Independent Mon News Agency

August 9, 2016
A government delegation met today with three armed groups that were excluded from taking part in last year’s so called nationwide ceasefire agreement...
Areas of southern Burma shown on Google Earth (Photo: Google Earth)
August 9, 2016
An eight-year mapping project designed to produce a comprehensive national map system, called “One Map Myanmar,” is planning to launch activities in...
The Mawlamyine Cement Limited factory in Kyaikmaraw Township (Photo – Mon Htaw).
August 8, 2016
Some residents in Kyaikmaraw Township are angry with the Mon State government over a report about a coal fired cement factory that they say...
MCL’s cement factory (Photo: MNA/Mon Htaw)
August 8, 2016
The voice of local people has been largely left out of a state government report on Mawlamyine Cement Limited’s coal-fired power plant and cement...
Crane hoisting the alms bowl statue (Photo: Facebook)
August 3, 2016
The statue of a large, golden alms bowl, the centerpiece of one of Malwamyine’s roundabouts since 2007, was removed yesterday in front of a small...
ethnic groups’ flags seen flying by one another at Mai Ja Yang summit (Photo: Kachinland News)
August 2, 2016
The ethnic armed organization (EAOs)’s Mai Ja Yang summit concluded on July 30 [Saturday] with an agreement to continue the talks with the government.
August 1, 2016
There are no ethnic armed groups or political parties pushing to leave the Union, according to Nai Hongsar, vice-chairman of United Nationalities...
CSOs’ statement to the State Counselor (Photo: Burma Partnership)
July 29, 2016
Forty civil society organizations (CSOs), based on Burma’s borders, urged the government to restore their original citizenship and allow them to...
Press conference held by AMDP (Photo: MNA)
July 28, 2016
The New Mon State Party (NMSP), the predominant ethnic Mon resistance group, has been urged to release an official statement naming the All Mon...
July 28, 2016
Suspended development projects in Mon State are being taken under review by the current state administration, according to Mon State Chief Minister U...
July 27, 2016
Forty border-based civil society organisations (CSOs] sent an open letter to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi requesting the restoration of...
July 26, 2016
The Peace Commission recently announced it will provide whatever assistance necessary for the country’s ethnic armed groups attending the upcoming...