Shan Herald Agency for News

August 28, 2015
Seven villagers in Kunhing Township were detained for more than a day after renewed fighting between the Burma Army and the RCSS/SSA.
August 27, 2015
The Burmese consul general of the newly established Burmese consulate in Chiang Mai, U Kaung San Lwin, said Naypyitaw would only consider opening new...
Photo by S.H.A.N
August 27, 2015
Weeks after flash flooding destroyed homes and farmland, villagers in eastern Shan State find themselves struggling to rebuild amidst the debris.
RCSS/SSA initiated public consultation in Tangyan. (Photo: RCSS/SSA)
August 27, 2015
Shan State residents told a Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) delegation that recently spent a month touring Shan State...
August 26, 2015
At the end of their four day summit in Chiang Mai on 24 August the ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) reaffirmed their stand that all EAOs must be...
Representatives from the Shan community present a petition opposing the Mongton Dam to SMEC at their office in Yangon on 25 August 2015. (Photo by Action for Shan State Rivers)
August 26, 2015
Shan community representatives who organised a petition opposing the construction of the Mong Ton (Tasang) Dam on the Salween (Thanlwin) River have...
August 25, 2015
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) representatives have said that the organisation will not be taking sides in the...
August 24, 2015
A seminar was held at Chiangmai’s Uniserv Hotel on 22 August to discuss the opening of a new border checkpoint between Chiangmai and Burma’s Shan...
August 17, 2015
The government negotiator U Aung Min urged representatives from the United Wa State Party/Army (UWSP/UWSA) to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement...
Kokang leader Peng Jiasheng with the Burmese strongman Gen Khin Nyunt (Photo: Show Time book)
August 7, 2015
The Transnational Institute (TNI), an Amsterdam-based international research and advocacy institute, last month released a 22 page briefing paper...
July 21, 2015
Coincidentally, an International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies is being held in Chiang Mai on 24 to 26 July as the city plays host to the...
July 21, 2015
By curious coincidence, the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies, the first in Chiangmai, 24-26 July, is due to be held on the same days...