Tag: Mon

26 May 2026 By Ra Wai CHAUNGZON, Myanmar — More than 10,000 acres of vital rice fields in Mon State’s Chaungzon Township have been left completely uncultivated this season, after the ruling military junta refused to allocate subsidized diesel fuel for agricultural machinery, local farmers and monitors report. The agricultural ...

THATON, Myanmar — Police forces in Mon State have reportedly abducted seven young men, including a 14-year-old boy, demanding exorbitant ransoms before forcibly sending them to military training camps. The incident occurred on May 3, 2026, in the Kyaikkaw and Theimseik areas of Thaton Township. According to military sources in ...

28 April 2026 By Ra Wai MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar — Allegations of high-level corruption have surfaced in Mon State, linking the former junta-appointed Chief Minister, Aung Kyi Thein, and the current Minister for Border and Security Affairs to a lucrative fuel smuggling and distribution monopoly. Insiders within the regional administration claim ...

18 April 2026 By Ra Wai THATON, Myanmar — At least 11 people, including eight Buddhist monks, have been killed following a horrific head-on collision between a passenger bus and a light truck in Thaton Township on Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred at approximately 4:45 PM near Naung Bo village ...

12 April 2026 By Mon Lay BELIN, Myanmar — In a significant tactical victory for Myanmar’s resistance, allied pro-democracy forces have captured a strategic military base and detained a high-ranking battalion commander during a lightning raid in Mon State on Sunday morning. The base, known as Lay Kay camp, was ...

MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar — In a stark reflection of Myanmar’s worsening economic collapse, farmers in Mon State are being forced to transport heavy water pumps and generators to petrol stations just to prove their need for a meager fuel ration. While the military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, makes administrative ...

Concerns are mounting over the fate of a prominent social welfare leader in Mon State, who has remained missing for over a week after being detained by the Myanmar military. U Win Myint Oo, the chairman of the Nhit Kayin Social Welfare Association, was seized by junta troops on 22 ...

By Min AB / MPA Nearly 15,000 civilians have been forced to flee their homes in Mon State’s Kyaikto Township as heavy fighting between the Myanmar military and resistance forces enters its tenth day, aid workers and rebel commanders say. The offensive began on February 9 when junta troops pushed ...

By Min AB / MPA A leading political body representing the Mon ethnic group has accused Myanmar’s military junta of using forced conscription as a tool of genocide against smaller ethnic populations. In a statement marking the 79th Mon National Day on Monday, the Mon State Federal Council (MSFC) claimed ...

By Ra Wai | MPA Mawlamyine, Myanmar — The Myanmar military’s proxy party has suffered an unexpected setback in Mon State, conceding a significant number of seats to a local ethnic rival in what residents are describing as a widespread "protest vote" against the junta’s rule. Despite projections of a ...