Shan Herald Agency for News

November 13, 2024
Junta Airstrike on Naungcho Town Tea shop Kills 11
November 13, 2024
Six Killed in Nighttime Junta Airstrike on Mogok Town
November 11, 2024
Junta Artillery Kills Four Villagers in Loikaw Township, Karenni State
August 17, 2019
19-Year-Old Civilian Killed in Tatmadaw, TNLA Clash in Kutkai
Fighting has not let up for days in the Tarmohnye area of northern Shan State. A 19-year-old man was killed in fighting between the Tatmadaw and the...
Features
68th Karen Martyrs’ Day Bri 5 | facebook : Wild Bird
August 15, 2019
KAREN MARTYRS’ DAY: Monopoly concept of the term “martyr” by NLD-led...
Amid official warning from the authorities not to use the term “martyr” in Ayeyarwady and Yangon, on the occasion of honouring the Karen fallen...
August 13, 2019
Shan State Residents Reflect on 1988 Pro-Democracy Movement
‘We protected our people,’ remembers one protester from Mongpan. Thirty-one years after people throughout Burma took to the streets to demand an end...
August 13, 2019
Nearly 500 IDPs Seek Refuge in Tangyan Following Tatmadaw Attack on SSPP
Human rights activists point out that the displacement is occurring despite the military’s unilateral ceasefire in northern Shan State. Nearly 500...
Photo by – SHAN/ IDPs in Tangyan
August 13, 2019
Fighting Between Tatmadaw, SSPP in Tangyan Displaces Hundreds
Most of the IDPs in the northern Shan State township are women, children and the elderly. Clashes between the Burma Army and the Shan State Progress...
Features
Former MP Hla Swe insults Prophet Muhammad as terrorist bomber – Myanmar Muslim Media
August 13, 2019
ANTI-US RALLY IN YANGON: Bullet Hla Swe an instigator or a diehard...
On 3 August, in front of the Yangon City Hall, former lieutenant colonel Hla Swe sporting camouflage fatigues, complete with matching military beret...
August 8, 2019
Farmers Suffering From Effects of Insecticide in Mongnai Township
‘Chemical insecticides are easy to sell and easy to buy in Shan State. Actually, farmers don’t know how to use it,’ a local says. Widespread use of...
August 8, 2019
Shan Community to Demand Return of Kengtung Palace Site
The haw was demolished by the military in 1991, and a hotel was built in its place. Members of the Shan community in Kengtung have announced they...
Analysis
Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) holds talks with leaders from the United Nationalities Federal Council at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Yangon, July 17, 2016. (Photo: RFA)
August 5, 2019
Myanmar bowing to China’s BRI out of necessity?
A recent political talk-show on Radio Free Asia (RFA) on the topic of China’s political influence in Myanmar mentioned the Arakan Army’s (AA)...
August 5, 2019
Kyaukme Woman Found Dead at Namkham River Port
Locals said she had gone to seek work in China and was on her way home. Locals found the body of a woman at the river port between Kon Hai and Nawng...
August 5, 2019
Despite Record-Breaking Drug Bust in Shan State, Locals Fear Production...
Combined security forces from Burma’s military and police seized 16 billion kyat (US$10.7 million) worth of drugs late in northern Shan State last...
Features
Photo Opportunity: The Secretary-General with H.E. General Thein Sein, Prime Minister Myanmar
August 1, 2019
Ex-president pioneer of free press in Burma
From 1962 up to 2011, Burma or Myanmar was a pariah state in every sense of the word. But this perception has drastically changed ever since...