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
Photo by – facebook/ Helen Mai
September 20, 2019
Kutkai Villager ‘Seriously Injured’ by Landmine
A 36-year-old man sustained injuries to his legs and hands after a landmine exploded near him in the jungle outside of Maw Harn village in northern...
September 18, 2019
Shan protested against IFC meeting on its hydro-power dam project on Namtu...
On September 12, some 200 Shan Civil Society Organizations’ (CSOs) members staged a protest rally in Taunggyi, capital of the Shan State, while the...
September 18, 2019
Child Injured by Shrapnel During Fighting in Namhsan
A nine-year-old boy was injured on Monday after an artillery shell fell in Nam Khur village in Namhsan Township during fighting between the Burma...
September 18, 2019
RCSS, TNLA Clash in Kyaukme Township
Forces belonging to the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) fought in northern Shan State’s...
September 18, 2019
Tatmadaw Arrest, Assault Villager and Headman in Mong Ping Township
Two men were arrested and beaten by members of the Burma Army in eastern Shan State’s Mong Ping Township last week, after being accused of having...
Interview
Photo by – Hla Maung Shwe/ NCA EAO’s meeting, Yangon 10/9/2019
September 16, 2019
RCSS: Four Years After NCA, Peace Process ‘Isn’t Moving Anywhere’
Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) spokesperson Col Sai Nguen recently spoke to SHAN reporter Sai Yawd Kham about talks between signatories to...
Features
September 16, 2019
Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing turning over a new leaf?
Many were really surprised when they heard of the Tatmadaw’s withdrawal of lawsuit on Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) Chairman Reverent Dr Hkalam...
September 16, 2019
Locals Protest IFC Meeting in Taunggyi, Citing Hydropower Investments
Hundreds of locals and members of civil society organizations protested a meeting organized by the International Financial Corporation (IFC) in the...
September 16, 2019
Namhsan Locals ‘Hide in Their Homes’ During Tatmadaw, TNLA Clash
Heavy weapons were fired on Friday in Namhsan town as forces from the Burma Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) engaged in a battle...
September 13, 2019
Dozens Evacuated Due to Taunggyi Landslides
Some 50 people have been relocated after heavy rainfall caused multiple landslides in the Shan State capital of Taunggyi, beginning in early...
Venerable U Agamahar Thadamma Zawtikadaza Bandanta Pannya Sami
September 13, 2019
Famous Shan Abbot Passes Away; Funeral to be Held at End of October
A Buddhist abbot who was revered not only by local people in Shan State’s Tachilek Township, but also by some of the Burma Army’s top brass and...
Photo by Namkham’s civil| Nyi Maung San the victim
September 13, 2019
Militia Members Assault Civilian in Namkham
Soldiers from a local militia arrested and beat a man in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township this week, the victim’s relatives said. The Pangsay...