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Vehicles 'Appropriated' for Karen State Ministers Visit
By Azan: May 16, 2012
About 20 cars from Three Pagodas Pass today were forced to transport ministers from Karen State. The Chief Minister of Karen State, Zaw Min and his team of ministers travelled back to...

Authorities Refuse to Grant Permission for Mon Commemorations in Rangoon.
By Yen Snaing: May 15, 2012
The trustees the Shwedagon Pagodas in Rangoon, the former capital of Burma, have refused to grant permission to the ethnic Mon to commemorate on the site of pagodas for the 255th anniversary of the Fall of the last Mon Kingdom,

UNFC Threatens Renewed Fighting if Violence in Kachin State Continues
By Azan: May 14, 2012
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), which acts as an umbrella group representing twelve separate ethnic armed groups has threatened the Burmese government with civil war if the government does not stop fighting in Kachin State, according to a recently released statement. ...

Former Mon Political Prisoner Recounts Arrest by Intelligence Services
By Azan: May 9, 2012
Nai Yehka, a prominent political prisoner and hero of the ethnic Mon was honored by several different townships in Mon State who held ceremonies in various locations across Mon State, ...

‘NMSP Should Learn from Me’ Says Nai Seik Chan
By Kaowao: May 8, 2012
Nai Seik Chan, the leader of a Mon ethnic armed group from Myeik Township, Tenasserim Division, regrets engaging in a disarm deal with the Burmese government after the Burmese police in Moulmein forced him from his own house in Moulmein following a land dispute on April 27. ...

New Journal to be Launched in Mon State
By Akar: May 3, 2012
A new Mon journal published by Mon businessmen and named ‘Than Lwin Times’ will be launched in the middle of this month in Moulmein, capital of Mon State. An editor of the journal, Min Min Nwe told Kaowao, “Our first volume will have weak points in the news section as we have not appointed a full-time journalist yet. ...

Former Political Prisoner Considers Return to Political Scene.
By Azan: May 2, 2012
“Prison is not a problem for me because I have already sacrificed my life for the NMSP (New Mon State Party),” said Nai Chem Gakao, a prominent Mon political prisoner who was released on April 30 after receiving amnesty from Burma’s President Thein Sein. ...

Two NMSP leaders Granted Freedom
By Azan: April 30, 2012
Nai Yekkha and Nai Chem Gakao, two prominent Mon political prisoners in Burma who were previously serving life terms in prison will be released today, according to Mon sources...

Prominent Mon Monks Sponsor Language and Literature Programs in Mon State

NMSP to Profit 250 Million Kyat in the Sell of Licenses

Mon Parties Respond to Public Opinion By Joining Forces

Mon Party Loses to Suu Kyi's Unbeatable Name

NLD Candidate Leads in Moulmein