September 02, 2010
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“Mon Working Committee” splits over 2010 election registration
Thu 01 Apr 2010, IMNA
5 dissenters from 15 members “Mon Working Committee” formed in 2009 have split from the group, following a March 30th meeting where the majority of the committee’s members voted that the committee boycott the 2010 elections. The 5 rogue members have...

Mudon town educators make a profit off of 10-standard exams
Thu 01 Apr 2010, Yin Mon, Lai Mon
The going rate for passing 10-standard examinations for the 2009-2010 school year in Mudon town, Mon State, starts at 100,000 kyat, student in the city claim.

Parents and student from the town explained to IMNA that teachers and high...


Malaysia’s migrant worker crackdown gaining intensity
Wed 31 Mar 2010, IMNA
Burmese migrant workers living in Malaysia are claiming that the nationwide crackdown on illegal migrant workers has reached a violent peak.

IMNA covered the announcement of the crackdown, which officially began on February 14th, on...


Mon literature and culture classes taught in Mae La refugee camp for the first time
Wed 31 Mar 2010, Khatter Non
Mon literature and culture classes have been made available to Mon children living in Mae La refugee camp, on the Thailand-Burma border, for the first time this year. The classes began on the first week of March.

Teachers in the camp...


MRP members break with party, flee to Thailand
Tue 30 Mar 2010, Nai Akka
A total of 7 members of the Monland Restoration Party (MRP), based in Tenasserim Division, have disaffected from the party and fled across the Thailand-Burma border to the Thai province of Surat Thani, were they have reportedly taken refuge in a...

Mother and 3 children murdered in Ye Township
Tue 30 Mar 2010, Khatter Non
A 27 year-old Mon woman named Ma Htwe was stabbed to death in her home along with her 3 children on March 27th, in Ye Township’s Hplang village, within the New Mon State Party-controlled area of Ye Chaungpayar.

The perpetrator, a...


Mudon TPDC finally collects long-threatened housing tax
Mon 29 Mar 2010, IMNA
The Mudon Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) has finally begun it’s official collection of a tax on new homes built between 2007 and 2010. Talk of the tax began in September 2009.

IMNA reported on the announcement of the...


Ye Town TPDC stymies commercial development
Fri 26 Mar 2010, Kon Hadae
The Ye Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) chairman has ordered that Ye town’s central commercial district be closed, and that its shop buildings be uprooted.

The TPDC chairman ordered that the shopping area at the center...


Mon and Pali languages excluded from Shwedagon Pagoda reconstruction
Thu 25 Mar 2010, Kon Chan
The Dhammaceti stone inscription at Rangoon’s Shwedagon Pagoda, which was damaged by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, is in the process of being reconstructed by a team of experts; this team has opted to re-carve the inscription in Burmese and English,...

Cordless phone towers closed due to suspected media link
Wed 24 Mar 2010, Hong Dein, IMNA
Cordless phone transmitter towers all over Mon State have been disabled since the third week of March 2010, in an attempt made by Burmese authorities to stem the flow of information being sent to exile media groups based along the Thailand-Burma...

NMSP and SEC meeting on March 16th maintains status quo, for now
Tue 23 Mar 2010, IMNA
ing a meeting between the Southeast Command (SEC) and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) on March 16th of this year, the SEC reaffirmed its decision not to pressure the NMSP into accepting the Burmese military government’s Border Guard Force offer – ye...
Other Headlines
Massive border crackdowns in Kawthaung land 100 in prison2010-03-19, IMNA

Mon Working Committee holds 2010 election meeting; divisions threaten party unity 2010-03-18, Nai Marn

Displaced villagers continue to struggle in Tavoy District2010-03-18, Mehn Oa

Irregular electricity supplies hamper Mudon Township students during exam period 2010-03-17, Mi Lyi Htaw

Mon State motorbike drivers subjected to rigorous vehicle searches2010-03-17, Kon Hadee

Amid growing unemployment rates, Burmese women turn to prostitution to survive2010-03-11, Nai Marn, Asah

Thailand’s political unrest cuts down timber exports, traders in Three Pagodas Pass claim2010-03-11, Kon Hadee

New security checks at Shwedagon Pagoda symptomatic of SPDC’s mounting paranoia2010-03-10, Mehm Oa

Visitors in Rangoon encounter increased security and travel restrictions2010-03-09, IMNA

Families of deported migrant workers fear grim job prospects 2010-03-09, Kon Chan

Mon youths complain of heightened surveillance following monk’s arrest 2010-03-08, Nai Marn

Mon Business community launches new company 2010-03-08, Rehmonnya

Summer paddy cultivation crippled by agricultural costs and labor shortages2010-03-05, IMNA

WHO donates H1N1 vaccines to Burmese Ministry of Health2010-03-05, Kon Chan

Monastic award ceremony deferred indefinitely due to H1N1 2010-03-04, Taw Lawi

Future of community events unclear after increased government scrutiny 2010-03-03, Jaloon Htaw and Yin Mon

New Customs Department ‘land tax’ overburdens owners with acreage 2010-03-01, IMNA

Burmese artillery and other units, seen advancing towards the Thai/Burma border2010-02-26, IMNA

Villagers cowed in fear after arbitrary killing by Burmese army2010-02-25, Khatter Non

Mon Women’s Day celebrated in Mon State for the first time 2010-02-24, IMNA

Select villages conduct militia trainings, neighbors fear for the future2010-02-24, Kon Hadae

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