Independent Mon News Agency

December 4, 2025
Military Commission Forces Intensify Operations Across Ye Northern Region
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December 2, 2025
Parties Say Campaigning Ineffective Due to Tight Surveillance
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November 27, 2025
Five Killed as Military Junta Troops Open Fire on Escapees from DKBA-Run...
October 2, 2019
State Auditor General raises concerns: 5 projects totaling more than 10M...
During the April-September/2018 Mini Budget period, the Mon State government spent more than 10 million kyat on 5 projects, without calling for...
Daw Ohn Hla, chairperson of Karen Women Union (Photo: Daw Ohn Hla)
October 1, 2019
KUPC calls on Gov’t to drop charges against Karen Martyr’s Day organizers
The arrest of “Karen Martyr’s Day” organizers, Naw Ohn Hla and two young people has sparked a reaction from the Karen Unity and Peace Committee (KUPC...
September 30, 2019
Democracy is the priority says, says NLD at their 31st anniversary event
According to Dr. Myo Nyunt, a spokesperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), achieving democracy has to be priority in the pursuit of...
The little house of Naw Sein Mu (photo: Sandar Nyan-NMA)
September 30, 2019
The Voiceless Women in Armed Conflicts
A 40-year-old woman is rocking a cradle in front of a thatched roof hut, with bamboo flooring. The little house belongs to Naw Sein Mu, an ethnic...
1st Mon Youth Conference (photo: MNA)
September 30, 2019
Seminar to be convened to increase Mon youth’s participation in peace and...
To strengthen youth’s participation in the peace and political affairs, a one-day Mon Youth Seminar will be organized in Kawkareik Township, Karen...
September 27, 2019
NMSP seizes over a thousand kratom leaves
On September 20th, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) seized over a thousand kratom leaves classified as a narcotic and mood-affecting substance from a...
September 27, 2019
Stone-mining in Zinkyeik injures local people
In Zinkyeik, Paung Township in Mon State, debris from a stone-mining operation conducted by the Correctional Department fell on villagers and caused...
September 26, 2019
Correct honorific titles to be added in front of ethnic names, says Mon...
U Tun Min Aung, Minister for Immigration and Human Resources for Mon State announced that the specific honorific or title that conveys respect for...
Nai Layae Tama, Joint-Secretary (1) of MUP (photo: Nai Layae Tama)
September 25, 2019
Questions raised regarding parliament accountability and majority party...
A representative from the Mon Unity Party (MUP) raised questions about the Chief Minister’s line of accountability in the context of the 2008...
September 24, 2019
6 members of DKBA-breakaway group released from NMSP custody
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) released six members of a breakaway group of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) that they had detained, near...
September 23, 2019
Gov’t tells NCA-signatory groups not to communicate with the UN, Embassies...
The government sent a letter dated September 3, 2019 to the signatories of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement telling them not to have any direct...
September 23, 2019
Skirmish breaks out in NMSP controlled-area involving DKBA breakaway group
Fighting between New Mon State Party (NMSP) troops and a breakaway group from the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) occurred twice in the last...