Mon political parties are planning to cooperate in order to hold ethnic-based political talks, according to Dr. Min Nwe Soe, member of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) and general secretary of the All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP). The UPDJC meeting was held on October 28-29....

In effort to bolster Karen traditions, the Mon State government has donated dance costumes and instruments to five universities, an official said. The Karen literature and culture committees at Mawlamyine University, Mon State’s Technological University, the University of Computer Studies, the Go...

State-owned Myanmar Agriculture Development Bank (MADB) will approve a K5 billion loan to farmers in Mon State, according to MADB’s Mawlamyine branch in Mon State. “More are interested in the loan as the annual interest rate of 8 percent is much lower than other financial organisations,” said U K...

Approximately 200 teachers will be added to work as daily wage teachers in Mon State’s primary schools during the 2016-2017 academic years, according to Mon State’s Education Department. “In Mon State, we have many educated people. Compared to other states, we do not need to increase the number o...

STUDENTS from low-income families in Mon State are to have allowances increased; 4000 students including 797 primary students, 2,285 middle-school students and 691 high school students from 159 basic education schools in Paung Township. The programme was first launched in 2012 in three townships ...

“La paix reste une valeur inestimable pour notre pays, elle est tout simplement indispensable pour le développement de la République centrafricaine », comme le souligne Kenel Grengbo, étudiant en droit à l’Université de Bangui. Roseline Mbadokoa, danseuse traditionnelle, n’en dit pas moins en faisan...

MOULMEIN — the central executive committee (CEC) meeting of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) agreed to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA), but will only sign together with other ethnic armed groups, CEC member Nai Win Hla told press on Friday. “What I can say definitely is we’d sign it,”...

While the government is carrying out educational reform under the ‘KG + 12’ plan by gradually upgrading the curriculum that meet four guiding principles, the Mon Education Department has also been upgrading the curriculum in over 30 Mon national schools in the Mon State since the previous 2017 acade...

The Karen National Union (KNU) said in a statement that they would engage with ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) which had not yet signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and would strive for achieving internal peace in the country. The KNU issued the statement after the second meeting o...

The Mon State government will issue licences for salt farming through the Salt Industry Department, an official said. U Khin Soe of the department said the date of the licence release will be decided at a meeting of the department today. “Applicants have to bring their land ownership documen...