Shan Herald Agency for News

May 16, 2017
Clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army are taking place on a daily basis in northern Shan Shan State, according to an...
Signboard saying “No Entry Permission” at the Mong Kung coalmine entrance.
May 16, 2017
The Pyae Aung Hein and Hein Mitter companies are continuing their coal-mining operations in Mong Kung, despite an agreement to move out of the area...
May 15, 2017
At least 10,000 residents in southern Shan State’s Laikha Township do not hold either identity cards or household registration documents, according...
China’s special representative for Burma, Sun Gunxiang (left) and Bao Youxiang, the leader of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) (right).
May 15, 2017
Fighting has broken out again between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels near the Sino-Burmese border. The clashes coincide with a meeting between...
May 14, 2017
The Karenni National Progressive Party has re-elected its current chair, Khun Abel Tweed, in a move that has been taken to indicate the organization...
May 12, 2017
Twenty-three landmines have been discovered, planted near the temple compound where a blast occurred on Monday, causing serious injury to eight...
Burmese army accused of land seizure in Mong Nong
May 12, 2017
Residents in southern Shan State’s Mong Nong sub-township are claiming that their lands have been seized by the Burmese military.
May 9, 2017
Eight young Buddhist monks were injured this morning when a landmine exploded while they were playing with it, according to a local aid worker in...
May 9, 2017
The call into question for the existence of the ethnic alliance begins with when Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) whose leader is the current...
Former CSSU chair Khun Htun Oo handed over his position to RCSS/SSA leader Lieutenant General Yawd at a meeting in Chiang Mai on May 4 to 5.
May 9, 2017
Lieutenant General Yawd Serk will once again helm the Committee for Shan State Unity. The umbrella organization announced the leadership transition...
May 3, 2017
A number of rural families in southern Shan State’s Laikha Township are to be given back lands that were confiscated from them by the Burmese army...
Photo by local source- Villagers were injured during clashes between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township.
May 3, 2017
A villager was reportedly killed and three others injured as fighting broke out between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation...