The Chin Human Rights Organization issued a statement saying the fires in Thantlang had died down by Saturday morning, after as many as 200 houses may have been destroyed.

Thang Biak discovered his house in Myanmar’s northwestern Chin State had burned down from watching the television news in neighbouring India. He had fled Thantlang, a hilltop town of roughly ...

About 10,000 people normally live in Thantlang in Chin State, but most had left to seek shelter in surrounding areas including in India, a community leader said.

Fires burn in town of Thantlang in Myanmar's northwestern state of Chin, Oct. 29, 2021. More than 160 buildings in the town, including 3 churches, have been destroyed by fire caused by shelling by ...

Today, Thantlang is deserted and in ruins, ... At the same time, violence has escalated in Chin State and other parts of western Burma. Extrajudicial killing, arbitrary detention, ...

INSIGHT-In Myanmar's Chin state, ... The U.S. State Department singled out events in Chin, and Thantlang in particular, in a statement last month urging the military to end the violence.

A report issued Tuesday, Jan. 23, by the NGO project Myanmar Witness that examines the bombing of churches in Myanmar's western state of Chin underlines how the ruling military attacks buildings ...

A handout photo made available by The Chinland Post shows burning houses due to military shelling with heavy artillery in Thantlang town, Chin State, Myanmar, on September 18.

CHAMPHAI, India (Reuters) -The former boxer said he and his comrades were perched on a hillside near the town of Mindat, in Myanmar's northwest, and preparing ...

About 10,000 people normally live in Thantlang in Chin State, but most had left to seek shelter in surrounding areas including in India, a community leader said.