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
January 14, 2019
Thousands Sign Petition Urging RCSS, SSPP to End Clashes
Members of the Shan community sent the letter to armed groups, urging them to meet for talks. More than 4,000 ethnic Shan people have signed a...
Photo by – Lun Sai/ Refugee in Namtu
January 14, 2019
With Dangers at Home, Northern Shan State Youth Increasingly Seek Work in...
Citing clashes, tension between armed groups, and the presence of landmines, young people from Namtu Township are becoming laborers in China. Locals...
Photo by – Langkhur Youth/ Mongpan refugee
January 14, 2019
‘We Left Because of Fear’: Mongpan IDP Speaks
A villager describes being caught in the tension between armed groups in southern Shan State, and seeking refuge elsewhere before fighting reignites...
January 11, 2019
Two Children Die From Diphtheria in Shan State
An estimated 15 have been affected by the highly contagious—and preventable—disease. Diphtheria has claimed two children and affected an estimated 15...
Photo by – UWSA/
January 9, 2019
Dozens Flee Mong Pan as Tension Builds Between PNLO, RCSS
Villagers walked for up to three days to safety in neighboring Langkhur. Around 70 villagers from the Loi Pangpi mountain range in southern Shan...
Photo by – A Hsipaw villager
January 9, 2019
More Than 1,000 People Flee Homes, Citing Military Tension Between Shan...
Afraid of further clashes, the displaced are seeking shelter in Hsipaw Township monasteries. As tension persists between ethnic Shan armed...
Op-ed
The IrrawaddyAA Brig-Gen Tun Myat Naing attends a peace conference for ethnic armed groups in Kachin State in July 2016. / The Irrawaddy
January 9, 2019
ARAKAN CONFLICT: The Arakan Army assertiveness or an act of self-defense?
The January 4 deadly early morning raids of the four police outposts by the Arakan Army (AA) that inflicted heavy causality to the police forces,...
Op-ed
January 8, 2019
Tatmadaw’s repatriation of Kachin IDPs another good will gesture?
Just as the the Military or Tatmadaw’s peace initiative in the form of unilateral ceasefire covering five military commands seems to be going down...
January 8, 2019
New Year’s Eve Fighting Forces Hundreds From Villages
Clashes between rival armed groups in northern Shan State continues in 2019. Fighting between ethnic armed groups on New Year’s Eve that affected...
January 8, 2019
Shan Armed Groups Urged To Meet
The Committee of Shan State Unity (CSSU) requested for rival Shan armed groups to meet to seek an immediate solution to settle differences in Shan...
January 8, 2019
Increased Displacement Caused By Fighting Between Rival Groups
UN says rival fighting in northern Shan State to blame for increase of displaced civilians. Fighting between armed groups in Myanmar’s restive...
December 31, 2018
No Plans to Fix Dam In Eastern Shan State
Residents left hanging while the government decides if it will repair a dam that provides their drinking water. Lon Sai Long, a Shan Nationalities...