the 22 signatory organizations did not support the decision to honor the head of the Burmese military, which has been waging war with ethnic communities for decades. Also known as the Gal Hang Pah Tawi Na Award, the Chin Hero Award is the highest such honor that can be delegated by Chin people in Tedim and…