Shan Herald Agency for News

December 23, 2025
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December 22, 2025
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December 19, 2025
Junta, PNO torch Pekon Township village
January 5, 2016
Burma Army Break NCA by Attacking RCSS/SSA-S
New Year's Eve saw the first Burma Army attack against forces from an ethnic armed organisation (EAO) that signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement...
Ma Htung works in ENAC’s Thailand office. (Photo: Simma Francis)
January 4, 2016
Interview with Ma Htung of the Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC)
The Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center (ENAC) was founded in 2013 to support Burma’s political dialogue through the development of inclusive policy...
January 4, 2016
IDP Hangs Himself in Mong Hsu Township Camp
A displaced man in Hai Pa Internally Displaced Person's (IDP) Camp hanged himself on Saturday 19 December according to a local aid worker in Mong Hsu...
December 24, 2015
Burma Army Stops IDP's Returning Home
About 3,000 displaced civilians in central Shan State cannot return to their villages because the Burma Army are occupying them said a 23 December...
U San Yu Kyaw- the First Secretary and Consul of the Chiang Mai-based Myanmar Consulate-General
December 23, 2015
NGOs Demand Better Conditions for Burmese Migrant Workers
A coalition of NGOs in Thailand publicly called on the Burmese government to better address hardships faced by migrant workers in Thailand on 18...
December 21, 2015
RCSS/SSA-S Say TNLA Are Not Enemies
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) and United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) met to discuss recent...
December 17, 2015
Burma Army Refuses to Let IDPs Go Home
The Burma Army ordered displaced villagers returning to Koong Min Village in central Shan State on 13 December to go back to internally displaced...
Leaders of eight ethnic armed organisations at the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) in Naypyidaw on 15 October.
December 16, 2015
NCA Approved by Parliament
The nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) was unanimously approved by both houses of parliament (the Assembly of the Union) on 8 December.
December 15, 2015
Burma Army Burns Ta'ang Village Twice in 15 Days
Over 170 northern Shan State villagers were forced to relocate after the Burma Army set fire to their village for the second time in 15 days on 29...
December 14, 2015
Army Tightens Security in Central and Southern Shan State
Local authorities have erected security checkpoints to search vehicles in Mong Hsu, Kesi, Laikha, Namzang, and Loilem Townships in central and...
Loong Sarm, the farmer killed by Burma Army soldiers at a gold mine in eastern Shan State in October (Photo: Shan Farmers’ Network)
December 14, 2015
Ceremony for Farmer Shot by Army at Gold Mine
Over 300 farmers from 18 townships attended a memorial ceremony on 7 December for a farmer shot and killed by Burma Army soldiers at an eastern Shan...
Drafters discuss the political framework on December 2. (Photo: Myanmar Peace Center)
December 9, 2015
Draft Dialogue Framework Faces Four Hurdles
The second stage in Burma’s seven-step peace process is facing four issues which will be discussed and decided next week, according to sources within...