Shan Herald Agency for News

August 22, 2016
The exiled leader of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Peng Jiasheng, released a statement last Monday, saying that the Kokang...
August 22, 2016
Representatives of 13 ethnic groups have concluded a five-day meeting in Shan State capital Taunggyi, where they discussed how a future Shan State...
Photo by SHRF: land confiscation for Salween Dam in northern Shan State.
August 19, 2016
Some 130 farmers in Shan State capital Taunggyi, who claimed their lands were seized by the Burmese armed forces, are now in turn being sued by the...
Photo by SHRF- Residents in Mong Khur of Hsipaw Township staged a protest against Salween Dams on August 23, 2015.
August 19, 2016
Twenty-six Shan-based organizations on Wednesday sent an open letter to Burma’s State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, calling on her...
August 18, 2016
The bodies of three local men have been discovered in shallow graves in Namtu Township. The cause of death is as yet unknown.
Photo by SHAN- Yawnghwe Palace entrance
August 17, 2016
Sao Haymar Thaike, the daughter of Burma’s first president, Sao Shwe Thaike, has spoken out against a plan to convert Yawnghwe Palace compound into a...
The first JICM meeting, 16 October 2015. (Photo: burmalibrary.org)
August 17, 2016
In response to the 8 signatory ethnic armed organization (EAO)s’ formal request on 11 August, State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will soon be...
August 16, 2016
Burma’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) have objected to a plan to construct a new...
August 15, 2016
According to representatives of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) who were attending meetings in Chiangmai last week, prior to the meeting with the...
August 13, 2016
The secretary of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has said that their participation at the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC...
Photo by SHAN: Migrant representatives receive cheque from the Chiang Mai province governor Pawin Chamniprasart at Chiang Mai provincial hall.
August 11, 2016
Some seven months after being laid off by the Perfetto Limited Partnership Company in northern Thailand, 100 Burmese migrant workers have finally...
August 11, 2016
Seven Burmese soldiers were brought to a military court in Lashio on Tuesday in a landmark case, which has received national and international...