Independent Mon News Agency

December 19, 2025
Four men face election law charges over campaign sign vandalism
December 18, 2025
Irregular bank cash withdrawals disrupt rubber trading operations
December 16, 2025
Announcement of No-Vote Areas Seen as Evidence of Unfair Practices by...
Locals organizing a protest event against mining companies (Photo: MNA)
October 3, 2016
88 licensed stone-mining companies operating in Mon State
There are 88 mining companies producing gravel for road paving permitted by the Union Government to operate in Mon State, according to Major General...
October 3, 2016
Moulmein-Ye-Tavoy Power-line Project may be constructed with ADB loan
Implementation of the power lines and power substation project of Moulmein-Ye-Tavoy will begin if the government receives loans from the Asian...
Deputy speaker Dr. Aung Naing Oo was discussing at the Hluttaw (Photo: MNA)
September 24, 2016
Mon State Hluttaw 3rd Regular Session to begin on Oct. 13
The 3rd Regular Session of the Mon State Hluttaw [Parliament] will begin on October 3 at Hluttaw Hall in Mon State’s capital Mawlamyine, formerly...
Meeting of the national level political talk’s TOR drafting work group (Photo: Hla Maung Shwe).
September 22, 2016
Uncertainty surrounds national political dialogue to be held in Mon State
In the aftermath of the Union Peace Conference, national level political dialogues will be held in respective areas, by respective nationalities, and...
The Mawlamyine Cement Limited, a Thai cement company, in Mon State (Photo: MNA)
September 15, 2016
New Gov’t yet to permit new investment projects
Since the National League for Democracy-led government took office over 5 months ago, the government has not permitted any new business investment...
September 14, 2016
6 founding Women’s Party members resign
Six founding members of the Women’s Party (Mon), including the vice-chairperson, resigned from the party, in a letter sent to the Union Election...
KNU Padoh Man Nyein Maung, standing next to NMSP Nai Aung Magay, speaking at the meeting (Photo: NMSP)
September 14, 2016
Liaison Committee established to prevent further clashes between NMSP and...
Representatives from the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the Karen National Union (KNU) had a meeting on Sunday in Yar-bu Village, Yebyu Township,...
September 13, 2016
Salween River Dams Should Not Replace Myitsone Dam
Preparations should be made to prevent dam building on the Salween River, the home of many ethnic people, replacing the Irawaddy River’s Chinese...
KNU and NMSP informal district-level meeting to prevent armed conflicts, 9 September 2016 (Photo - Yekha Mon, Facebook)
September 12, 2016
KNU and NMSP Clash Due to Misunderstandings
A clash between The New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the Karen National Union (KNU) happened due to a lack of communication and because the groups’...
September 12, 2016
55 child soldiers discharged from military service: UN
The Tatmadaw discharged 55 children from its ranks on Friday [September 9], according to UNICEF’s announcement.
September 10, 2016
KNU and NMSP clash after 27 years of ceasefire
Gunfire erupted on Thursday in the vicinity of Tae Chaung Village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserism Division, between Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA...
Front Row of Delegates at the Union Peace Conference on 3 September
September 7, 2016
UNFC to Continue with Tripartite NCA Discussions
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), a coalition of ethnic armed organisations (EAOs), will continue with tripartite negotiations in an...