Shan Herald Agency for News

January 15, 2026
Junta seizes border trade vehicles to cut funding to armed groups
January 9, 2026
Junta issues fresh warning to remove shops around Taunggyi stadium
January 9, 2026
Junta forces Mongyawng residents to vote in election
December 21, 2015
RCSS/SSA-S Say TNLA Are Not Enemies
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
Burma Army Refuses to Let IDPs Go Home
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
NCA Approved by Parliament
The nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) was unanimously approved by both houses of parliament (the Assembly of the Union) on 8 December.
December 15, 2015
Burma Army Burns Ta'ang Village Twice in 15 Days
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
Army Tightens Security in Central and Southern Shan State
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
Ceremony for Farmer Shot by Army at Gold Mine
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
Draft Dialogue Framework Faces Four Hurdles
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
Civilians Missing as Shan and Ta’ang Forces Clash
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
SNLD Plans Five-Year Strategy
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) held a three-day 2015 general election review conference in northern Shan State at the end of...
December 7, 2015
Shan IDPs Suffer Health Problems
Nearly half the residents in a Kesi Township internally displaced persons (IDP) camp have been suffering from respiratory problems, fever, chronic...
December 1, 2015
Shan Groups Want International Action Over Burma Army Attacks
A coalition of over 30 Shan community-based organizations (CBOs) on 26 November called for the international community to take action over the...
Children displaced by fighting in Shan State eat rice and cabbage in an IDP camp in Mong Hsu Township. (Oum Mwe: S.H.A.N)
November 20, 2015
Little Aid, No Contact: Shan State's IDP Crisis
Shan State’s 10,000-plus internally displaced people (IDPs) are now dispersed between more than ten locations in six townships, according to data...