Independent Mon News Agency

Members of the former Independent Mon National Restoration Force, a small militia, say they were given the Ah Baw Village plot to settle on. (Photo – Nai Thet)
September 7, 2017
<p>A plot of land in Mon State has sparked contention between township officials who want to use it as a location for an electricity substation...
A man pretends to fish out of a pothole in a section of the Mawlamyine-Thanbyuzayat road. (Photo – Facebook)
September 5, 2017
One of the main arteries through Mon State – a pot-hole ridden, corroded road connecting Mawlamyine to Thanbyuzayat – is currently in the process of...
August 31, 2017
<p>Two years after the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement was signed in October 2015, the country&rsquo;s peace process has only become more...
August 31, 2017
Over five dozen members of the Mon National Party (MNP) have resigned en masse in a show of no confidence.
August 30, 2017
<p>Boosting ethnic voices in media is a necessary element of national reconciliation and will contribute to de-escalating conflicts, said...
Bilin Township Pyithu Hluttaw MP U Tin Ko Ko Oo (right) pressed Union Minister of Industry U Khin Maung Cho for details on a sugar factory during an August 28 session of parliament. (Photo – Pyithu Hluttaw)
August 30, 2017
A long-neglected, state-owned sugar factory in Mon State may begin operations as soon as December, Pyithu Hluttaw has heard.
Mon State’s Department of Agriculture says the flood damage to farmland was more extensive this year, than last. (photo; Internet)
August 25, 2017
The Mon State government hopes that a windfall of compensation will give a much-needed boost to farmers whose plots were damaged by recent monsoon...
The Advisory Commission on Rakhine State launches its final report at an August 24 press conference in Yangon. (Photo – MNA)
August 25, 2017
Resolving the development, human rights and security crises in Rakhine State requires an urgent, “calibrated” approach to ensure that violence does...
Thaton District Administrative Office (photo: Internet)
August 24, 2017
Six village administrators in Mon State have been sacked amid ongoing efforts there to root out corruption from the official ranks.
The Mon State Chief Minister greets representatives of the New Mon State Party on August 23. (Photo – MNA)
August 24, 2017
An ethnic armed group has set a three-month clock on deciding whether or not to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement, according to an official.
August 22, 2017
Peace negotiators seem unfazed by the Shan State Progress Party’s decision to resign from an ethnic umbrella organization in a move perceived by...
Tatmadaw soldiers are seen in the Taung Pauk area. (Photo – Facebook)
August 22, 2017
<p>A Tatmadaw column is still present in territory controlled by the New Mon State Party (NMSP) even after a request that the troops be...