Independent Mon News Agency

Kabyar Wa Beach has become an increasingly popular dry season domestic tourism destination. (Photo – MNA)
September 14, 2017
Before the crowds begin descending on the sea shore this coming dry season, local activists are calling on the government to help manage tourism and...
The press conference held at the end of the sixth meeting between the Peace Commission and the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) (Photo – MNA)
September 13, 2017
<p>Continued peace negotiations between the government and representatives of an ethnic alliance have been delayed, likely until next month,...
The classroom of elementary-level Mon students (Photo – MNA)
September 12, 2017
<p>A Mon State MP has called for boosting government support and funding for Mon national schools.</p> <p>During the September 11...
September 9, 2017
<p>Amid rumors about boats with undocumented nationals coming to shore, and countrywide warnings of terrorist plots, Mon State authorities have...
Mon State Chief Minister U Aye Zan (Photo – MNA)
September 8, 2017
<p>The Mon State Chief Minister has poured cold water on the idea of appointing a Mon ethnic affairs minister.</p> <p>Mon State...
Mon State Chief Minister U Aye Zan (Photo – MNA)
September 7, 2017
<p>Mon State Hluttaw approved a motion on September 6 to take action against a cement factory for generating electricity without permission...
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.