Shan Herald Agency for News

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Participants attend the National Ethnic Youth Conference that took place last July in Panglong.
August 31, 2016
Ethnic Youths Not Given Active Role At Conference
The Nationalities Ethnic Youth Alliance (NEYA) was invited to attend today’s Union Peace Conference (also called 21st Century Panglong Conference)...
Khun Htun Oo, chairperson for Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, profiled in this undated photo.
August 31, 2016
SNLD Leader Boycotts Peace Conference
Khun Htun Oo, chairperson for Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), has cancelled plans to attend the Union Peace Conference (also called...
August 30, 2016
Shan Leaders Attending Peace Conference
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) chairperson, Khun Htun Oo and Gen Say Htin, patron of the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army...
August 29, 2016
Burma army attacks SSPP/SSA ahead of Panglong Conference
Less than a week ahead of Burma’s historic 21st Century Panglong Conference, the Burmese army has launched an offensive against the Shan...
Members of the Shan Literature and Culture Association from Sagaing Region meet with southern Shan State branch in Taunggyi. (Photo – Noon Mo)
August 25, 2016
Northern Shan Visit Their Southern Kin
Ethnic Shan from northern Burma are visiting their southern kin in Shan State capital Taunggyi to learn about cultural and literary works.
August 25, 2016
By-election Announced For Excluded Areas
U Aung Myint, a member of the Union Election Commission, recently announced that a by-election will take place in Kyethi and Mong Hsu townships in...
August 24, 2016
Chinese Govt Meets with Wa and Mongla Army After DASSK Visits China
Shortly after State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrived back from her official visit to China, delegates of the Chinese government met separately...
UNFC Delegation for Political Negotiation leader Maj-Gen Sai Htoo.
August 24, 2016
UNFC Reviewing Conditions For Peace Conference
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) has been reviewing arrangements for attending the Union Peace Conference (also called the 21st...
August 24, 2016
Salween River is not for sale, says Shan NGOs
Shan civic groups held a press conference in Bangkok today, claiming that the Burmese government, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, is working secretly in...
August 22, 2016
Kokang leader throws weight behind Panglong Conference
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
Ethnic groups discuss shape of a future Shan State
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
Taunggyi farmers face criminal charges over land issue
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...