THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE: AN UPDATE ON REVOLUTION IN CHIN STATE, 2025

Project Maje
February 2026

CONTENTS

Introduction
List of News Articles (with links)

Click on photos to expand.

INTRODUCTION

This report, "The Mountain People: An Update on Revolution in Chin State, 2025" covers the situation in Chin State, western Myanmar (Burma) since Project Maje's February 2025 report, "The Bells of Falam: Update on Revolution in Chin State, 2024." Previous post-coup Project Maje reports:

• The View from Mt. Kennedy: An Update on Revolution in Chin State (during 2023)
• Under the Hornbill Flag: Chin State Resistance Continues (during 2022)
• Hornbills and Powder Horns: Chin State Resists (during 2021)

"The Mountain People" includes links to news media, documents and reports from February 1, 2025 through January 2026, about the revolution in Chin State and related issues.

Summary:
Myanmar's Spring Revolution has been hard-fought in Chin State since early 2021. A major victory occurred with the liberation of Falam town in April, 2025. This left the state capital, Hakha and Tedim town the only locations still firmly in coup regime control. Unfortunately the chronic problem of inter-group conflict marred the Falam victory. Throughout 2025, efforts to negotiate a settlement to such conflicts continued. By the year's end, although maintaining control of most of the state, Chin State's revolutionaries faced offensives by the coup regime linked to its sham election, and civilians continued to suffer the regime's aerial bombardments.

"If we are caught and refuse to vote, they will put us in jail and torture us. We've run away so that we don't have to vote."
- Ms. Iang Za Kim, recent refugee who fled election-connected air strikes, quoted by BBC, December 21, 2025

In April 2025, the coup regime's forces completely lost control of Falam, a significant mountain town with important road connections, to Chin Brotherhood revolutionaries, after five months of fierce fighting. A small international volunteer unit, the Anti-fascist Internationalist Front, participated as well.

"The people of these mountains, assailed from all sides over the centuries by their (never truly successful) would-be conquerors, have built an entire culture which centers, above all, celebration. Every victory, great or minute, is cause for a feast, for drink, for shared song and earnest prayer. Every loss, every death, every sacrifice, is cause for the same, if not doubly so. There is a natural depth to celebration and joy here which I, a westerner, simply lack the words or ideas to understand. I get a little closer, though, each time I feast on boiled salted pork in good company and do the flapping-armed bird dance in clumsy unison with the revolutionary armies I fight alongside."
- Rachel Ram Len Mawi (Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front), "Lessons from the Hills" November 2, 2025

Following the April 2025 victory in Falam, ongoing tensions among revolutionary forces burst into deadly violence once again in early July 2025, with a "territorial dispute" clash between Chinland Defence Force Hualngoram and Chin National Defence Force near Falam. This was reportedly followed by Chin National Army troops overtaking Chinland Defence Force's Camp Rihli, apparently during a failed negotiation attempt. These clashes were terrifying enough to send about 4,000 civilians from Chin State to temporarily seek refuge from the fighting in Mizoram (they reportedly returned home by mid-July.)

Although numerous efforts have been made to bring rival Chin Brotherhood and Chinland Council groups together (including a "merger" meeting facilitated in February 2025, in Mizoram with the presence of Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma) flare ups like the one in July continued to divert revolutionary forces from their shared struggle during 2025. The National Unity Government issued a letter in July 2025 strongly advising the rival organizations to "immediately cease seeking to resolve differences through military means and instead pursue a political solution acceptable to the entire Chin community."

"We grew up under the Bible's teachings, but when these disputes break out, where is the Bible? Chin people who are concerned about God's Word are pained by what's happening. We cry and we feel discouraged."
- Pastor Khuang Lian, quoted by Christianity Today, November 5, 2025

The coup regime's occupation of Tedim, a town north of Falam, proved hard to break. During 2025, revolutionary forces cooperated to prevent the regime from resupplying their Tedim bases by road or expanding territory in Tedim Township. In January 2026 PDF-Zoland was able to sieze a coup regime base on the outskirts of Tedim town.

