Shan Herald Agency for News

January 4, 2016
A displaced man in Hai Pa Internally Displaced Person's (IDP) Camp hanged himself on Saturday 19 December according to a local aid worker in Mong Hsu...
December 24, 2015
About 3,000 displaced civilians in central Shan State cannot return to their villages because the Burma Army are occupying them said a 23 December...
U San Yu Kyaw- the First Secretary and Consul of the Chiang Mai-based Myanmar Consulate-General
December 23, 2015
A coalition of NGOs in Thailand publicly called on the Burmese government to better address hardships faced by migrant workers in Thailand on 18...
December 21, 2015
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) and United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) met to discuss recent...
December 17, 2015
The Burma Army ordered displaced villagers returning to Koong Min Village in central Shan State on 13 December to go back to internally displaced...
Leaders of eight ethnic armed organisations at the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) in Naypyidaw on 15 October.
December 16, 2015
The nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) was unanimously approved by both houses of parliament (the Assembly of the Union) on 8 December.
December 15, 2015
Over 170 northern Shan State villagers were forced to relocate after the Burma Army set fire to their village for the second time in 15 days on 29...
December 14, 2015
Local authorities have erected security checkpoints to search vehicles in Mong Hsu, Kesi, Laikha, Namzang, and Loilem Townships in central and...
Loong Sarm, the farmer killed by Burma Army soldiers at a gold mine in eastern Shan State in October (Photo: Shan Farmers’ Network)
December 14, 2015
Over 300 farmers from 18 townships attended a memorial ceremony on 7 December for a farmer shot and killed by Burma Army soldiers at an eastern Shan...
Drafters discuss the political framework on December 2. (Photo: Myanmar Peace Center)
December 9, 2015
The second stage in Burma’s seven-step peace process is facing four issues which will be discussed and decided next week, according to sources within...
PSLF/TNLA armed forces (left) and RCSS/SSA-S armed forces (right)
December 9, 2015
Following fighting between the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State...
December 9, 2015
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) held a three-day 2015 general election review conference in northern Shan State at the end of...