Shan Herald Agency for News

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Photo Credit to Chiang Rai News
April 9, 2020
Some 200 Migrant Workers Quarantined in Tachileik
SENG PHOO — Nearly 200 migrant workers were permitted to return to Burma from Thailand on Monday, even though the border between the two countries...
April 7, 2020
Grenade Found In Kyaukme Monastery
While cleaning a monastery in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township on Friday, monks uncovered a grenade in the facilities. The discovery occurred...
April 6, 2020
Curfew Imposed on Namzang Township
SENG PHOO — Authorities in Namzang Township, southern Shan State, have enforced a 7:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. curfew on the area until April 30 in what...
Photo by SHAB – Shan State Goverment
April 6, 2020
Shan State Govt Has Less Than $360,000 Left in Budget to Fight COVID-19...
Seng Hpoo — The Shan State government does not have any separate funds designated to prevent and treat the coronavirus, and will rely on what remains...
Photo by – ထုင်ႉႁူၺ်ႈလီ/ Muse Gate
April 4, 2020
Chinese Border Gates With Shan State Closed Indefinitely
NANG SENG NOM — Both official and unofficial border gates between the northern Shan State townships of Muse and Namkham and China have been closed...
Opinion
April 4, 2020
BURMA ARMY’S MINDSET: No to Unilateral Ceasefire
Sai Wansai — The Karen National Union (KNU) and Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the former a nationwide ceasefire agreement-signatory...
Websites belonging to ethnic media groups—members of Burma News International (BNI)
April 2, 2020
Naypyidaw, Telecoms Operators Block Websites of Three Ethnic Media Groups
NANG SENG NOM — Websites belonging to ethnic media groups—members of Burma News International (BNI)—have been blocked for days by internet data...
Features
shanhumanrights.org
April 1, 2020
NO TO DAM BUILDING: Loud call to leave rivers in peace
Sai Wansai — On March 14, International Day of Action for Rivers, 23 countries’ indigenous, together with thousands of river stewards, defenders, and...
March 31, 2020
Migrant Worker Suspected Of Having Coronavirus Placed Under Quarantine
A migrant worker returning from Thailand was placed in quarantine in Shan State after exhibiting symptoms consistent with those caused by Covid-19...
Photo ~ RCSS
March 31, 2020
Burma Army Arrests Eastern Shan State Villagers Following Clashes With RCSS
YING YING / SHAN — A village headman and his son were arrested by the Burma Army after government forces clashed with the Restoration Council of Shan...
Photo by – Thaung Tun/
March 28, 2020
Backhoe Driver Shot Dead in Broad Daylight in Muse
NANG SENG NOM — A man was shot and killed in the Burma-China border town of Muse in northern Shan State on Thursday morning, local sources said...
Photos by – ThaiPBS North/ Maesai – Tachilek (Thai – Myanmar Border)
March 27, 2020
Thailand Closes Border to Shan State
NANG SENG NOM — Due to an emergency decree, Thailand halted all border crossings between Mae Sai in Chiang Rai Province, and Tachileik in Shan State...