With enhanced relations with Russia and China, the Myanmar (Burma) coup regime waged a nationwide military offensive in 2025, aimed at gaining back some territory in advance of the national elections it had called for late December. The elections, designed to be neither free or fair, were meant to legitimize the regime with the illusion of transfer to civilian rule.

"This election is only being held to prolong military dictatorship. It's not about the people's choice. And in Chin State, they hardly control much area, so how can they hold an election?
- Vice Chairman of CNF Dr. Sui Khar, quoted by BBC, December 21, 2025

Regime forces regained a toehold in Chin State, seizing the strategic base on Mt. Kennedy in early November, but PDF-Zoland (Chin Brotherhood member) forces took back Mt. Kennedy by late November. When it changed hands again, Chin Brotherhood forces retook it again, in early January 2026. Mt. Kennedy is an important and historically significant overlook above the Sagaing Region plains.

Coup regime forces continued to push towards Falam from the Chin State border with Sagaing Region in mid-January, accompanied by intensive airstrikes. A regime truck convoy reached Taingen road junction by January 22, although under heavy attack by revolutionary forces.

Life in Hakha under the coup regime's military occupation continued to be precarious in 2025, with 40 civilians reportedly arrested by regime forces in retaliatory raids on a church and teashop, and an artillery barrage into the town, in August. In October, the Hakha Battalion, a revolutionary group, reportedly rescued 15 prisoners from a Hakha police facility.

According to Mizzima News, in January 2026, Chin Defense Force-Hakha (Central Council), following an investigation of corruption in the regime-controlled state capital, released a list exposing "484 high-ranking military officials, civil servants, and private companies allegedly involved in a corruption scheme totaling over 83 billion Kyats. The list targets figures within the junta-led administration, including the Chief Minister of Chin State, regional ministers, deputy commanders, and tactical officers, who are accused of embezzling public funds through fraudulent tender projects between 2021 and 2025."

Participation in the coup regime's December 28, 2025 sham election appeared to be minimal in Hakha and Tedim. A "silent strike" left streets and businesses, as well as polling stations, deserted on election day in the two towns, which were the only places in Chin State where sham election voting was available.

"The town was as quiet as the silent strikes we've held before. People didn’t even attend church. It was complete silence."
- a Hakha resident, quoted by Mizzima, December 29, 2025

In southern Chin State, the Chin Brotherhood held onto its territory and enhanced local administration, although communities were battered by the coup regime's aerial bombardments, especially during the pre-election months. Expansion into neighboring Magway Region progressed slowly. But broader affinities appeared when a Chin Brotherhood delegation visited Kachin Independence Organization headquarters, far to the north in Kachin State, for meetings with representatives of Kachin Independence Army and the National Unity Government, during July 2025.

"We focused on how to collaborate more strategically in the revolution, foster ties between us, and coordinate efforts to ensure momentum. We discussed roles, responsibilities, and how to synchronize our movements. People will see when we put those discussions into action."
- Salai Yaw Man, Chin Brotherhood spokesperson, about CB meetings with KIA, quoted in The Irrawaddy, August 13, 2025

The Myanmar coup regime's aerial bombing attacks continued to be a severe threat to civilian safety throughout Chin State, especially in the south, during 2025. While Chin State was not significantly affected by the major March 28, 2025 Myanmar (Burma) earthquake, similar devastation was caused by constant airstrikes, including massive bombing runs over Falam Township during March 2025. Post-earthquake, the regime carried out 17 airstrikes on Chin State between April 2 and 18, 2025, CHRO reported, killing 13 civilians, including seven children.

The coup regime continued to deliberately target churches, medical facilities and schools in Chin State during 2025 and January 2026. Airstrikes on two schools in Mindat killed four civilians, including schoolchildren, in October 2025. Two children were killed in an airstrike on a school in the Hakha area, also in October, as bombing runs appeared to increase in advance of the regime's sham election. International aid for air raid warning technology was still lacking, after nearly five years of such attacks.

