Stop Using Civilians as Weapons of War, Shan CSOs Urge Armed Groups

By Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 21, 2017 Following accusations of extrajudicial killings and the mass abduction of civilians in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme district by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), 35 local civil society [...]

2020-05-30T23:19:07+07:00March 21st, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Burmese Commander Accuses Shan Armies of Undermining Local Development

Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 17, 2017 Maj-Gen Than Hlaing, the commander of Eastern Central Command, has accused two ethnic Shan armies – the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and the Restoration Council of [...]

2020-05-30T23:19:16+07:00March 17th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Burmese Army Attacks RCSS Ahead of Peace Talks

By Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 8, 2017 Burma’s armed forces have launched offensives against the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), a signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), only a week before [...]

2020-05-30T23:19:27+07:00March 9th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Shan National Conference Blocked by Tatmadaw

Shan Herald Agency for News | February 27, 2017 Burma’s military has intervened in plans for Shan National Conference (SNC), insisting that state capital Taunggyi cannot be used as a venue for the forum and instead directing organizers to [...]

2020-05-30T23:19:47+07:00February 27th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

UNFC’s Nai Hong Sar: Major Difficulty Lies in Negotiating with Burma Army

by Kyaw Kha / The Irrawaddy | December 6, 2016 There have been concerns about the prospects for peace in Burma since the Northern Alliance, comprised of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National [...]

2020-05-30T23:01:25+07:00December 7th, 2016|Featured Collection, Recommended, Uncategorized|

Commentary On “State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Dismayed over Shan State Violence”

By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | November 24, 2016 It is disappointing by all means that the so-called Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B), involving the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Kokang or Myanmar National Alliance [...]

2020-05-30T23:01:48+07:00November 24th, 2016|Featured Collection, Recommended, Uncategorized|

PSLF/TNLA Review on Battles in Ta’ang Region

Update by News and Information Department of Palaung State Liberation Front / Ta-ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) | November 18, 2016 Battles taking place in the Ta’ang Region – 17 times in 2012, 65 times in 2013 and 136 times in 2014 [...]

2020-05-30T23:01:57+07:00November 21st, 2016|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

UNHCR’s Refugee Repatriation: A Timely Undertaking or Just a Trail and Error Pilot Project?

By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | November 8, 2016 The 25 October refugee repatriation, involving some seventy refugees, who left Thailand’s Tham Hin and Nu Po camps to return home voluntarily to Yangon (Rangoon), [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:13+07:00November 10th, 2016|Featured Collection, Recommended, Uncategorized|

Shan State Update: The National Ceasefire Accord Violated as Clashes Between Burma Army and RCSS Troops Echo in Central Shan State

Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 8, 2016 In the last month sporadic fighting in two separate incidents was reported in Central Shan State between the Burma Army and the Shan State Army-South (SSA-S). The clashes were deliberate actions [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:17+07:00November 8th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|
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