Shan Herald Agency for News

August 24, 2016
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
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) has been reviewing arrangements for attending the Union Peace Conference (also called the 21st...
August 24, 2016
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
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...