"There were many displaced people staying there before. Then it became a school for displaced kids, with many of them living there. They study there, they live there, so when the airstrike happened, three students and a disabled woman were killed."
- Mr. Yaw Man, spokesperson for Mindat Township People's Administration Organisation, quoted by Myanmar Now, October 10, 2025

Although there were signs of some recovery in areas of Chin State that were under firm revolutionary control, the state's economy and food security remained fragile during 2025. Trade routes between Chin State and Northeast India were sometimes impeded by roadblocks in India.

Refugees from Chin State seeking safe haven in Northeast India's Mizoram and Manipur States faced access challenges and funding decreases. On January 18, 2026 the Mizoram State government reported 29,514 refugees from Myanmar (Chin State) residing in Mizoram. The US government's cancellation of its overseas aid programs caused catastrophic loss of funding for refugee health programs on both sides of the border.

"Our focus was on tuberculosis, and we covered eight districts in Mizoram. With the stoppage of USAID funding, our entire staff of 52 people were laid off, and our work came to an abrupt halt."
- Ms. Lalbiakengi Chawhte, aid program coordinator, quoted in Myanmar Now, December 24, 2025

US 2025 policy changes in 2025 also cut off an important asylum/immigration route for refugees from Chin State, even for those previously approved for resettlement in the US. The US government also announced termination of Temporary Protected Status for people from Burma (Myanmar) to take effect January 26, 2026. This may make thousands of refugees from Burma (Myanmar) in the US newly vulnerable to deportation raids.

In January 2026, representatives of Chin Human Rights Organization and the Myanmar Accountability Project met with officials of the Timor Leste (East Timor) government, including President José Ramos-Horta. Timor Leste had become the 11th member of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in October 2025. Under the principle of Universal Jurisdiction for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the CHRO/MAP delegation (according to a January 12, 2026 CHRO press release) "presented a criminal complaint to the Public Prosecutor's Office in Timor-Leste, requesting the opening of an investigation" on behalf of victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by coup regime forces in Chin State.

"Given the position on human rights and accountability taken by leading politicians and other influential voices in Timor-Leste, the Chin People earnestly believe that our call for accountability will be heard."
- Mr. Salai Za Uk, Executive Director of CHRO, quoted in CHRO press release, January 13, 2026

This report is dedicated to the people of Chin State, who have not only endured terrible oppression for five years since the February 1, 2021 Myanmar (Burma) coup, but have unstintingly resisted the fascist coup regime, in ways that should inspire the whole world.

Note: Project Maje is an independent information project on Burma's human rights and environmental issues, founded by Edith Mirante in 1986. Ms. Mirante's latest book, Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts includes essays about Chin State before and after the 2021 coup.

Previous Project Maje reports regarding Chin State include:
The Bells of Falam: An Update on Revolution in Chin State (2024)
The View from Mt. Kennedy: An Update on Revolution in Chin State (2024)
Under the Hornbill Flag: Chin State Resistance Continues (2023)
Hornbills and Powder Horns: Chin State Resists (2021)
Unsheltered Heights: Northern Chin State's Environmental Issues (2017)
The Last Frontier: Burma's Chinland In Transition (2012)
Rats and Kyats: Bamboo Flowering Causes a Hunger Belt in Chin State, Burma (2008)
Mithuns Sacrificed To Greed: The Forest Ox of Burma's Chins (2004)
Ashes and Tears: Interviews with Refugees from Burma on Guam (2001)
A Chin Compendium (1997)

Many thanks to Bruce for this website.

LIST OF NEWS ARTICLES

During 2025, media coverage of the revolution in Chin State was provided by local outlets like Khonumthung News and Chindwin News Agency, national publications like Myanmar Now and The Irrawaddy, citizen journalists and social media content from revolutionary groups themselves (including AIF.) There was less international media coverage of Chin State than in some previous years, but combat journalist Collin Mayfield released the two final episodes of his three part video series about the war. Mayfield was injured by a landmine while reporting in Tedim Township in November 2025. Freelance correspondent Lorcan Lovett continued his in-depth coverage of Chin State in various outlets, including his On Myanmar blog.

Project Maje does not endorse the contents of news articles linked in this report.

