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Copy of the Letter to the President Supporting the Coal-Fired Power Plant
March 11, 2015
Misleading facts have been released regarding signatures in favor of the Toyo-Thai Company’s proposed coal-fired power plant in Ain Din Village;...
March 11, 2015
Representatives from the Burmese government's Union Peace-Making Working Committee (UPWC) and their counterparts from the Nationwide Ceasefire...
NMSP Members with Young Apprehended Drug Users
March 11, 2015
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has arrested more than 30 drug using youths from Mon State’s Thanbyuzayat and Mudon Townships in the first week of...
March 11, 2015
Traditionally the Karen people believe nature has its own spirits. The Karen people place great importance on these spirits and depend on them for...
March 11, 2015
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has issued a report documenting a series of shootings, murders, tortures that they said happened in Shan...
Union Minister for Immigration and Population, U Khin Yi
March 10, 2015
Since President U Thein Sein took office in 2011, nearly 250,000 Mon State citizens, across ten townships in Mon State, have been issued national ID...
Mon Women's Day Celebrations in Mawlamyine (photo: IMNA)
March 10, 2015
The Mon Women’s Network released a statement on the 10th anniversary of Mon Women’s Day on Sunday 1 March calling for 30 percent of the positions in...
A group of Vigilantes Wearing Red Arm-Bands That Say 'Duty' in Burmese (Photo: The Irrawaddy)
March 10, 2015
Plain clothes police officers are closely monitoring university students protesting the National Education Bill in Moulmein, Mon State.
Delegates Discuss the Mon Language Curriculum
March 10, 2015
The first edition of the Mon curriculum textbook is set to be introduced to government schools in Mon State for the 2015-2016 academic year...
MiCaoBu, The Mon Women of Prowess Organisation's Mobile Medical Clinic (Photo IMNA)
March 10, 2015
The Mon Women of Prowess Organization, also known as MiCaoBu, is currently providing mobile medical care and free medical treatment to local people...
Mon National Party’s central committee members
March 10, 2015
The Mon National Party (MNP) plans to draw a draft outline of representatives qualifications, which the party will use as a basis to select potential...
March 10, 2015
Karen women commemorated International Women’s Day by paying tribute to the many women who fought for justice and equality.