Independent Mon News Agency

Caption: MP U Min Soe Lin was sacked from the Mon National Party on July 19. (Photo: Facebook)
July 21, 2017
The Mon National Party is being torn apart by competing factions, some of which do not have the party's best interest at heart, according to a...
Caption: Nai Aung Ma Nge, U Hla Maung Shwe, and U Min Zaw Oo meet for informal talks in Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Photo - NMG)
July 21, 2017
The government’s Peace Commission will meet next month with negotiators from an umbrella organization representing ethnic armed groups that have not...
U Min Kyaw Lwin, Mon State Municipal Minister (photo: MNA)
July 18, 2017
With a new state municipal law on the books in Mon State, the process of writing the by-laws that will give it teeth is underway, according to the...
July 15, 2017
<p>Mon State officials are trying to streamline investment projects via a new committee established to vet and approve proposals for the state...
July 14, 2017
<p>The recently formed Mon State Investment Committee has been unable to begin work on soliciting and regulating investment because of a lack...
UNFC chair Nai Hong Sar talks to Mon News Agency on July 10. (Photo – MNA)
July 11, 2017
<p>Too many disparate factions are crowding the peace negotiations, according to the head of an ethnic umbrella organization. Nai Hong Sar,...
Drivers arrive at a wheel tax gate at the entrance of Paung. (Facebook)
July 11, 2017
<p>Mon State&rsquo;s Municipal Affairs Department has pledged to put the &ldquo;wheel tax&rdquo; collected at city entrances to...
Myanmar migrant workers return from Thailand (photo: Internet)
July 6, 2017
Scrambling to placate the tempest caused by new migrant labor regulations, Thailand has announced several concessions, including a 180-day grace...
Current view of Pyar Taung area (Photo – MNA)
July 6, 2017
Mon State residents are preparing to roll out the picket lines over plans to build a new coal-fired power plant.
Local authorities, aid organizations and town elders welcome the returning workers in Kawthaung on July 1. (Photo – Htoo Chit)
July 4, 2017
Amid an exodus sparked by tough new labor regulations, an organization assiting migrant workers has called on Thailand to halt arrests and said...
Kawthaung officials, CSOs and residents welcoming migrant worker back to Myanmar on July 1 (photo: Htoo Chit)
July 3, 2017
In light of a recent spate of arrests of undocumented Myanmar workers in Thailand, the Myanmar government should negotiate with its Thai counterpart...
June 28, 2017
Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) failed to meet with local residents while completing its latest environmental impact assessment (EIA) for its $400...