January 2025

These are in the previous Project Maje report The Bells of Falam: Update on Revolution in Chin State

February 2025

Ongoing strife in Myanmar, 4 years after its coup
NPR, by Scott Detrow, February 1, 2025
https://www.bpr.org/2025-02-01/ongoing-strife-in-myanmar-4-years-after-its-coup

Tourist Haven to War Zone: Chin State's struggle to rebuild
Myanmar Now, by Nora Pyae, February 3, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/tourist-haven-to-war-zone-chin-states-struggle-to-rebuild/

Joint Declaration by Chin Brotherhood, CRPH, NLD, NUCC and NUG: Reject the Junta-Planned Election
Joint Declaration, February 3, 2025
https://myanmarelectionwatch.org/en/news/joint-statement-declaration-chin-brotherhood-crph-nld-nucc-nug-myanmar-reject-election-junta-military-february-2025

474 Chin Resistance Fighters Killed Since Coup
Khonumthung News, February 04, 2025
https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/474-chin-resistance-fighters-killed-coup

Chin resistance groups clash in deadly battle
Myanmar Now, February 6, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-resistance-groups-clash-in-deadly-battle/

Panic for Fuel and Fighting in Falam
What's Happening in Myanmar podcast, February 7, 2025
https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/panic-for-fuel-fighting-for-falam/id1777519120?i=1000689950666

Health Crisis Escalates in Chin State Amid Ongoing Disease Outbreaks
Chin Human Rights Organization, circa February 9, 2025
https://www.chinhumanrights.org/health-crisis-escalates-in-chin-state-amid-ongoing-disease-outbreaks/

The Chin Resistance
Part 2/3 of documentary series by Collin Mayfield (Part 1 posted to Youtube January 2025) February 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6UmJcA64z0

Chin resistance forces declare Mindat safe for civilians to return
Myanmar Now, February 11, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-resistance-forces-declare-mindat-safe-for-civilians-to-return/

India reinforces security on Myanmar border, blocking trade and refugees
Myanmar Now, by Aung Naing, February 12, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/india-reinforces-security-on-myanmar-border-blocking-trade-and-refugees/

Q&A: 'The CNF will be abolished after the revolution', says Chin leader Sui Khar
Frontier, by Lorcan Lovett, February 14, 2025
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/qa-the-cnf-will-be-abolished-after-revolution-says-chin-leader-sui-khar/

Chin-Led Resistance Forces Capture Key Myanmar Junta Base in Sagaing's Kale
The Irrawaddy, February 14, 2025
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/chin-led-resistance-forces-capture-key-myanmar-junta-base-in-sagaings-kale.html

The cost of survival in Myanmar: Sustainability vs deforestation in war-torn Chin State
BNO IntelliNews, by Yan Naing Aung, February 14, 2025
https://www.intellinews.com/the-cost-of-survival-in-myanmar-sustainability-vs-deforestation-in-war-torn-chin-state-367124/

The Chin split: A simple guide
On Myanmar, by Lorcan Lovett, February 16, 2025
https://lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/the-chin-split-a-simple-guide

US Aid Cuts Seriously Affecting Chin Healthcare
Khonumthung News, February 19, 2025
https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/us-aid-cuts-seriously-affecting-chin-healthcare

Rival Chin groups agree to form unified 'Chin National Council' after years of tension
Myanmar Now, February 28, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/rival-chin-groups-agree-to-form-unified-chin-national-council-after-years-of-tension/

In northeast India, a border fence could cut through villages, houses and lives
AP, by Yirmiyan Arthur, February 28, 2025
https://apnews.com/article/india-myanmar-border-village-b3cc91d2febcee465b866cd32127318c

March 2025

Myanmar's Chin 'rebel groups' unite in Mizoram in CM Lalduhoma's presence to announce 'merger' agreement
Deccan Herald, by Sumir Karmakar, March 4, 2025
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/mizoram/myanmars-chin-rebel-groups-unite-in-mizoram-in-cm-lalduhomas-presence-to-announce-merger-agreement-3431717

