Shan Herald Agency for News

March 16, 2020
The Shan State government agreed to pay villagers who fled fighting in Mong Kung township but they say it’s not enough to cover the extensive damages...
 RCSS/SSA – tai.taifreedom.com
March 14, 2020
Fighting and fear of the COVID-19 virus is making it difficult for leaders of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) to...
Photo by စိုင်းစံမိဏ်း၊ IDPs
March 10, 2020
Some internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mong Kung Township, southern Shan State, have returned to their homes after being forced to flee by...
March 10, 2020
Burma Army troops have been checking all vehicles traveling on the Lashio-Hsipaw highway in northern Shan State since Friday, local sources told SHAN...
Photo Credit to Sai San Main – IDPs in Ham Ngai
March 8, 2020
Tatmadaw soldiers have stopped internally displaced persons (IDPs) from returning to their homes in Mong Kung following a series of clashes between...
Photo by Tai Freedom
March 8, 2020
Some 18 clashes have broken out between the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) in Mong Kung Township in southern Shan State...
Kachin women’s band in northern Shan State. / Photo credit Tom Kramer (TNI)
March 7, 2020
As the peoples of Myanmar commemorate Union Day this week, Sai Wansai argues that “civic nationalism” can help address the crisis in “ethnic...
Photo by – Khun Zaw Oo VJ/  A soldiers from the Burma Army
March 6, 2020
Soldiers from the Burma Army have stolen property from houses left empty in southern Shan State’s Mong Kung Township, following an outbreak of...
Hpa-an, Mwalamyine, Myawaddy spot on Myanmar’s map | SHAN
March 5, 2020
According to The Global New Light of Myanmar and Myanmar Ahlin the towns of Mawlamyine in Mon State, and Hpa-An and Myawaddy in Karen State along the...
March 5, 2020
Fighting is creating obstacles for motorists in southern Shan State. After the Burma Army (Tatmadaw) put up roadblocks closing the road from Kehsi to...
Photos by Mong Kung villager
March 5, 2020
Government’s soldiers searched the homes of villagers displaced from fighting in southern Shan State. Villagers from Koong Nyawng Hpahsa fled...
March 4, 2020
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) has withdrawn its troops from its military camp in Mong Kung Township in southern Shan State, in what...