Shan Herald Agency for News

November 8, 2024
Junta Makes Drug Addicts Guard Loilem Town Entrance
November 8, 2024
Junta Leader to Chinese: EAOs Threat to Border Stability
November 6, 2024
MNDAA Arrests People on Drugs Charges and Demands Ransoms for Their Release
September 2, 2020
Five Electoral Candidates Disqualified in Shan State
SENG PHOO — Five candidates have been disqualified by the Shan State Election Commission from running in the 2020 general election. Four had planned...
September 2, 2020
Burmese Wholesalers on China Border Face New Restrictions
The Chinese government has imposed new restrictions on Burmese wholesale distributors on the China border, in a move that Burmese nationals say makes...
September 2, 2020
Man Shot Dead in Tachileik
Sai Hseng Hleng — A 19-year old young man was shot dead in Tachileik on the Thai border with eastern Shan State on Monday evening. A group of...
September 1, 2020
Locals Object to Confiscation of Their Land to Build Hydropower Plant...
Sai YordKham — Locals have opposed a move by a construction company to seize more than 250 acres of land in southern Shan State’s Mongnai Township to...
August 31, 2020
Villagers Demand Justice For Army’s Killing of Civilian
SENG PHOO — Residents of Kyaukme Township are demanding justice for the killing of a civilian shot dead by the Burma Army at the end of June when...
August 31, 2020
Three Female SNLD Candidates Contesting Election in Taunggyi District
SENG PHOO — Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) is fielding five candidates for the 2020 general elections in Shan State’s Taunggyi...
August 29, 2020
Residents of Shan State Puzzled by Tatmadaw Troops from Karen State
HOM HURNG — Residents of northern Shan State were shocked after Tatmadaw soldiers from Karen State turned up unexpectedly and began questioning them...
August 27, 2020
Flooding Forces More Than 100 Villagers From Their Homes in Hsipaw
More than 100 people in Ner Makhaw village are facing struggles with housing and food after heavy flooding hit Hsipaw Township in northern Shan State...
August 26, 2020
Third Round of Union Accord ‘Difficult’ to Finalize
Part III of the Union Accord was signed by participants in the Union Peace Conference (UPC) after three days of meetings ending on August 21. The...
August 25, 2020
Govt Criticized For Asking RCSS Leader to Speak in Burmese at Peace...
NANG SENG NOM — The NLD government has come under fire on social media after allegedly making General Yawd Serk, chairperson of the Restoration...
August 22, 2020
Southern Shan State Citizens Show Little Interest in Voter’s List
Less than half of the registered voters in Taunggyi District bothered to check to see if their names were correctly registered for the 2020 general...
August 22, 2020
Shan State EC Chairperson Affirmed Polling Will Happen in EAO’s Areas
The Shan State Election Commission (EC) pledged its commitment to ensuring residents residing in areas controlled by the ethnic armed organizations...