Independent Mon News Agency

Mon Peace Defence Front’s chair Nai Aung Shwe announces plans to form a political party. (Photo – MNA)
October 24, 2017
After surrendering its arms, a Mon splinter faction wants to muster its forces and form a political party, its chair announced on October 20.
The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda Board of Trustees warns vendors to follow the law and keep operations clean. (Photo – MNA)
October 23, 2017
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda has cracked down on vendors selling unhealthy and unsanitary food on the pagoda grounds. Twenty-two vendors were issued a warning on...
Myanmar Police Force (Mon State) station (Photo – MNA)
October 20, 2017
Robberies and traffic accidents are the most frequent crimes committed in Mon State so far this year, according to Mon State law enforcement...
The sixth meeting of the Peace Commission and the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) (Photo – NRPC)
October 20, 2017
Government peace negotiators and representatives for ethnic armed groups will hold their seventh official meeting in Yangon on October 23, according...
Mon State Hluttaw (Photo/Internet)
October 19, 2017
A Mon State Hluttaw official has been demoted and transferred to another state after he was caught demanding bribes from junior-level officials,...
Mon National Party (MNP)’s general secretary Nai Layaetama (Photo: Nai Layaetama/Facebook)
October 17, 2017
An ethnic leader is arguing that negotiations over political power sharing should take precedence over ceasefires in the current peace process.
October 12, 2017
The Mon State government will examine the environmental impact of commercial shipping on the Gulf of Mottama and the Thanlwin (Salween) River in the...
October 10, 2017
As Mon State looks to capitalize on the global rubber trade and expand its export-quality products, the state’s chief minister has pledged to tighten...
A city entry toll gate (Photo – MNA)
October 10, 2017
Three months after Mon State municipal authorities began collecting road tolls, the results are in: Thaton and Bilin collected the highest quantities...
Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) factory (Photo – MNA)
September 26, 2017
<p>Officials from a Mon State cement factory say that they have not received a notice of censure from the Mon State government, despite a...
September 23, 2017
<p>Mon State Hluttaw MPs are now more publicly accessible thanks to a book collating their information and contact details.</p> <p...
Residents of Hmein Ga Nein Village held a protest in Mawlamyine (Photo – MNA)
September 22, 2017
A group of Mon State villagers are furious at their parliamentary representative after the recent sacking of a local administrator.