News & Newspapers

Broadcast on October 22, 2020

NEWS does not stand for

North, East, West, South

Notable Events, Weather, Sports

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Collection and Distribution

Before the Internet

News Agencies

AP
AFP
Reuters
UPI

Correspondents

Local
Foreign
Special / Area / Event

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News Agency Burma (NAB)

English Section
Myanmar Section

Select news for translation

U Ohn Pe (Tet Toe)
U Kyaw Min (Min Kyaw Min)
Spouse of Sao Aung Myint

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Early Newspapers in Burma

Myanmar
10+ Morning Newspaper
A few Evening / Weekly

English
Nation
Guardian

Guardian

Features / Sections
Breaking News
World News
Local News
Editorial
Letters to the Editor
Articles / Columns
Cartoons
Poetry
Horoscope
Horse racing
Examination results
Lottery results
Advertisements
Special Supplements

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After Coup d’etat

Many newspapers were shut down

Four Myanmar newspapers
including Loke Thar Pyi Thu Nay Zin (with Shwe Oo Daung as Chief Editor)

Two English newspapers
including Working People’s Daily (with U Khin Maung Latt as Chief Editor)

WPD Newspaper
WPD Supplement on Modern Burmese Writings

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Miscellaneous

Censorship

Decline / Demise of hard copy newspapers

Need for Fact Checking of news on the Internet

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