Mizoram MP visits rebel outfit in Myanmar, asks them to join the Indian Union
The Hindu, by Vijaita Singh, March 05, 2025
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mizoram/mizoram-mp-visits-rebel-outfit-in-myanmar-asks-them-to-join-the-indian-union/article69295554.ece

Divided resistance: The Chin Brotherhood's view of its disputes with the Chin National Front
Myanmar Now, by Shiho Kakihara, March 6, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/divided-resistance-the-chin-brotherhoods-view-of-its-disputes-with-the-chin-national-front/

'How could I do any less?': Chin State's Mother of Resistance
Frontier, by Salai Johnny and Lorcan Lovett, March 6, 2025
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/how-could-i-do-any-less-chin-states-mother-of-resistance/

March 7, 2025 Features
Chin reunification and India's strategic calculus in a shifting borderland
The Borderlens, by Bidhayak Das, March 7, 2025
https://www.borderlens.com/2025/03/07/chin-reconciliation-india-myanmar-security/

'Inch by inch': Myanmar rebels close in on key military base in Chin State
Al Jazeera, by Lorcan Lovett, March 15, 2025
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/15/inch-by-inch-myanmar-rebels-close-in-on-key-military-base-in-chin-state

Myanmar junta bombs Chin State township hundreds of times in one week
Myanmar Now, March 18, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-junta-bombs-chin-state-township-hundreds-of-times-in-one-week/

Disquiet on the Western Front: A Divided Resistance in Myanmar's Chin State
International Crisis Group, March 19, 2025
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/b181-divided-resistance-myanmars-chin-state

As Anti-Junta Resistance Transforms Myanmar, Can India Afford to Play it Safe?
South Asian Voices, by Angshuman Choudhury, March 21, 2025
https://southasianvoices.org/geo-m-in-r-india-myanmar-junta-fp-3-21-2025/

The Chin Resistance
Part 3/3 of documentary series by Mayfield (Part 1 posted to Youtube January 2025 & Part 2 February 10, 2025.) circa March 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7bnZNAGl0

Chin resistance group seizes properties of Myanmar junta member Dr. Hmuh Thang
Myanmar Now, March 25, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-resistance-group-seizes-properties-of-myanmar-junta-member-dr-hmuh-thang/

Free Media Threatened & Chinland United?
What's Happening in Myanmar podcast, March 30, 2025
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-media-threatened-chinland-united/id1777519120?i=1000700091547

'I stopped counting after three': the 'girl sniper' fighting on the frontline of Myanmar's civil war
The Guardian, by Lorcan Lovett, March 31, 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/31/girl-sniper-resistance-fighting-on-the-frontline-of-myanmars-civil-war

April 2025

Legal Case in the Philippines Against Myanmar's Dictator Goes to Appeal
Chin Human Rights Organization, April 2025
https://www.chinhumanrights.org/chro-leads-landmark-war-crimes-complaint-in-the-philippines-meets-with-cardinal-pablo-david-to-rally-church-support-for-justice-in-myanmar/

Five Chin resistance fighters killed in clashes with junta-backed ethnic armed group
Myanmar Now, April 7, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/five-chin-resistance-fighters-killed-in-clashes-with-junta-backed-ethnic-armed-group/

Chin Rebels Rout Myanmar Junta From Falam After Five-Month Battle
The Irrawaddy, April 8, 2025
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/chin-rebels-rout-myanmar-junta-from-falam-after-five-month-battle.html

Chin Brotherhood takes over last junta base in Chin State town
Myanmar Now, April 9, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-brotherhood-takes-over-last-junta-base-in-chin-state-town/

Falam: A turning point in Myanmar's revolution?
On Myanmar, by Lorcan Lovett, April 10, 2025
https://lorcanlovett.substack.com/p/falam-a-turning-point-in-myanmars

Children, Clergy Killed, Church Destroyed in Junta Bombings in Chin State in Earthquake Aftermath
Chin Human Rights Organization, April 12, 2025
https://www.chinhumanrights.org/children-church-and-clergy-killed-in-junta-bombings-in-chin-state-in-earthquake-aftermath/

