Independent Mon News Agency
May 4, 2017
Over 200 Belin township workers staged a protest on May 2, angered at their sudden loss of livelihoods after a rock quarry was shuttered in March.
May 3, 2017
The Mon State bridge, which has been the subject of controversy since the Union Parliament voted to change its name in March, has been open for a...
May 2, 2017
Faced with rapidly declining ridership following the opening of a new bridge, regular ferry service between the Mon State’s Mawlamyine Capital and...
April 28, 2017
Under the cover of early morning darkness on April 27, authorities in Mon State affixed signs bearing the name General Aung San to the bridge and...
April 28, 2017
In an open letter addressed to foreign governments, leaders and scholars, the Committee of Public Movement for Thanlwin Bridge (Chaung Zone) called...
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...
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...
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...
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...
