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In 1836, the country's first newspaper, The Maulmain Chronicle, was published [7] followed by The Rangoon Chronicle in 1853, [8] later renamed to The Rangoon Times. King Mindon was an advocate of press freedom and encouraged the creation of Myanmar's first Burmese-language newspaper, Yadanapon Naypyidaw Thadinsa (ရတနာပုံနေပြည်တော်သတင်းစာ) to ...
The People's Defence Force [a] is the armed wing of the National Unity Government (NUG) in Myanmar.The armed wing was formed by the NUG from youths and pro-democracy activists on 5 May 2021 in response to the coup d'état that occurred on 1 February 2021 that put the military junta and their armed wing the Tatmadaw in power. [14]
Our Beloved (Burmese: ကျွန်တော်တို့ ချစ်သော; Kyuntawto Chitthaw) is a 2018 Burmese war film by director U Win Saung, focusing on a conflict between Myanmar Army soldiers and a drug-trafficking warlord. [1] Starring Soe Ran Aung and Moe Yu San, it has been described as a military propaganda film.
A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law, their editor ...
The military pressured newspapers such as 7 Day News and Eleven to stop publishing. Using article 505 (a) of the Myanmar Penal Code, the military targeted entire news organizations and told the media to not use the term "junta" and "coup d'état" as they would face sanctions as a consequence. [45]
The New Light of Myanmar has been described as being propaganda for the Tatmadaw and the government, and features many articles about military officials. The majority of domestic news articles comes from the state-run Myanmar News Agency (MNA), whilst most international articles come from news services , particularly Reuters , which are ...
A powerful ethnic minority armed group battling Myanmar's army in the country's west claimed Monday to have taken hundreds of government soldiers prisoner when it captured a major command post.
Four years ago, the former British colony wedged between India and China promised so much. A half-century of military rule had given way to a government with a popular leader elected cleanly, with ...