Chin National Army, allies fight for control of Kalay-Gangaw road
Myanmar Now, April 17, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-national-army-allies-fight-for-control-of-kalay-gangaw-road/

Chin group seeks answers on alleged rape by Arakan Army members in Paletwa
Myanmar Now, April 24, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-group-seeks-answers-on-alleged-rape-by-arakan-army-members-in-paletwa/

May 2025

Myanmar junta attacks another school, killing two in Chin State's Mindat Township
Myanmar Now, May 16, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-junta-attacks-another-school-killing-two-in-chin-states-mindat-township/

500 Buildings Destroyed in Battle for Falam Town
Khonumthung News, May 19, 2025
https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/500-buildings-destroyed-battle-falam-town

Chin Resistance Blocks Myanmar Junta Advance
The Irrawaddy, by Mary Khaing, May 28, 2025
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/chin-resistance-blocks-myanmar-junta-advance.html

June 2025

As Myanmar's junta rains destruction on civilians, locals learn how to defend themselves
Myanmar Now, by Nora Pyae June 5, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/as-myanmars-junta-rains-destruction-on-civilians-local-learn-how-to-defend-themselves/

Lamenting camp life: Displaced Kuki in Myanmar and India
Frontier, Doh Athan podcast, June 9, 2025
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/lamenting-camp-life-displaced-kuki-in-myanmar-and-india/

Rival Chin coalitions join forces to halt advance of junta convoy
Myanmar Now, by Saw Reh, June 20, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/rival-chin-coalitions-join-forces-to-halt-advance-of-junta-convoy/

Chin Brotherhood begins reconstruction in areas under its control
Myanmar Now, by Saw Reh, June 24, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-brotherhood-begins-reconstruction-in-areas-under-its-control/

Two Mizoram journalists part of BBC team that won Emmy for Myanmar docu
India Today, by Sushim Mukul, June 27, 2025
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/two-mizoram-journalists-feature-emmys-winning-bbc-documentary-film-on-myanmar-civil-war-emmy-awards-2747334-2025-06-27

July 2025

Chin resistance forces clash after seizing Falam from Myanmar junta
Myanmar Now, July 7, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-resistance-forces-clash-after-seizing-falam-from-myanmar-junta/

Chin Resistance Tensions Boil Over as CNA Seizes Rival's Myanmar HQ
The Irrawaddy, July 8, 2025
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/chin-resistance-tensions-boil-over-as-cna-seizes-rivals-myanmar-hq.html

Myanmar clashes force thousands to flee to India
AFP, July 8, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-clashes-force-thousands-to-flee-to-india/

A 'brotherly' fight: Chin factions battle over Indian border
Frontier, by Karishma Hasnat, July 11, 2025
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/a-brotherly-fight-chin-factions-battle-over-indian-border/

Chin armed group detains rival fighters in large narcotics bust
Myanmar Now, July 11, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-armed-group-detains-rival-fighters-in-large-narcotics-bust/

Chin groups back NUG president's call for peaceful resolution between the groups amid ongoing Falam clashes
Mizzima, July 11, 2025
https://eng.mizzima.com/2025/07/11/24286

Mizoram: Around 3,000 Myanmar refugees return home
The Economic Times, by Bikash Singh, July 18, 2025
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/mizoram-around-3000-myanmar-refugees-return-home/articleshow/122767393.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Removal of 88 children from Iowa Bible camp highlights struggles in refugee community
Des Moines Register, by Nick El Hajj, June 18, 2025
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/06/18/shekinah-glory-camp-iowa-where-88-kids-removed-had-good-intention-columbus-junction/84242458007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115044p000750c000750d00----v115044d--35--b--35--&gca-ft=230&gca-ds=sophi

Displaced and Divided: The Chin People Between War and Refuge
Human Development Forum Foundation, July 22, 2025
https://hdff.org/displaced-and-divided-the-chin-people-between-war-and-refuge/

New trade road under construction to link Paletwa with India
Development Media Group, July 30, 2025
https://dmediag.com/news/ntruc.html

