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Frontier Myanmar
April 18, 2018
By HEIN KO SOE | FRONTIER. THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTION delivered a stunning victory for the National League for Democracy, but a sharp setback for ethnic parties that they are working to reverse when the nation returns to the polls in 2020. A key challenge for ethnic parties is consolidation to avoidÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
April 11, 2018
Water shortages are a way of life for thousands of people in Myanmar, especially during the hot season. Doh Athan this week spoke to villagers in Mon State, where water runs out most years, to find out how they cope and what is being done about the problem.
Burma News International
April 5, 2018
He was responding to a question raised by State MP Hluttaw Daw Khine Khine Lei from Thaton Constituency – 1 on whether the Mon State Police Force has a desire to assist in solving the difficulties faced the public, cooperate on the tasks carried out by the Mon State Hluttaw in accordance with the law,Ãâà...
Eleven Myanmar
March 29, 2018
MAWLAMYAING- Government is now drawing the emergency water supplying project for Mon State and plans are underway to distribute drinking water in Kyaikhto, Belin, Thahtone, Paung and Kyaikmayaw Townships, says Tun HtayAgriculture, Livestock, Breeding, Transport and Communications MinisterÃâà...
Myanmar Times
March 29, 2018
Despite the NLD government's all-out focus on the peace process, its only tangible achievement was the signing of the NCA with the New Mon State Party and the Lahu Democratic Union. The powerful groups like the UWSA and KIA have yet to signed the truce. Pado Saw Kwe Htoo Win, vice chair of KarenÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 29, 2018
The Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA), the armed wing of the New Mon State Party, has clashed with the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the KNU, twice recently. On Feb. 14, I wrote an article, “The UNFC: Reasons Behind Signing and Not Signing the NCA,” warning of aÃâà...
Burma News International
March 27, 2018
According to announcement 1/2018 released on March 23 under the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC)'s chair Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the nine-member supervisory committee comprises a minister from the Mon State government, one Tatmadaw representative, one Pyithu HluttawÃâà...
Burma News International
March 21, 2018
He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Mon State Director office under the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs, which was held in the Mon State's capital Mawlamyine on Monday (March 19) evening. “The road to peace will not be smooth. We need to build a lot of courage to face many difficulties in order toÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 20, 2018
YANGON — The New Mon State Party (NMSP) says it is still finding it hard to hold public consultations with ethnic Mon people as part of its national-level political dialogue more than a month after it signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the government. The national-level politicalÃâà...
Myanmar Times
March 15, 2018
The third round of the Panglong conference will be held in May, and a national-level dialogue by NMSP will be held in Ye township of Mon State before Panglong. The ethnic Mon armed group is also in an awkward situation with the Tatmadaw. Although the group received support from the Mon communityÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 13, 2018
YANGON — The New Mon State Party (NMSP) says it cancelled local political dialogue meetings for ethnic Mon over the weekend after the Myanmar army, or Tatmadaw, refused to allow more than 30 people join the events. The party planned to host some 200 people at each of five meetings across MonÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 8, 2018
The Southern Myanmar Development Co., a Singapore-Thai-Myanmar joint venture, won a contract to supply electricity to villages in Ye Township, Mon State. According to DICA, the 26-billion-kyat project will generate 10 megawatts of electricity daily with a diesel generator. The Singapore and ThaiÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
March 5, 2018
“The name of the Bogyoke was obliterated in various ways [under military rule],” said Pyithu Hluttaw MP U Kyaw Aung Lwin (NLD, Sidoktaya, Magway Region), during the debate on March 14 last year over the Mon State bridge name controversy, explaining why he felt the structure should be named afterÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 31, 1999
By Nyein Nyein 12 April 2018. CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The New Mon State Party (NMSP) wrapped up a three-day meeting on Wednesday to explain its reasons for signing the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in February and to gather public feedback. The NMSP and Lahu Democratic Union signed theÃâà...
Burma News International
December 31, 1999
Daw Zun Pan said the NSDP submitted a report on the environmental damages to the Mon State Hluttaw and attended a meeting on March 15 and to find out how the state government will proceed. “There are environmental damages and human rights violations due to the rock quarries. We want [theÃâà...
