Shan Herald Agency for News

January 30, 2017
Leading Burmese environmental groups, including Burma Rivers Network (BRN) and Save the Salween Network (SSN), today released a statement, voicing...
SSPP/SSA clash with Burmese army in Mong Hsu
January 26, 2017
Burmese government forces have clashed with the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) in Mong Hsu Township, central Shan State,...
January 25, 2017
Following speculation that a change in leadership had taken place within the United Wa State Army (UWSA), an official of the Wa militia has responded...
January 25, 2017
The Burma Army launched an attack against the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North in Mong Hsu Township under Loilen District in southern...
January 21, 2017
A Burmese army unit has exchanged small arms fire with the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) in the southern Shan State...
Photo by SHAN- A military checkpoint in Khojom village, Monghsu Township
January 20, 2017
The Burmese military today ordered the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) to immediately withdraw its troops from Monghsu Township...
A military checkpoint in Shan State
January 19, 2017
Citing concerns about corruption and graft, representatives of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) have petitioned the central...
January 18, 2017
Some 40 Shan migrant workers in northern Thailand’s Chiang Mai province say they have been cheated by the Thai Isara Construction Company when...
Photo by SHRF- Nang Khin Than Nu was injured by Burmese army air strike.
January 18, 2017
Burmese military fighter jets killed three villagers and injured seven others in a bombing mission in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State, the Shan...
January 16, 2017
The Shan State Army – North (SSA-N) will allow the Burmese government to hold the by-election and set up a polling station in Wan Hai, where its...
A makeshift refugee camp in Hsipaw Township where the villagers are staying
January 16, 2017
Some 150 villagers who fled their homes in Mantong Township last month due to fighting between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National...
United Nations Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma Yanghee Lee seen during her visit to Burma last year
January 12, 2017
Kachin activists expect Yanghee Lee, United Nations Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, to uncover the truth on human rights violations in northern...