Shan Herald Agency for News

UPDJC meeting held on 12 May (Photo – Irrawaddy)
May 19, 2017
A Shan political party fears the Tatmadaw will try to revoke ethnic groups’ right to secede from the Union at the upcoming Panglong peace conference.
Manpang People’s Militia soldiers.
May 18, 2017
Manpang People’s Militia, a military-back armed group, has been accused of forced recruitment in several villages in northern Shan State, according...
May 17, 2017
More than 300 civilians from eight villages in northern Shan State’s Namtu township have fled their homes amid simmering tensions between two ethnic...
Photo by Tai Tiger- Villagers were fleeing their homes to Namtu town on May 11.
May 16, 2017
A series of clashes between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) have compelled some 300 villagers in Namtu...
May 16, 2017
Clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army are taking place on a daily basis in northern Shan Shan State, according to an...
Signboard saying “No Entry Permission” at the Mong Kung coalmine entrance.
May 16, 2017
The Pyae Aung Hein and Hein Mitter companies are continuing their coal-mining operations in Mong Kung, despite an agreement to move out of the area...
May 15, 2017
At least 10,000 residents in southern Shan State’s Laikha Township do not hold either identity cards or household registration documents, according...
China’s special representative for Burma, Sun Gunxiang (left) and Bao Youxiang, the leader of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) (right).
May 15, 2017
Fighting has broken out again between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels near the Sino-Burmese border. The clashes coincide with a meeting between...
May 14, 2017
The Karenni National Progressive Party has re-elected its current chair, Khun Abel Tweed, in a move that has been taken to indicate the organization...
May 12, 2017
Twenty-three landmines have been discovered, planted near the temple compound where a blast occurred on Monday, causing serious injury to eight...
Burmese army accused of land seizure in Mong Nong
May 12, 2017
Residents in southern Shan State’s Mong Nong sub-township are claiming that their lands have been seized by the Burmese military.
May 9, 2017
Eight young Buddhist monks were injured this morning when a landmine exploded while they were playing with it, according to a local aid worker in...