Shan Herald Agency for News
2008-09-25
Thailand's prestigious Chulalongkorn University is organizing the First International Conference on Shan Studies (ICSS) in the ensuing year,...
2008-09-24
Shan groups in exile have called the regimes' mass prisoner release a publicity stunt and demanded immediate and unconditional release of all...
2008-09-24
The United Wa State Army (UWSA)'s southern command operating along the Thai-Burma border was recently urged yet again by the Burmese military...
2008-09-24
With none of their leaders among the 9,002 prisoners released by the Burmese military junta on Tuesday, Shans both inside and outside Burma are...
2008-09-23
A nephew of a Shan ceasefire leader in northern Shan State was killed by unidentified people after returning from hanging out with a group of friends...
2008-09-22
At a time when people are struggling to make ends meet and eke out a livelihood, the Burmese military junta authorities in Kachin State have been...
2008-09-17
To escape relentless persecution and human rights abuse, including forced labour by the Burmese Army villagers in Southern Shan State are fleeing to...
2008-09-12
Despite international pressure on the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to stop recruiting and using child soldiers, the SPDC has been...
2008-09-09
In the last two centuries unfair treatment of society by other groups or by their government has gone up greatly. This has been due to campaigners...
2008-09-09
Shortage of "Ice," the crystal precursor used for producing methamphetamine pills, has made clandestine chemists along the Thai-Burma border frantic...
2008-09-08
Even as the Burmese military junta has been directing its militia to go into an expansion mode, some ceasefire groups such as the Shan State Army (...
2008-09-04
Ethnic nationalism can, under the right conditions, work for rather than against democracy's rise and consolidation, says a professor from Princeton...
2008-09-03
Gen. Yar Pyay, the Shan State military commander has said that ceasefire groups and local militia groups have to surrender in 2009 before the 2010...
2008-09-03
All ceasefire groups including local militias must surrender arms in 2009, Regional commanders have said, according to SHAN sources...
2008-09-02
In yet another instance of high handedness the Burmese Army has been forcing villagers in Shan State to join pro-junta local militia forces,...