500 Locals in Paung Tsp Mining Protest

By Mon Htaw / Mon News Agency (MNA) | June 07, 2016 Approximately 500 locals from Paung Township, Mon State staged a protest against Long Life Aggregate Mining Co., Ltd, urging it to shut down its mining project, on Sunday morning [...]

2020-05-30T23:06:51+07:00June 7th, 2016|News|

Part Two: The Ethnic Alliances; It’s Rhetoric and Substance in Myanmar’s Modern Political Transition

By Banya Hongsar for Mon News Agency (MNA) | June 06, 2016 Historical ethnic political alliance: The leaders of ethnic armed insurgencies expressed in a formal statement that ‘in the deliberation, we determined that since the time of independence [...]

2020-05-30T23:06:53+07:00June 6th, 2016|Articles, Featured Collection, Recommended|

Part One: The Ethnic Alliances; It’s Rhetoric and Substance in Burma’s Modern Political Transition

By Banya Hongsar for Mon News Agency (MNA) | June 01, 2016 The politics of alliance has never been defined in its own narrative within the ethnic writer and scholar in modern political literature in English. However, it has [...]

2020-05-30T23:06:54+07:00June 6th, 2016|Articles, Featured Collection, Recommended|

Human Rights Commission Investigating Murder of Mon Villagers

Written by Mon News Agency (MNA), published by Burma News International (BNI) | May 28, 2016 The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) said it is investigating the 8 March murder of two villagers allegedly shot by a Burma [...]

2020-05-30T23:07:08+07:00May 30th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Ethnic Affairs Minister: The Mandate and Its Executive Power from the Lady’s Lips

By Wagaru Mon, Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 12, 2016 A ministerial post is a role of honor and privilege to the person appointed by an elected government in Burma, also known as Myanmar. Burma’s president appointed a Minister [...]

2020-05-30T23:07:35+07:00May 13th, 2016|Articles|

Tatmadaw, Gov’t Return over 16,000 Acres of Seized Land

Min Paing, Mon News Agency (MNA) | April 11, 2016 Over 16,000 acres of land across Mon State’s 10 townships was returned by Tatmadaw [army] and respective government departments, according to the State Land Utilization Management Committee. According to [...]

2020-05-30T23:08:16+07:00April 18th, 2016|News, Recommended|

Military Threats Reported as Activists Seek Justice for Ye Township Double Murder

Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | April 6, 2016 Last month various news outlets reported the murder of two fishermen by a military captain in Mon State’s Magyi Chaung Wa village. In recent days Magyi Chaung Wa’s village [...]

2020-05-30T23:08:19+07:00April 6th, 2016|News|

Over 4000 Signatures Collected to Oppose MCL’s Coal-Fired Plant

Kalayar, Mon News Agency | March 4, 2016 More than four thousand local residents signed their names to a petition opposing a coal-fired power plant project led by Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) in the Pyar Taung area of Kyaikmayaw [...]

2020-05-30T23:08:38+07:00March 7th, 2016|News|
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