Can the Military Elite Rule Burma forever? A political essay on Burma Mon 22 Feb 2010, Banya Hongsar, Canberra Burma has been ruled by the military for over twenty years, and soldiers are everywhere in the country. Although the military cannot rule the nation as a government, it can control Burma and treat it as a commodity. Ordinary citizens live in...
Refugees with no place to flee Tue 12 Jan 2010,Chan Mon Early in the morning of January 14, 2009, most residents of Ban Don Yang Camp at Three Pagoda’s Pass border took shelter from the cold winter air inside their huts. I woke up at 5:00...
BGF plans: not a win-win approach Wed 23 Dec 2009,Taing Taw The State Peace and Development Council’s (SPDC) transformation of ethnic minority ceasefire groups into Border Guard Forces (BGF) is not going to be a win-win approach to resolving strife between the Burmese government and ethnic...
The SHAN’s Struggle for Identity Thu 22 Oct 2009,Nai Saing Saing Harn Fah and the rest of his musical group had to travel the whole night to reach Bangkok. All of them were very excited, because this was their first trip to Bangkok as a Shan musical group, and their first time playing at an important affair...
Drowned on the way to help her struggling parents Wed 10 Dec 2008,Joi Htaw
“Prostrating myself before U Lu Mone with my hands put together on my forehead, I humbly made an effort to convince him to take me as his wife. I asked only to be acknowledged as a lesser wife – no need to buy me jewelry or clothing; I would put...
Is their own country best for them? Fri 15 Aug 2008,Written by Nai Toay Resettlement in a third country where good education, health system, a good life, that can never had on the Thai-Burma border is the last hope for Burmese refugees especially Karen refugees who have spent over a decade there. Many international NGOs...
Amphetamine use in all age groups increase in Mon State Tue 27 May 2008,Lawi Weng The origins of the recent influx of amphetamines into Sanghklaburi, Thailand are unknown and widely debated. The Mon people claim the pills are Karen in derivation, while the Karen point fingers at the Mon. A third contender is Burmese officials,...
Legal document a must for Burmese migrant workers Mon 24 Mar 2008,Banyol Kin, IMNA: Mahachai City, Thailand
With the Thai Immigration Ministry imposing restrictions on migrant workers working in Thailand, the authorities are reissuing documents to workers who had missed updating it in previous years.
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Is it a crime by ethnics to observe their National Day? Thu 28 Feb 2008, The 61st anniversary National Day has been celebrated around the world where the Mon people are located. The National Day has been observed not only by Mon people in Mon State but also in western countries, UK, Canada, USA, Australia and by Mon...
Farmers in southern Burma in Catch-22 situation Tue 26 Feb 2008,Lawi Weng, IMNA The Burmese Army has confiscated 200 acres of paddy fields in Southern Burma, thumbing its nose on the Mon people's decade's long struggle for land rights.
According to Aung Min, a farmer in Doe-mar village, Mudon Township, Mon state,...
Mon civil society groups growing in Mon state (Online feature) Fri 22 Feb 2008,Lawi Weng, IMNA age src="photo/mnd01.gif" align="left" hspace="5">
On February 22 many Mon people welcome and celebrate the Mon National Day. The day is about Mon people discussing Mon issues, past and present. They talk about the Hongsawatoi kingdom, es...
Early in the morning of January 14, 2009, most residents of Ban Don Yang Camp at Three Pagoda’s Pass border took shelter from the cold winter air inside their huts. I woke up at 5:00...
With the Thai Immigration Ministry imposing restrictions on migrant workers working in Thailand, the authorities are reissuing documents to workers who had missed updating it in previous years.
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