Shan Herald Agency for News
March 28, 2017
A high-ranking member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in southern Shan State has left the party and joined the Shan Nationalities League...
March 22, 2017
The speaker of the Shan State parliament has said that the regional government – not the central government – will recruit civil servants for the...
March 21, 2017
Members of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) that are parties to last month’s “Panghsang Pact” have decided to hang on together,...
March 21, 2017
Following accusations of extrajudicial killings and the mass abduction of civilians in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme district by the Ta’ang National...
March 17, 2017
Maj-Gen Than Hlaing, the commander of Eastern Central Command, has accused two ethnic Shan armies – the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (...
March 15, 2017
A number of Burmese environmental organizations, including Burma Rivers Network, Save the Salween Network and The Burma Environmental Working Group...
March 15, 2017
A man was hospitalized in eastern Shan State’s Mong Khark Township after he was beaten by a Burmese soldier at a checkpoint last Monday [March 6],...
March 9, 2017
Burma’s armed forces have launched offensives against the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), a signatory to the Nationwide...
March 7, 2017
Sai Ai Pao, chairman of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP), has urged voters to choose carefully when they make their selection at the by...
March 7, 2017
An ethnic political party is calling for more voter education ahead of the swiftly approaching by-election. The Shan Nationalities League for...
March 3, 2017
A community leader in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township was shot dead by an unknown gunman or group on Sunday, according to local source.
February 28, 2017
Despite the ceasefire pact signed in 2015 between the government and eight ethnic armed groups, land mine clearance continues to lag. The Joint...

















