Shan Herald Agency for News

December 23, 2025
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December 19, 2025
Junta, PNO torch Pekon Township village
August 20, 2019
Attack on Military Academy Part of a ‘Counter Defensive’ Operation,...
‘The army has launched offensive operations in our area. Clashes have become more intensified. Our movement area is getting narrower,’ a TNLA...
August 20, 2019
RCSS, TNLA Fight Following Northern Alliance Strikes in Northern Shan State
An RCSS officer says that his group ‘skirmished with the TNLA’ when they retreated from fighting with government forces. The Restoration Council of...
August 19, 2019
Artillery Fire in Kyaukme Sparks Fears of Intensified Fighting in Northern...
We didn’t dare go outside at night,’ a parliamentarian said, following the sound of gunfire. Locals are concerned following the firing of heavy...
August 19, 2019
Highway to Northern Shan State Closed Following Northern Alliance Strike
The national highway to northern Shan State has been cut off following attacks by members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed groups on...
August 17, 2019
19-Year-Old Civilian Killed in Tatmadaw, TNLA Clash in Kutkai
Fighting has not let up for days in the Tarmohnye area of northern Shan State. A 19-year-old man was killed in fighting between the Tatmadaw and the...
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68th Karen Martyrs’ Day Bri 5 | facebook : Wild Bird
August 15, 2019
KAREN MARTYRS’ DAY: Monopoly concept of the term “martyr” by NLD-led...
Amid official warning from the authorities not to use the term “martyr” in Ayeyarwady and Yangon, on the occasion of honouring the Karen fallen...
August 13, 2019
Shan State Residents Reflect on 1988 Pro-Democracy Movement
‘We protected our people,’ remembers one protester from Mongpan. Thirty-one years after people throughout Burma took to the streets to demand an end...
August 13, 2019
Nearly 500 IDPs Seek Refuge in Tangyan Following Tatmadaw Attack on SSPP
Human rights activists point out that the displacement is occurring despite the military’s unilateral ceasefire in northern Shan State. Nearly 500...
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August 13, 2019
Fighting Between Tatmadaw, SSPP in Tangyan Displaces Hundreds
Most of the IDPs in the northern Shan State township are women, children and the elderly. Clashes between the Burma Army and the Shan State Progress...
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Former MP Hla Swe insults Prophet Muhammad as terrorist bomber – Myanmar Muslim Media
August 13, 2019
ANTI-US RALLY IN YANGON: Bullet Hla Swe an instigator or a diehard...
On 3 August, in front of the Yangon City Hall, former lieutenant colonel Hla Swe sporting camouflage fatigues, complete with matching military beret...
August 8, 2019
Farmers Suffering From Effects of Insecticide in Mongnai Township
‘Chemical insecticides are easy to sell and easy to buy in Shan State. Actually, farmers don’t know how to use it,’ a local says. Widespread use of...
August 8, 2019
Shan Community to Demand Return of Kengtung Palace Site
The haw was demolished by the military in 1991, and a hotel was built in its place. Members of the Shan community in Kengtung have announced they...