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Mon Women’s Day Celebration is held in Mawlamyine Capital (Photo: MNA)
March 13, 2017
14th Annual Mon Women’s Day held in Mon State Capital
Yesterday’s event was organized by the Mon Women Network (MWN), a local organization, working to promote female participation in “community level and...
Signs for departments of ethnic literature and culture and ethnic rights protection hang on a building in Mawlamyine. (Photo: MNA)
March 12, 2017
Without regulations, ethnic rights and culture departments stalled
Mon State has established offices for its Ethnic Literature and Culture Department and Ethnic Rights Protection Department, but neither is able to...
March 10, 2017
Swiss Embassy to hold vocational training exhibit in Mon State’s capital
The event, scheduled for the first week of April, is designed to improve the job prospects of young people and to facilitate the creation of a better...
Mon State Chief Minister Dr. Aye Zan meeting with reporters (Photo: Internet)
March 9, 2017
New Mon State Chief Minister announces weekly press conferences
Mon State’s new Chief Minister Dr. Aye Zan announced yesterday that he would hold weekly press conferences to inform the public about the government...
March 8, 2017
Tatmadaw seizes another checkpoint from Mon armed group
Despite negotiations in February meant to diffuse tensions between the Tatmadaw [Burma army] and the New Mon State Party (NMSP), Mon soldiers were...
Departments of Mon State government and Mon State general administration
March 7, 2017
Two Mon State cabinet seats remain vacant after Chief Minister shakeup
The cabinet portfolios for construction and municipal development departments had been held by former Chief Minister U Min Min Oo, whose resignation...
March 6, 2017
Forestry officials announce record illegal log seizure in Mon State
Mon State forestry officials say they have netted a record haul of illegally harvested luxury timber and revealed a smuggling pipeline operating from...
Protesters gathering to oppose the proposed name change (Photo: MNA)
March 5, 2017
Over 3000 protesters decry plans to name Mon State bridge for General Aung...
Over 3,000 protesters converged Thursday near the Mon State Bridge to express their opposition to recent moves in the Union Parliament to rename the...
March 3, 2017
Dr. Aye Zan appointed as new Mon State Chief Minister
The Mon State Hluttaw [Parliament] voted on Wednesday to confirm the Kyaikto representative to the post left vacant by the resignation of former...
March 2, 2017
NLD representative Mi Kon Chan decries opposition to “Gen. Aung San Bridge...
Speaking on Tuesday before the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of Burma’s parliament, the Paung Township representative argued that objections to the...
March 2, 2017
Mon State lockups transfer detainees ahead of repairs
As two Mon State detention centers undergo repairs mandated by the human rights commission this week, more than three dozen detainees were...
Seized trucks with illegal logs
February 27, 2017
Mon State seizes 7 trucks carrying illegal logs
Seven 12-wheeler trucks transporting illegal logs from Yangon were seized in Mon State on Saturday, according to Mawlamyine/Thaton District Forestry...