Shan Herald Agency for News

December 23, 2025
Aungpan residents show little interest in junta-run election
December 22, 2025
Over 1,000 Ywangan IDPs urgently require food aid
December 19, 2025
Junta, PNO torch Pekon Township village
PSLF/TNLA armed forces (left) and RCSS/SSA-S armed forces (right)
December 9, 2015
Civilians Missing as Shan and Ta’ang Forces Clash
Following fighting between the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State...
December 9, 2015
SNLD Plans Five-Year Strategy
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) held a three-day 2015 general election review conference in northern Shan State at the end of...
December 7, 2015
Shan IDPs Suffer Health Problems
Nearly half the residents in a Kesi Township internally displaced persons (IDP) camp have been suffering from respiratory problems, fever, chronic...
December 1, 2015
Shan Groups Want International Action Over Burma Army Attacks
A coalition of over 30 Shan community-based organizations (CBOs) on 26 November called for the international community to take action over the...
Children displaced by fighting in Shan State eat rice and cabbage in an IDP camp in Mong Hsu Township. (Oum Mwe: S.H.A.N)
November 20, 2015
Little Aid, No Contact: Shan State's IDP Crisis
Shan State’s 10,000-plus internally displaced people (IDPs) are now dispersed between more than ten locations in six townships, according to data...
November 19, 2015
Eastern Shan State Election Collapse for Shan Parties
The three Shan parties all lost seats in eastern Shan State to the the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and Aung San Suu...
The funeral pyre for the two young victims. ( Sai Mon; Facebook)
November 19, 2015
Homemade Explosive Accidentally Kills Two Girls in Laikha Township
A crude explosive device detonated and killed two girls and injured three others who played with it on 16 November in southern Shan State’s Laikha...
November 16, 2015
Burma's Vice President Accused of Rigging His Re-Election
A Burmese Vice President has been accused of vote rigging in Burma’s general election by the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) and the...
Internally displaced refugees arrive in Laikha, central Shan State. (Photo: Facebook)
November 16, 2015
Burma Army Fires on IDPs Displacing 2,000
The Burma Army fired long-range mortar shells at a high school in Kesi Township serving as a safe house for internally displaced civilians (IDPs) for...
November 11, 2015
Burma Army Soldiers Allegedly Rob Shan State Civilians One Day after...
Burma Army soldiers allegedly robbed two civilians by the side of the road in Kesi Township yesterday, according to a representative from the Shan...
A Burma Army helicopter flies over Wan Hai, Kesi Township. (Photo: Zanhok Hengjai / Facebook)
November 11, 2015
Burma Army Launch Airstrikes Against Shan State Army-North
The Burma Army launched airstrikes from helicopters near to the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North (SSPP/SSA-N) headquarters in Wan Hai...
November 11, 2015
SNLD Claims Shan State Election Victory
At 4pm on 9 November, 24 hours after polls shut the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) published an open letter on social media saying...