Publication of Mon language news journals permitted

Min Thu Ta – The “Guiding Star,” a monthly Mon language news journal based on the Thai-Burmese border, was granted temporary authorization to publish inside Burma…

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Suspicions heat up after Thanbyuzayat market fire

Min Thu Ta – Shop owners and township residents suspect that the fire that engulfed Thanbyuzayat Town’s market at midnight last Saturday may not have been an accident, according to local sources.…

State Gov’t not to pursue role in Mon National Day

Min Lyon – Members of the Mon State government have reversed an earlier request to participate in planning activities leading up to the 66th Mon National Day.…

Gov’t press release reveals troop casualties in Kachin

Min Thu Ta – Since fighting resumed in 2011 between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the Tatmadaw, Burma’s government army, a large number of government troops have been killed or seriously wounded, according to a press release by the Republic of the Union of…

Mon MPs address Union Parliament

Min Thu Ta – Two Mon members of parliament (MPs) addressed the sixth session of the Pyidaungsu Hlutaw, or Union Parliament, in Burma’s capital of Naypyidaw last Wednesday.…

U.S. Ambassador meets Mon Abbots

IMNA – The U.S. Ambassador to Burma Derek J. Mitchell met with Mon Buddhist abbots last Sunday at Aukpagu Mon Monastery in Moulmein, the capital of Mon State.…

University student arrested for Ya Ba

Ah Je’ Thar – A student at Moulmein University was arrested for possession of 50 methamphetamine pills, sometimes referred to in Southeast Asia as “Ya Ba,” on January 12 in Moulmein, the capital of Mon State.…

State government develops interest in Mon National Day

Min Thu Ta – Mon State Government officials surprised ethnic Mon leaders by expressing interest in organizing the 66th anniversary of Mon National Day planned for February 26.…

NMSP calls for immediate nationwide ceasefire and political dialogue

Min Thu Ta – An emergency meeting of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) Executive Committee was held on January 4 to discuss the current Burmese military offensive against Kachin State. Attendees convened at party headquarters…