''The New Light of Myanmar'' (, ; formerly ''The New Light of Burma'') is a government-owned newspaper published by the
Ministry of Information and based in
Yangon,
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 C. Wells, Joh ...
.
''The New Light of Myanmar'' is often viewed as
propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded ...
on part of 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
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), whilst most international articles come from
news services, particularly
Reuters, which are published after censorship by the MNA.
History
The counterpart of the Myanmar-language ''
Myanmar Alin
Myanmar Alin ( my, မြန်မာ့အလင်း; also known as Myanma Alinn) is a state-run Burmese language daily newspaper and the longest running newspaper in circulation in Myanmar. The daily is considered to be the official mouthpiece ...
'' ( my, 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''.
[ The newspaper took on its current name on 17 April 1993.][
According to Bertil Lintner of '' The Irrawaddy'', another ''New Light of Myanmar'' had been founded in 1914, published initially as a magazine before becoming a newspaper. It was managed by U Tin from 1920 to 1947. The newspaper was shut down by the military junta in 1969.]
See also
* List of newspapers in Myanmar
* Mass media in Myanmar
References
External links
*
Daily newspapers published in Myanmar
Mass media in Yangon
Publications established in 1964
State media
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