Independent Mon News Agency

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...
June 28, 2017
Small and medium enterprise (SME) owners in Mon State are struggling with a lack of bank loans and technological assistance, according to the Mon...
June 27, 2017
<p>Over 3,400 household member lists have been issued to some 10,000 migrant workers residing in Mon State since the new government took office...
Mon State cabinet member U Wunna Kyaw (photo: MNA)
June 23, 2017
<p>Mon State government has announced it will change the location of a Mawlamyine Township affordable housing project due to problems with road...
June 23, 2017
Questions remain over how and when the $400 million Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) cement factory project in Mon State will contribute to an ongoing...
June 16, 2017
Hundreds of Mon State residents staged a protest this week demanding the immediate closure of what they claim is a deleterious rock quarry.
June 12, 2017
Mon State parliamentarians have called for an immediate halt of unlicensed laterite excavating and selling.
 U Chit Tin, Mon State Hluttaw MP from Ye constituency 2, submitted a proposal on June 7 calling for the government to crackdown on unlicensed quarries. (photo: MNA)
June 9, 2017
<p>Mon State parliamentarians have called for an immediate halt of unlicensed laterite excavating and selling.</p> <p>MPs said that...
June 8, 2017
Mon educators are still waiting to hear from the Union government about a proposal to fund Mon national schools.