August 2025

Myanmar junta arrests 40 civilians in Hakha after resistance ambush
Mizzima, August 7, 2025
https://eng.mizzima.com/2025/08/07/25147

CHRO Statement on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Chin Human Rights Organization, August 9, 2025
https://www.chinhumanrights.org/chro-statement-on-the-international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples/

KIO Unity Initiative: General Gun Maw proactive move to streamline and solidify ethnic-democratic alliance
Shan Herald Agency for News, By Sai Wansai
August 12, 2025 https://english.shannews.org/archives/28415

'Our Ties Will Grow Stronger': Chin Brotherhood Forges Inter-Resistance Bonds
The Irrawaddy, August 13, 2025
https://www.irrawaddy.com/in-person/interview/our-ties-will-grow-stronger-chin-brotherhood-forges-inter-resistance-bonds.html

September 2025

'I'll never return as long as they're still there': One woman's ordeal in AA-controlled Paletwa Township
Myanmar Now, by Aung Naing, September 2, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/ill-never-return-as-long-as-theyre-still-there-one-womans-ordeal-in-aa-controlled-paletwa-township/

An Overview Of The Chin Theater: Myanmar's Most Complicated War Theater Gets A Deep Dive
Adventures in Asia Tenggara blog, September 5, 2025
https://adventuresinsea.substack.com/p/an-overview-of-the-chin-theater

Myanmar Refugees in Mizoram Face Shrinking Aid and Political Conflict
The Diplomat, by Lotty Clare, September 13, 2025
https://thediplomat.com/2025/09/myanmar-refugees-in-mizoram-face-shrinking-aid-and-political-conflict/

October 2025

Students, disabled woman killed by Myanmar junta airstrikes on schools in Chin State
Myanmar Now, October 10, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/students-disabled-woman-killed-by-myanmar-junta-airstrikes-on-schools-in-chin-state/

Junta airstrike hits village school in Chin State, kills two children
Myanmar Now, October 14, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-airstrike-hits-village-school-in-chin-state-kills-two-children/

Chin resistance frees 15 detainees from Hakha police station
Mizzima, October 19, 2025
https://eng.mizzima.com/2025/10/19/27367

"There is nothing that would cause the dictatorship more panic than to see Chin forces Unite" (interview with Azad Gulan)
Chin World, October 22, 2025
https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/there-nothing-would-cause-dictatorship-more-panic-see-chin-forces-unite

Two killed as gunfire erupts during funeral for airstrike victims in Chin State
Myanmar Now, October 28, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/two-killed-as-gunfire-erupts-during-funeral-for-airstrike-victims-in-chin-state/

5 Chin fighters killed in Junta Firing
Zogam Insight, October 29, 2025
https://www.khalvontawi.in/2025/10/5-chin-fighters-killed-in-junta-firing.html

November 2025

Lessons From The Hills
blog by Rachel Ram Len Mawi (Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front), November 2, 2025
https://aifmyanmar.noblogs.org/post/2025/11/02/lessons-from-the-hills/

Aung Ya Mie: Women's Struggle & Internationalism: From The Free Chin Hills with AIF's Rachel Ram Len Mawi
The Dugout podcast, November 2, 2025
https://tdugout.substack.com/p/aung-ya-mie-womens-struggle-and-internationalism

When Believers Kill Believers
Christianity Today, by Kelly Ng, November 5, 2025
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/chin-myanmar-christian-infighting-armed-forces/

Junta escalates nationwide offensives as elections loom
Myanmar Now, November 10, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-escalates-nationwide-offensives-as-elections-loom/

Myanmar military seizes key hill position from Chin resistance
Myanmar Now, November 11, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-military-seizes-key-hill-position-from-chin-resistance/

AA, Chin Brotherhood form alliance to resist junta offensive in Chin State
Development Media Group, November 11, 2025
https://www.dmediag.com/news/abfat.html

Chin resistance forces seize Myanmar army camp in Tedim
Myanmar Now, November 28, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin-resistance-forces-seize-myanmar-army-camp-in-tedim/

