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63rd Mon National Day Celebrated Worldwide
Kaowao: February 05, 2010
With the Mon celebrations being held under the watchful eyes of the military’s surveillance team in the villages and the larger towns in Mon and Karen State, Tenasserim, and Pegu Division...

Burmese army intrudes into NMSP control zone
Kaowao: February 04, 2010
Sangkhlaburi -- Local civilians are facing more Burmese Army intrusions into the NMSP area that breach the 1995 NMSP ceasefire agreement, Kaowao has learned...

Most drugs seized in Thailand come from the Burma Army: Businessmen
S.H.A.N: February 04, 2010
Business people on the border SHAN has interviewed confirmed that most of the drugs seized in Thailand originate in the Burma Army controlled militia groups and not Wa as reported ,...

Overseas Mon call for the release of arrested Mon monk
Kaowao: February 01, 2010
The overseas Mon coordinating body has called for the release of a Mon Buddhist monk from a Burmese military interrogation center in Yangon. Rev. Ajjae was arrested on January 7, 2010 in Thanbyuzayat town, Mon State, ...

2010 Election: Buddhist Monk and Youth Arrested, Tortured
Efforts by the Burmese authorities to suppress and clampdown on dissent is in full force after a young Buddhist Monk in Mon State came under immediate suspicion for owning a laptop and was targeted for allegedly taking part in an anti-2010 ...

Mon Delegates Urge for National Congress
Mon delegates from inside Burma met with the Mon from the border and overseas in a three day meeting inside Burma aiming to build solidarity among the Mon communities...

Feature
Hunger for Education
Report by Minn Punn Han
But her own journey in becoming an educated person was cut short when the Burmese military government closed all its schools after the 1988 uprising,..

The Karen Flag: A Symbol of Unity
Report by Winraw Saw Htel Nay
The large crowd filling the chairs in front of the stage at the recent Karen New year celebrations, held on the grounds of the Mae Towe Clinic, in Mae Sot, ...

2010 Happy New Year from Kaowao Newsgroup
We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank and acknowledge the many people who have supported Kaowao over the past two years. Your support on both equipment and morale allowed for the expansion of Kaowao multimedia projects, ...

New Mon Party or A New
Party formed by Some Mon?
Siri Mon Chan
It is not surprising that a few ethnic Mon who claim to be politicians are attempting to form a new party for the so-called 2010 election in Burma. The general public began to notice these Mon leaders when they became involved in the new Working Committee for the Mon Party during NMSP-military ....

Interview with Zoya Phan

Malaysia: Burmese Rights and Drug Issue Long Neglected
Election 2010: Mon veterans contest or not
Will civil war continue in Burma