A Japanese aid agency has promised to provide low-interest loans to the Mon State government for road building and other infrastructure projects. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to finance the reconstruction of a small road that runs between Tarana village in Kyaikmaraw Towns...

The ADB will administer a US$3 million grant from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction. The project aims to increase incomes and employment opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs in four townships in Mon State – Chaungzon Island, Kyaikhto, Mawlamyaing and Mudon. The project aims pro...

Former school teacher Mi Ja Lon Htaw was elected head of Tarana village tract in Mon State’s Kyaikmayaw Township on Sunday, a rare victory for a female leader in a local administrative structure traditionally dominated by men. The 41-year-old ethnic Mon woman successfully contested Sunday’s local l...

According to the land utilization committee, the military division based in Ye township, south Mon state is returning more than 8,000 acres of land to its original owners. U Aung Cho, chairman of the land utilization committee, said that 887.38 acres of land Township which was confiscated by four ...

YANGON — Non-signatories of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) will not attend an event in Naypyitaw on Sunday to mark the two-year anniversary of the signing of the accord. Ethnic bloc United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) stated it would not attend because it had little time to prep...

Mon language teachers working in government schools have not received their salaries since the start of the academic year due to the government’s delay in approving the budget for ethnic language teachers. “We made a proposal for the budget last June, the beginning of the academic year. But we ...

An ethnic Mon group is considering signing the Myanmar government’s nationwide cease-fire accord before the next round of peace conference negotiations, an official from the organization said on Wednesday. The New Mon State Party (NMSP) will decide before the third session of the 21st-century Pan...

The training of 400 teachers in a new child-centered curriculum for the instruction of the Mon language began this week in Moulmein. Regional volunteers and civil servants who work as Mon language instructors in government schools will attend the training in the Mon State capital. Participants ar...

The Mon State’s Department of Rural Development called for tenders on three rural development projects on Tuesday [April 26]. The projects will focus on roads, bridges and water distribution. The road project includes construction of a 18/4.78 miles concrete road, 13/1.4 miles of tarred road, 4/4...

Bop Htaw Education Empowerment Program, the second-year of the post-ten program operated by Mon National Education Committee (MNEC), has been moved to Thanbyuzayat Town, Mon State. “Our Bop Htaw school aims to train students to become qualified teachers with critical thinking skills. We also prov...