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Myanma Alin (The Light of Myanmar) - a government-run daily newspaper (Burmese) [1] [3] Myawady Daily - a military-run daily newspaper [ 4 ] New Light of Myanmar - a government-run daily newspaper formerly named The Working People's Daily (Burmese and English) [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
Myanmar Alin was founded as a magazine by U Shwe Kyu [4] (Burmese: ဦးရွှေကြူး) and published by Ledi Pandita U Maung Gyi in 1914 during the British colonial era in Yangon. The paper was known for its anti-colonialist stance before World War II. The paper was nationalised in 1969 by General Ne Win's military government.
The counterpart of the Myanmar-language Myanmar Alin (Burmese: မြန်မာ့အလင်), the New Light of Myanmar is claimed by its editors to be the oldest English-language daily, first published on 12 January 1964 as The Working People's Daily. [1] The newspaper took on its current name on 17 April 1993. [1]
Kasamatsu was among a number of foreign executives arrested on similar allegations in Myanmar. The state-run Myanmar Alin newspaper reported in early July that the arrests for allegedly overpricing rice — from 31% to 70% over official prices set by the Myanmar Rice Federation — involved 62 suspects, 102 warehouses, 53 supermarkets and ...
An online news editor, one of my colleagues who had in years past worked as a fixer for foreign reporters, was sentenced to seven years’ jail for the crime of having a photo of Aung San Suu Kyi ...
Before World War I, He worked at German businesses in Rangoon.Then, in 1271, [clarification needed] he opened his own company in Rangoon called Shwe Kyu. In addition, He set up a printing press called Shwe Kyu Printing House and started publishing Myanma Alin Magazine in June 1912, during the British colonial era in Yangon.The paper was known for its anti-colonialist stance before World War II.
Kyemon survived the military government's crackdowns on news media that left the country with only three national newspapers. As of 2007, these papers, published by the News and Publishing Enterprise of the Ministry of Information, were the Myanmar Alin and Kyemon in Burmese and the New Light of Myanmar in English. [6]
As of 2007, the News and Publishing Enterprise published the Myanmar Alin and the Kyaymon in Burmese and the New Light of Myanmar in English. [4] On 18 November 2011, the Ministry of Information began publishing a weekly journal called the Naypyitaw Times, to report on government policies. [5]