Shan Herald Agency for News

December 23, 2025
Aungpan residents show little interest in junta-run election
December 22, 2025
Over 1,000 Ywangan IDPs urgently require food aid
December 19, 2025
Junta, PNO torch Pekon Township village
Sai Mg Gyi- Num Hu spring in Mongnai
December 8, 2020
Coal Mining in Namzang Would Destroy Water Source in Mongnai, Locals Say
HSENG LENG — Locals across two townships are concerned about the environmental impact of potential coal extraction operations near Nam Maw Nguen lake...
December 2, 2020
Woman Raped in Taunggyi Quarantine Center
YING TAI — A 33-year-old woman was raped in a COVID-19 quarantine center at Taunggyi University in southern Shan State on Sunday evening, according...
Lock Down at Mong Phong
December 2, 2020
Business Slows and Fears Grow as Tachileik COVID-19 Cases Increase
SENG PHOO — Trade has slowed in in the Shan-Thai border town of Tachileik and people are wary of going out in public as the cases of COVID-19 rise in...
November 27, 2020
Uncertainty Reigns Over Who Will Chair Danu Self-Administered Area
Despite the National League for Democracy (NLD) winning over 80-percent of votes in the recent race in Danu Self-administered Region, it’s still...
November 23, 2020
DNP Protests Against Union Election Commission in Taunggyi
SENG PHOO, SHAN — A political party that contested Burma’s national election staged a protest to call for the abolition of the Union Election...
November 10, 2020
Shan Voters in Mandalay Report Being Unable to Vote for Shan Ethnic...
SENG PHOO — Multiple Shan residents of Mandalay reported that they were unable to vote for the Shan ethnic affairs minister in Mandalay Region on...
November 10, 2020
Voters Denied the Chance to Vote for Ethnic Affairs Minister in Taunggyi
YING TAI — Voters and polling station officers had a dispute over the ballots for the ethnic affairs ministerial post the Shan State capital of...
November 6, 2020
Civil Society Leader Shot and Injured in Namkham, No Suspects Arrested
The leader of a local civil society organization in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township and his son were shot and injured by an unidentified...
November 4, 2020
Advance Voters Report Harassment by Polling Officers
Seng Phoo — Seniors in southern Shan State who are eligible for advance voting for Burma’s election complained of harassment by staff at polling...
November 3, 2020
Ethnic Parties Face Obstacles Campaigning in Eastern Shan State
Political parties contesting Burma’s election this coming Sunday (November 8) are having trouble campaigning in areas of eastern Shan State’s Mong...
November 2, 2020
Burma Army Troops Arrest, Beat Shanni Political Campaigner, TNDP Leader...
NANG SENG NOM — Plainclothed Burmese soldiers arrested and beat up a campaigner for the Tai-leng (Shanni) Nationalities Development Party (TNDP) in...
November 2, 2020
RCSS Admits to Accidentally Shooting, Injuring GAD Officers in Mongpan
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) has admitted that their soldiers accidentally shot and injured two General Administration Department (...