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The Democratic Voice of Burma (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေတစ်မြန်မာ့အသံ, abbreviated DVB) is one of Myanmar's largest independent media organisations. DVB was founded as a non-profit media organization based in Oslo, Norway and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Run by Burmese expatriates, it made radio and television ...
Unknown. The 8888 Uprising, [a] also known as the People Power Uprising[b] and the 1988 Uprising, [c] was a series of nationwide protests, [9] marches, and riots [10] in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising". [11]
The print, broadcast and online mass media in Burma (also known as Myanmar) has undergone strict censorship and regulation since the 1962 Burmese coup d'état. The constitution provides for freedom of speech and the press; however, the government prohibits the exercise of these rights in practice. Reporters Without Borders ranked Burma 174th ...
www.voanews.com. Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international radio broadcasting state media network funded by the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S. international broadcasters. [4][5][6] VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 48 languages, which it distributes to affiliate stations around the world. [7]
Katy Perry was unrestrained in her speech accepting the Video Vanguard Award at MTV's Video Music Awards.. The pop star accepted the VMAs version of a lifetime achievement award from her partner ...
Learning English (previously known as Special English) is a controlled version of the English language first used on October 19, 1959, and still presented daily by the United States broadcasting service Voice of America (VOA). World news and other programs are read one-third slower than regular VOA English. Reporters avoid idioms and use a core ...
Website. rfa.org. Radio Free Asia (RFA) is an American government -funded non-profit corporation operating a news service that broadcasts radio programs and publishes online news, information, and commentary for its audiences in Asia. [5][6][7][8] The service, which provides editorially independent reporting, [6][7][8][9][10][11] has the stated ...
Since the 1970s Rohingya refugees have been coming to Bangladesh from Myanmar. In the 1990s, more than 250,000 resided in refugees camps in Bangladesh. In the early 2000s, all but 20,000 of them were repatriated to Myanmar, some against their will. [27] This respite ended in 2015 and by 2017, an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 Rohingya refugees ...