Myanmar Alin ( my, မြန်မာ့အလင်း; also known as Myanma Alinn) is a state-run

Burmese language Burmese ( my, မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: ''mranmabhasa'', IPA: ) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma), where it is an official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Burmans, the coun ...

daily

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and the longest running newspaper in circulation in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. The daily is considered to be the official mouthpiece of the government of

History

Myanmar Alin was founded as a magazine by U Shwe Kyu (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

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. The paper was nationalised in 1969 by Gen. Ne Win's military government.

Content

The front and back pages of all Burmese newspapers are almost all government related news. Most of the domestic news comes from the official government news bureau's

Myanmar News Agency The Myanmar News Agency ( my, မြန်မာသတင်းဌာန; abbreviated MNA) is the official state news agency of the Myanmar government, based in Yangon, Burma. It was established in 1963 after the 1962 Burmese coup d'état as News ...

(MNA) (people?) read papers not for the news but for advertisements and announcements like weddings and obituaries.

Broadcasting

Myanmar Radio and Television Myanmar Radio and Television ( my, မြန်မာ့အသံနှင့်ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား, abbreviated MRTV), formerly the Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS), is the parent of the state-run Myanmar Radio National ...

Myanma Alin is a Burmese

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such as MRTV, MRTV News,

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, MRTV NRC, MRTV Parliament, MRTV Farmer and MRTV Sport.

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