Independent Mon News Agency

April 25, 2017
The New Mon State Party (NMSP), is holding a biannual meeting of its Central Committee this week, as leadership considers important decisions before...
April 10, 2017
The 14 parties, which include the former ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) issued a joint statement saying that the decision to...
Thanlwin (Chaungzon) Bridge has been embroiled in a naming controversy since the government suggested a moniker in honor of Bogyoke Aung San. (Photo: MNA)
April 8, 2017
A Mon State bridge mired in a naming debacle again has raised local ire this week amid rumors that the divisive project could be officially launched...
April 7, 2017
With the aim of developing the capacity of Mon State’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the Ministry of Industry will launch a program to train...
Vote counts and voters in Chaungzone Township
April 7, 2017
Only 38.4% of eligible voters participated in the April 1 by-election in Chaungzon Township, Mon State, or only 48,532 of Chaungzone Township’s 126...
Members of the All Mon Region Democratic Party re-post the Taungpyin party signboard after a massive walkout last weekend. (Photo: MNA)
April 7, 2017
A leading Mon State political party has hemorrhaged staff from its Ye township office after a dispute erupted over a proposed merger with other local...
April 5, 2017
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s March 30 announcement that five ethnic armed groups plan to soon join the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement...
USDP candidate U Aung Kyi Thein won the Chaungzon township Pyithu Hluttaw seat. (Photo: Thanlwin Times)
April 3, 2017
A Mon State seat won by the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the 2015 general election switched hands to the Union Solidarity and Development...
March 31, 2017
The Mon State government will spend 500 lakhs ($37,000) for the upcoming water festival or Thingyan. That is nearly six times as much as the 86 lakhs...
Mon State Minister of Energy, Electricity and Industry, Min Htin Aung Han
March 31, 2017
The Southeast General Energy and Power Co., Ltd (SEGEP), which is constructing electrical infrastructure for southern Ye Township, Mon State, will...
March 30, 2017
By-election candidates say they are facing an uphill battle motivating voters in Mon State to come out to the April 1 polls.
March 28, 2017
Nai Oak Sar, a member of All Mon Regions Democracy Party’s (AMDP’s) Central Executive Committee, was removed by the committee’s other members at a...