Independent Mon News Agency
2009-07-09
A bridge that is crucial for shipments throughout Karen state, has recently deteriorated to the point that traffic has been reduced, and trucks must...
2009-07-06
Salt exports from Thailand to Burma have decreased this month, according to salt traders from Myawaddy. “This month we didn’t export very much salt...
2009-07-03
Today, July 6th, marks Myanmar Women’s Day. Celebrations were held throughout the country, though many women spent the day instead wondering why...
2009-07-02
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported more than a 100 percent increase in HIV-AIDS deaths in Mon State in the last two months...
2009-07-01
In the wake of the bomb explosion in Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) township, the Burmese junta authorities have ordered armed members of three ethnic...
2009-06-30
Two bombs exploded in Three Pagodas Pass Town last night. The Burmese Army announced that the blasts occurred at 8:20 pm and 8:23 p.m., with a third...
2009-06-26
The leader of a Mon splinter group, who is a monk, is trying to woo abbots from Mon state to join his party in a bid to contest the 2010 election...
2009-06-26
Following heavy rains, rice paddy flooded by a dam run off are yet to be replanted. Many farmers are suffering even as the season progresses and they...
2009-06-25
The Burmese Army is forcing owners of brick kilns to sell bricks to soldiers at a heavily discounted price. Currently the price for one brick is over...
2009-06-22
Over 800 villagers in Ye township were forced to work for three days repairing a road damaged by rain. On June 20, villagers were ordered by the Kaw-...
2009-06-22
Fishing boats in a Mon State village are being taxed 30,000 kyat each by the Burmese Army. The new tax was imposed a month ago when soldiers arrived...
2009-06-19
Brigadier General Ohm Myint in a meeting tried to persuade Mon villagers to cast their votes in the 2010 general elections to legitimize the rule of...
2009-06-19
This month more people are suffering from dengue fever, said a doctor in Mudon Town, Mon State. The beginning of June has shown the highest incidence...
2009-06-18
The Burmese Education Ministry has promised to supply textbooks to grade-one students free throughout the country, but in Mon State and Karen State...
2009-06-15
Many farmers in Mon state are in a spot due to heavy rains, which have destroyed their rice seedlings by inundating the paddy, according to farmers...