Shan Herald Agency for News

Drug dealers and users were arrested in northern Shan State’s Lashio Township on May 4, 2016. ( Photo : Lashio News)
August 6, 2016
Burma’s government has pledged to take strong action against drug producers and traffickers across the country.
PHOTO BY SHRF: Coal mining site in Nam Ma area.
August 3, 2016
The Burmese army and its allies arbitrarily arrest, torture and kill civilians as they bid to secure coal-mining concessions in the Nam Ma area of...
July 29, 2016
In light of important political transformations happening in Burma it’s crucial that youth are politically aware, explained an ethnic academic that...
From left to right, UWSA leader U Bao Youxiang, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and NDAA-ESS leader U Sai Leun.
July 29, 2016
Leaders of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS)—also known as Mongla Army—were on...
Sai Seng Main, spokesperson for the coordination committee of the National Ethnic Youth Conference, said the conference is being held despite a suspension by state authorities.
July 28, 2016
Defying a ban issued by the Shan State government, a youth conference on the historic grounds of where the Panglong Agreement was signed, kicked off...
July 26, 2016
The Shan State government has made a last-minute move to cancel a five-day ethnic youth conference, citing the possibility of a negative impact on...
In the federal constitution, Section 151 details the formation of the federal union army.
July 26, 2016
Five main topics are being discussed at an ethnic summit that is currently taking place in Maijayang in eastern Kachin State. One of which, includes...
July 22, 2016
A man and his eight-year-old daughter were seriously injured by a landmine explosion on Monday when they went into a forest to cut firewood in...
July 22, 2016
Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo, the serving chief of Burma’s military intelligence, confirmed yesterday that government soldiers were indeed responsible for the...
July 18, 2016
More than a thousand local residents in northern Shan State’s Lashio Township on Saturday staged a protest demanding an end to the arbitrary killing...
July 18, 2016
The leadership of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) has expressed shock over the death of their vice-chairman, Sai Saw Aung, who was...
July 18, 2016
Following the suspension of the Nongpha Dam last week by Burma’s Ministry of Finance and Planning, several Shan politicians and activists have voiced...