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Patient Care In Jeopardy as Safe House Faces Funding Shortages
By AZAN: Feb 2, 2012
A Safe House in Sangkhlaburi is facing a funding shortage from a lack of donors, resulting in patients having to live of 10 baht's worth of food per day...

Second Round of Peace Talks Between Mon and Government Officials
By AZAN: Feb 1, 2012
Five points of agreement have been reached in the peace talks held today between the Burmese government and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) in Moulmein, capital of Mon State, according to Mon sources...

NMSP Agrees To New Round of Peace Talks, Holds out on Ceasefire
By AZAN: Jan 27, 2012
The New Mon State Party (NMSP), a prominent ethnic armed group, will participate in another round of peace talks with the Burmese government beginning on the first of February in Moulmein, capital of Mon State, according to sources from the NMSP.

Mon Leaders Discuss Possible Parliament
By AZAN: Jan 24, 2012
The Mon will establish a new parliament in the future after having a long debate at the 6th Mon National Conference. While some people think parliament is too much to imagine, others believe that there should be a parliament in order to prepare for the future of Mon State.

Ceasefires without Political Dialogue Will Not Solve Burma’s problems, Say Ethnic Leaders
By AZAN: Jan 23, 2012
Without the government’s willingness to engage in genuine political talks with ethnic groups, ceasefires will be unable to solve Burma’s political problems, according to Nai Htaw Mon, Chairman of the New Mon State Party (NMSP).

Photo Exhibition Highlights Difficult Lives of Children from Burma
By AZAN: Jan 17, 2012
Twenty-three photos were sold during the first three days of a photo exhibition of children from Burma held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, which began on January 7, according to Hong Sar, an ethnic Mon photographer whose works are included in the exhibit...

Leading Mon Monk Released In Amnesty, Vows to Continue Political Activity
By AKAR and AZAN: Jan 16, 2012
Monks sentenced to Burmese prisons are not allowed to wear their robes inside jail. Even though they are not allowed to wear their robes, they continue to function as monks according to Ashin Zaw Latt ...

Ashin Zaw Latt was Freed in an Amnesty of Burma
KAOWAO: Jan 13, 2012
Ashin Zaw Latt, a Mon Buddhist monk who has been held as a political prisoner since 2010, was released today from Pathein Prison in an amnesty granted by Burmese President Thein Sein that freed 651 prisoners. ...