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    Tagged: media

    2015 Elections Lead Story Media News

    Burma’s media fixate on ‘Mother Suu’

    Anyone reading Burma’s independent media ahead of next month’s historic election might be unaware that more than 90 political parties are competing.

    2015 Elections Lead Story Media News

    Press watchdogs slam media bias

    State-run media slammed for promoting USDP, while private news groups also stand accused of unbalanced reporting.

    2015 Elections Lead Story Media News Politics

    Govt warns media to follow ethics

    The Union Election Commission has issued another warning to media outlets covering the election campaign, this time singling out the BBC in their criticism.

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    Ethnic issues Lead Story Media News

    Media faces major dilemma

    The information department has requested the media stop using military rankings when referring to rebel leaders of armed ethnic groups.

    2015 Elections Karenni Lead Story News Politics

    Gagged: NLD bans candidates from speaking to media

    The leadership of Burma’s main opposition party has ordered a ban on its candidates from speaking to the media for at least the next three weeks.

    Elections Lead Story News

    2015 election: State TV to host political adverts, but there’s a catch

    Burma’s state-run broadcaster will carry 15-minute party political broadcasts throughout the 60-day campaign period ahead of the general election on 8 November, but authorities have dictated a number of red lines.

    2015 Elections Lead Story Media News Politics

    Htay Oo replaces Shwe Mann

    A retired major-general from the Burmese armed forces, 65-year-old Htay Oo has long been regarded as a rising star among many in the military-backed USDP.

    Lead Story Media Natural Disasters News Pegu Division

    Who would be a DVB reporter?

    It’s not easy being a journalist. So says Ko Myo Zaw Lin, who was today sent out to the town of Pegu to cover the ongoing floods.

    Lead Story Logging Media News Politics

    5 journalists among political prisoners released

    Five journalists were among at least 13 political prisoners released as pardons are granted to 6,996 inmates across Burma in a presidential amnesty.

    Lead Story Media News Rangoon

    Eleven Media chief attacked in broad daylight

    Assailants using slingshots and metal nuts attacked Than Htut Aung as he drove home in central Rangoon, in what may have been a assassination attempt.

    Lead Story Media News

    Bi-Midday Sun journalists’ appeal rejected in court

    The Rangoon Region Court has rejected an appeal for four Bi-Midday Sun newspaper employees currently serving a two year imprisonment sentence.

    2015 Elections Lead Story Media News

    Govt warns TV broadcasters to cover election fairly

    Minister of Information warns TV and radio outlets that they risk losing their broadcasting licenses if they air material deemed to be biased.

    Lead Story Media Mon News

    Court rules Par Gyi died from ‘unnatural causes’

    The journalist’s widow Ma Thandar reported that the judge ruled the victim died of a gunshot wound.

    Lead Story Media News Parliament

    Journalists readmitted following ‘Nap-pyidaw’ reports

    Reporters are to be readmitted to press gallery following a ban due to pictures of MPs sleeping through debates appearing on social media.

    Lead Story Media News

    Burma ‘lagging behind’ on press freedom, says Suu Kyi

    Burma’s opposition leader joins chorus of voices challenging government’s backsliding on media freedom.

    Lead Story Media News

    DVB honoured with press award for Laogai coverage

    The Myanmar Journalist Association (MJA) has announced the winners of the 2015 National Press Awards.

    Lead Story Media News Politics

    Burma among top ten most censored countries, says CPJ

    Politicians still view free press “as a threat that must be contained,” says Shawn Crispin of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Artist arrested after casting New Year curse

    An internationally recognised Rangoon artist was arrested on Tuesday, after casting a written curse on the county’s government, police and military. He was later released.

    Lead Story Media News Women's Issues

    The glass ceiling: Women in Burma’s media industry

    A dearth of women in positions of power within Burma’s media is preventing women from influencing content, and entrenching gender stereotypes.

    Lead Story Media News

    Myanmar Times apologises for land grab cartoon

    An abject retraction is issued after Burma’s military authorities object to the sketch, which appeared to ridicule the army for confiscating land.

    Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest

    Two journalists released from Tharawaddy prison

    Nyan Lin Tun of Myanmar Post and Phyo Aung Myint of Reporter are released from Tharawaddy prison, as are nine students detained after crackdown in Letpadan.

    Burma Business Business Weekly Lead Story News Trade

    Burma Business Weekly

    ADB pledge $80m to Irrawaddy delta; Burma tackles rising power demands; preparations underway for new Indo-Burma trade zone; S Korea assists rice exports.

    Journey to Justice: The Par Gyi Case (Part Three) video

    Feature Lead Story News Video

    Journey to Justice: The Par Gyi Case (Part Three)

    This DVB Documentary follows Ma Thandar, on her journey to justice after the army killing of her husband, freelance journalist Par Gyi.

    Journey to Justice: The Par Gyi Case (part two) video

    Feature Lead Story News Video

    Journey to Justice: The Par Gyi Case (part two)

    Part two of this DVB Documentary follows Ma Thandar, on her journey to justice after the army killing of her husband, freelance journalist Par Gyi.

    Lead Story Media News Society Uncategorized

    Min Ko Naing: Media not impartial

    Generation 88 leader tells audience that the media should not smear democracy activists in the name of impartiality.

    Lead Story Media News Politics

    Burma listed in Top 10 for jailing journalists

    “With ten journalists now languishing behind bars, proponents of the country’s supposed democratic progress should wake up and take notice of the authoritarian reality that still governs the country.”

    Lead Story News Pegu Division Politics

    Don’t put words in the president’s mouth, warns govt

    An announcement in state media accuses certain political party officials of putting words in President Thein Sein’s mouth and launching personal attacks on others.

    Lead Story Media News

    Suu Kyi writes to Par Gyi’s widow

    Aung San Suu Kyi has sent a condolence letter to the widow of Par Gyi, a journalist recently killed by the Burmese military while covering armed conflict in Mon State.

    Lead Story Media Military News

    Thein Sein orders investigation into Par Gyi’s death

    Thein Sein’s office has ordered the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission to conduct an investigation into the death of journalist Par Gyi.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    UN Rapporteur: ‘Backtracking’ could undermine Burma’s reforms

    UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has expressed concern about “possible signs of backtracking” that could undermine Burma’s reform process, according to a UN press statement released yesterday.

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