Shan Herald Agency for News

December 17, 2025
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December 10, 2025
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Lt.Gen. Yawd Serk, leader of Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA)
October 9, 2015
RCSS/SSA Will Sign Nationwide Ceasefire Despite Ongoing Clashes
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) will sign Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on October 15 their...
October 8, 2015
Future Uncertain for Shan Armed Groups
The future for the two largest Shan ethnic armed organisations (EAOs), the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N/SSPP) and the Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA...
Map showing flood-affected villages (Photo courtesy of Japhet Jakui)
October 8, 2015
Eastern Shan State Flood Disaster Was Man-Made
The devastating impacts of August’s floods in eastern Shan State, which destroyed homes and farms in four villages and killed five people, were the...
Ethnic armed organizations meeting in Chiangmai on the second day of their summit, 29 September 2015. (Photo: Karen News)
October 1, 2015
CSOs Advise Ethnic Groups to Sign NCA
At the last day of the ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) three-day Chiang Mai summit, on 30 September, a group of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs...
September 25, 2015
Injuries and Death as Shooting Starts at Wa and Burma Army Meeting
A Burmese Military Security Affairs (MSA) official was killed and two United Wa State Army (UWSA) officials were seriously injured when a meeting in...
September 25, 2015
Burma Army Attacks and Loots Village in Muse Township
The Burma Army reportedly shot and robbed local people on Tuesday evening in a village seven miles from the Burma-China border gate in Muse Township...
September 18, 2015
Burma Army Uses Helicopters against Shan State Army
Locals are concerned by the Burma Army’s use of helicopters to monitor movements of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA...
Photo by SHAN- The United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers march on the 20th anniversary in the Headquater Pangsang in 2009Photo by SHAN
September 16, 2015
No Political Dialogue for Wa Without NCA Signing
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) will not have a chance to demand an autonomous state if they do not sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA),...
Sai Dong,40, critically injured in the Burma Army attack, now lies in hospital in Taunggyi.
September 15, 2015
Burma Army Southern Shan State Attack Kills One, Injures Six
An elderly woman was killed and six villagers were seriously injured in an artillery and knife attack on a Buddhist temple by the Burma Army in...
September 11, 2015
Ceasefire Agreement May Not End Fighting
Until a dialogue begins, government peace affiliate and Shan army representatives fear episodes of fighting will continue throughout the region.
Fighting between a white tiger and the yellow tiger. In Shan State the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party’s logo is the white tiger and its rival sister organization, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy’s is the (yellow) tiger’s head. (Photo: www.dailymail.co.uk)
September 9, 2015
No Landslide for Ethnic Parties in Ethnic Areas
Ethnic based parties are unlikely win landslide victories in the seven ethnic states, concludes a Transnational Institute (TNI) briefing paper,...
September 8, 2015
KhunHtunOo: “We are not going to make a coalition with any party”
The leader of Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) announced that they will not form a political alliance with other partiescompeting in...