Independent Mon News Agency

July 27, 2017
Heavy rainfall and flooding in Mon State has displaced nearly 5,000 people and led to the inundation of 15,000 acres of farmland, with fears of...
Flooding in Thaton (Photo: Internet)
July 26, 2017
Heavy rains and overflowing creeks caused flooding in over 16,000 acres of Thaton District farmland, according to the state Agriculture Department...
A meeting of the Complaint and Appeal Letter Review and Assessment Committee. (photo: Aung Kyaw Thu/ Facebook)
July 25, 2017
After more than a year accepting complaints from Mon State residents, the most common issues brought before the Hluttaw (parliament) are land...
Activists discuss the need for a new Mon political party in Ye Township (Photo – Oak Sar)
July 24, 2017
<p>Do the Mon people need a new ethnic political party? Activists in Mon State are trying to gauge potential public support for an alternative...
July 24, 2017
The All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) and the Mon National Party (MNP) will hold direct discussions without an intermediary, according to the...
Mon State residents protest over a coal-power cement on July 21. (Photo – MNA)
July 24, 2017
Over 2,000 people gathered in Mon State’s capital on July 21 to protest a coal-fired cement plant.
NLD spokesman U Win Htein. (photo: Facebook)
July 23, 2017
The National League for Democracy’s (NLD) Central Executive Committee has suspended 21 party members from Mon State’s Chaungzone Township. According...
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...