Independent Mon News Agency

Thousands of people, including Buddhist monks, marched in opposition to naming the new Mon State bridge after Bogyoke Aung San (Photo: MNA).
March 21, 2017
Several thousand people in Mon State joined a March 19 protest against a parliamentary decision to name a bridge after Bogyoke Aung San in spite of...
March 20, 2017
The Mon Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development has begun a campaign to inspect poultry farms and educate their operators following...
March 16, 2017
As protests over the bridge’s name continue in Mon State, the new Chief Minister urged acceptance. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Mon...
the results of Tuesday’s votes and the bridge.
March 15, 2017
A bill that will name a new Mon State bridge for the independence leader easily passed Tuesday’s vote in the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of...
March 15, 2017
Protest leaders said they were planning another protest for March 19 even as the Union Parliament voted earlier today to approve the name change.
March 14, 2017
The Mon State government has preliminarily green-lit a spate of projects, including a deep-sea port, an electric power station and an industrial zone...
Mon Women’s Day Celebration is held in Mawlamyine Capital (Photo: MNA)
March 13, 2017
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
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
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
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
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
The cabinet portfolios for construction and municipal development departments had been held by former Chief Minister U Min Min Oo, whose resignation...