The Mon State Government will deliver 15 million Kyat in support for the Karen New Year festival celebration which will be held on December 29. It is the Mon State Government’s first time financially supporting the Karen New Year Festival celebration, according to U Aung Myint Khine, Minister of K...

RANGOON — Plans to build the first coal-fired power plant in Mon State have come under fire by local residents, who say they worry about pollution and potential health ramifications. The Thai-based Toyo-Thai Group held a consultation meeting on Friday with local residents to explain plans to buil...

Quadruple attentat suicide hier à Bodo dans le nord du Cameroun : 4 jeunes filles transformées en véritables bombes humaines ont pulvérisé le marché du village. Trente-deux personnes, dont des femmes et des enfants, sont mortes déchiquetées. « Le Cameroun est en guerre », s’exclame le bihebdomad...

Au Niger, quelques heures à peine après la proclamation des résultats globaux provisoires, le président Mahamadou Issoufou a tendu la main à l'opposition, et appelé à nouveau au rassemblement pour garantir la stabilité et la sécurité du Niger. Il l'a lui-même rappelé, la sécurité est l'un des défis ...

Après avoir été réélu avec 92,51 % des voix, le président du Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, a été investi samedi pour un deuxième mandat de cinq ans. Il a promis de continuer la lutte contre le terrorisme dans son pays, ciblé par la secte Boko Haram. Le président Mahamadou Issoufou, réélu le 20 mars ...

Over 90 percent of Mon State’s incumbent ward and village tract administrative positions will open in coming elections that aim to bring local-level leadership in line with new legislation, according to an official. U Myint Than Win, Mon State government director, confirmed that the state governm...

Southern Myanmar may soon get its first cardiac center after the Mon State Hluttaw green lit a proposal for a heart specialty wing to be added to the Mawlamyine General Hospital. Three MPs discussed the proposal on December 8 and it was approved without any objections. "We have found that th...

The New Mon State Party is ready to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) within two months, a party official said, but is uncertain whether it will it sign it on its own or as part of the United Nationalities Federal Council. “We held discussions with the UNFC members and we need to disc...

Loikaw has a new sister city across the border with Thailand. The Kayah (Karenni) State capital signed an agreement with Mae Hong Son on March 9. Kayah State and Mae Hong Son Province officials said the new pact will help both sides to boost tourism, trade and rural development projects. “Agri...

A new political party will be established within six months to represent the entire Mon people. The decision was made during the Mon Political Conference held at the 2500 Sasana Beikman Monastery in in the Mon State’s capital Mawlamyine on January 13-14. “We will finish drafting the party cons...