December 2025

ULA/AA builds new inter-village roads in Paletwa to boost connectivity
Development Media Group, December 1, 2025
https://www.dmediag.com/news/ulabptrdbst.html

Myanmar Insurgency: Chin State
Radio War Nerd podcast, December 7, 2025
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/war-nerd-radio-subscriber-feed-1383559/episodes/radio-war-nerd-ep-566-myanmar-275460449

Weekly Dispatch, Dec. 11, 2025
Free Burma Rangers, Dec. 11, 2025
https://www.freeburmarangers.org/post/weekly-dispatch-dec-11-2025

New limits on movement upend lives, long-held traditions on India-Myanmar border
Myanmar Now, by Aatreyee Dhar December 12, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/new-limits-on-movement-upend-lives-long-held-traditions-on-india-myanmar-border/

UFC's First Asian-born Champion Vows to Honor Myanmar
The Chosun Daily, by Kim Dong-hyun, Dec. 12, 2025
https://www.chosun.com/english/sports-en/2025/12/12/XM7ZIMX4JJFAVHC7ERLSSQSIRI/

Heavy fighting erupts as junta columns close in on Chin State's Falam
Myanmar Now, December 15, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/heavy-fighting-erupts-as-junta-columns-close-in-on-chin-states-falam/

US journalist receives surgery in India after landmine injury in Myanmar
DVB, December 16, 2025
https://english.dvb.no/us-journalist-gets-surgery-after-landmine-injury-in-myanmar/

In rebel-held Myanmar, civilians face devastating air strikes and a sham election
BBC, by Yogita Limaye, December 21, 2025
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrjpdz33vxo

Conflict puts planned junta-controlled elections at risk in Chin State
Myanmar Now, December 26, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/conflict-puts-planned-junta-controlled-elections-at-risk-in-chin-state/

In Mizoram, Programmes for Myanmar Refugees Struggle to Survive Amid US Aid Cuts
Myanmar Now, by Kimi Colney and Aatreyee Dhar, December 27, 2025
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/in-indias-mizoram-programs-for-myanmar-refugees-struggle-to-survive-amid-us-aid-cuts/

'Silent strike' boycott and resistance attacks paralyze election in Chin state
Mizzima, December 29, 2025
https://eng.mizzima.com/2025/12/29/29699

January 2026

Resistance Groups On the Front Foot in the New Year
Whats Happening in Myanmar podcast, January 3, 2026, with Lorcan Lovett
https://www.whimyanmar.com/

Myanmar airstrikes, shelling kill at least 10 on Independence Day
Myanmar Now, January 5, 2026
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-airstrikes-shelling-kill-at-least-10-on-independence-day/

Junta election stalls in Chin and Rakhine states as military control shrinks
Myanmar Now, January 6, 2026
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-election-stalls-in-chin-and-rakhine-states-as-military-control-shrinks/

Chin resistance coalition recaptures Kennedy Peak military outpost
Khonumthung News, January 7, 2026
https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/chin-resistance-coalition-recaptures-kennedy-peak-military-outpost

Chin Brotherhood captures strategic Kennedy Hill and apprehends 32 Myanmar junta personnel
Mizzima, January 13, 2026
https://eng.mizzima.com/2026/01/13/30214

Survivors of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Bring a Case Against the Myanmar Junta in Timor-Leste
Chin Human Rights Organization and Myanmar Accountability Project, January 13, 2026
https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2026/01/13/survivors-of-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-bring-a-case-against-the-myanmar-junta-in-timor-leste/

CDF-Hakha blacklists 484 officials and companies over 83-billion-kyat corruption scandal
Mizzima, January 18, 2026
https://eng.mizzima.com/2026/01/18/30363

Myanmar atrocity victims appeal to Timor-Leste for justice
Union of Catholic Asian News, January 19, 2026
https://www.ucanews.com/news/myanmar-atrocity-victims-appeal-to-timor-leste-for-justice/111629

Mizoram completes 85% biometric enrolment of Myanmar refugees
Times of India, by HC Vanlalruata, January 19, 2026
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/mizoram-completes-85-biometric-enrolment-of-myanmar-refugees/articleshow/126660088.cms