The New Mon State Party will sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, marking the first time that an ethnic armed organisation has acceded to the accord since eight initial non-state signatories…
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Mon armed group pushed to sign nationwide ceasefire
Mon political parties, monks and members of civil society in the southeastern state are urging the New Mon State Party, a Mon ethnic armed group, to sign Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire…
KNU, NMSP troops clash in Tenasserim
The clashes between the two major ethnic armed groups are the first since they decided to stop fighting in 1988.
International and domestic observers offer mixed reviews of ceasefire
While foreign observers largely praised the NCA signing, leaders from some ethnic groups that did not accede to the accord expressed their skepticism.
Armed Mon group calls on army to return abducted members
The New Mon State Party is calling on the government to release two of its members who were captured by the Burmese military after clashes erupted in southern Burma’s Tenasserim…
Government frees two Mon political prisoners
After being given a life sentence in 2003, two officials from the New Mon State Party were freed as their group continues to hold talks with the government