Nestled in the hills of western Myanmar’s Chin State is Thantlang, which epitomizes many facets of the conflict in Myanmar that erupted after the military or Sit-tat staged a coup on February 1 ...

Smoke rises from fires in Thantlang, where many buildings have been destroyed by shelling from junta military troops in Chin State, Myanmar, Oct 29, 2021.

The burning footage of Thantlang town in Myanmar’s Chin State on September 23, 2021, as captured by a drone camera. Credit: Chin Human Rights Organization.

China sources around half of its supply of rare earths from Myanmar, which is in the midst of an internecine conflict.

The destruction of Thantlang Town in Chin State was one of the military’s most egregious acts. From late 2021 to early 2022, the Tatmadaw conducted a campaign of mass arson in the town ...

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 ...

According to the Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO), a local NGO, at least 53 airstrikes were carried out and about 140 bombs dropped on the townships of Mindat, Hakha, Matupi and Thantlang in ...

His hometown of Thantlang was virtually leveled in September 2021, in some of the war's most brutal early fighting. With four Myanmar nationals, ... Chin state, Myanmar in May 2023.

Many work in warehouses, meatpacking plants, and restaurants, according to the pastor, who is originally from Myanmar's Chin State and resettled in the U.S. in 2010.

The Ministry of External Affairs viewed the unstable political situation in Chin State as a potential security threat to Mizoram, which shares a 510-kilometer border with Myanmar,” the outfit ...

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 ...