Following negotiations between the Burmese government and ethnic armed groups comprising the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), Karen National Union (KNU), Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and Chin National Front (CNF) on 19 November, the Burmese government and CNF will go for peace talks in Hakha, the capital of Chin state within January 2012.
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A Chin refugee was stabbed to death by Thin Lin from Hmawbi Township, Rangoon division, Burma in Cameroon highland of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at around 5 pm local standard time on November 16.
Chin Churches abroad will hand over 500 lakhs Kyat for around 30,000 Kachin Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) created in the conflict between the new Burmese government and the Kachin Independence Army after the ceasefire agreement was broken.
After two decades of relentlessly fighting the Burmese government, the Chin National Front (CNF) has said that the reason it took up arms was only to protect Chin nationals.
14 November 2011: Local people in western Chin state have alleged that there is religious discrimination in nine schools, operating in the border areas set up for ethnic development since 2003.
A complaint was filed by local Chin Christians from the northern and eastern bridge of Mung River in Kanpetlet Township, Southern Chin state to Naypyidaw on November 9 regarding demolition of Christian crosses.
During the second Chin state parliament assembly session on November 8 and 9 in Hakha town, most parliament members submitted only questions, said U Kyaw Nyain, Minister of Mining and Forest.
The executive committee of the Chin Refugees Committee (CRC) based in New Delhi the capital of India, made an emergency announcement yesterday for the security of community members.
Half of the 50 Burmese traders operating on the No-2, Indo-Burma border trade road have stopped work due to the falling exchange rate between the Kyat and the Indian Rupee.
A new administrator for Than Tlang Township, Chin state was appointed in the last week of October after the authorities summoned Mr. Chit Ko Ko, former administrator to Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma.