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Military personnel of the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA), the armed wing of the New Mon State Party (NMSP), began taxing residents of some villages in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State, earlier this month.

Leaders from sixteen Mon associations and various individuals have urged the Mon State Chief Minister to review programs providing household documents to migrant citizens working and living in Mon State.

Mon State has regained its top-place in university exam admission results boasting a 39.37% success rate in 2016. The results were announced on Saturday, June 11. Mandalay Division took second place with 35.50% and Rangoon Division was listed 3rd with 33.21%. Chin State scored the lowest passing rate with 14.36%.

Ramonnyarattha Buddhist University, a newly established university in Mon State, will conduct a Diploma in Buddhism in August, 2016, in the capital of Mon State, Moulmein.

The New Mon State Party (NMSP) is planning to hold a conference for all Mon nationals with both Mon political parties and Mon civil society organizations represented.

Results from the nationwide 2015-16 matriculation exam will be announced this Saturday, June 11, according to the Ministry of Education and Mon State’s Office of Education Administration.

The Mon National Party, one of two primary ethnic Mon political parties, has appointed Nai Tin Aung as its vice-chairman (1). The decision came after secret ballots were cast during the party’s central committee meeting, held at party headquarters on May 31.

The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) will have its representatives meet with leaders of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) for a discussion and detailed enquiry into the 21 Century Panglong Conference, before

Approximately 500 locals from Paung Township, Mon State staged a protest against Long Life Aggregate Mining Co., Ltd, urging it to shut down its mining project, on Sunday morning [June 5].

Mon State Government will provide a 30-year land rental grant in villages that have never experienced land issues, stated head of Mon State General Administration Department at 100-day Project meeting at State Government Office’s Aung San Hall, last week.