Rubber may be on the rebound in Mon State after Singapore signed a deal for 50,000 metric tons on Tuesday.
Read More »NMSP demands return of Tatmadaw-seized highway checkpoints
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has called on the Mon State government to expedite the return of three highway checkpoints that were allegedly seized by Tatmadaw forces earlier this year.
Read More »NMSP to urge other UNFC members to sign NCA
As the Wa continue to push fellow ethnic armed groups to abandon the nationwide ceasefire agreement and start negotiations anew, the movement has encountered resistance in Mon State.
Read More »Despite opposition, Union Parliament votes to name bridge for General Aung San
A bill that will name a new Mon State bridge for the independence leader easily passed Tuesday’s vote in the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of Myanmar’s parliament.
Read More »Dr. Aye Zan appointed as new Mon State Chief Minister
The Mon State Hluttaw [Parliament] voted on Wednesday to confirm the Kyaikto representative to the post left vacant by the resignation of former Chief Minister U Min Min Oo.
Read More »MNP opposes coal-fired power production
The Mon National Party (MNP) is strongly opposing any company that produces coal-powered electricity that may adversely affect the lives of people in Mon State and across Burma.
Read More »Nai Hongsar: NMSP not attending Union Peace Conference
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) is not in attendance at the Union Peace Conference currently underway in Nay Pyi Taw, according to NMSP Vice-Chairman Nai Hongsar.
Read More »100+ CSOs urge reconsideration of representation in upcoming peace conference
More than 100 civil society organizations (CSOs) called for amendments to the framework of the Union Peace Conference, set to begin on January 12, in a statement issued last
Read More »Tatmadaw have no wish to change 2008 constitution, says UNFC Vice-chairman Nai Hongsar
Reported by Wonsa Mon, The Tatmadaw doesn’t desire to change the 2008 constitution. Although it wants peace, it only wants to talk from above the table, analyses Nai Hongsar, vice-
Read More »Ye Tsp locals select five Mon candidates to contest in elections
Reported by Wonsa Mon, Five Mon candidates out of eleven were selected to compete in the 2015 election by representatives from 40 villages, in Ye
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