Two junta fighter jets bombed two sites in Sanpya Ward, Midat Town, southern Chin State’s Mindat Township, destroying seven houses. Around 9:40 pm on September 21, junta aircraft dropped four bombs on two sites in Sanpy Ward, a Mindat resident reported. “Initial reports indicate no casualties as airstrikes hit Sanpya Ward, destroying seven houses,” he told Khonumthung. The jets carrying out the airstrikes were deployed from the junta’s Aye Lar Airbase in the capital Naypyidaw. Similarly, on September 10, a junta fighter jet dropped two 500-pound bombs on Kharpan Village in Sub-region 5, Kanpetlet Township, southern Chin State, damaging two…
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Refugees who fled Paletwa Township in Chin State and are taking shelter in Tuidang Village, Lawngtlai District, Mizoram State, India, fear their livelihood hardships will worsen as rats destroy their rice fields. Tuidang Village Council officials have permitted Paletwa refugees to take shelter and even allowed them to farm about a mile from the village. Around 200 households displaced from Paletwa are living in Tuidang Village, with more than half engaged in rice farming. Now, as the rice ripens, rats are rampant, causing widespread damage across acres of farmland. “”We grow rice on an acre of land, but now almost…
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…
In Kale Town in Sagaing Region’s Kale Township, residents report that junta-appointed ward administrators frequently raid homes at night, abducting people for conscription. “We hear about people being taken for conscription every day. Almost every night, junta officials break into homes and abduct locals, even fathers with many children are not exempt. The junta is intensifying these efforts because it needs more soldiers,” said a Kale resident who has been closely monitoring the junta’s activities in the area. In the past, the junta primarily targeted pedestrians and people in pubs and restaurants for abduction, but recently, nighttime raids on homes…
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…