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    Tagged: Media

    ASEAN Lead Story Media News

    ‘Fake news’ crutch used by Southeast Asian leaders to control media: critics

    Governments across Southeast Asia have a history of using laws and the judiciary to curb press freedoms, and now, they have found a handy crutch to lean on as they intensify clampdowns: US President Donald Trump’s “fake news” mantra.

    Lead Story Media News Opinion Suu Kyi

    Opinion: Suu Kyi’s dilemma over a free press

    Aung San Suu Kyi is treating the press in Burma poorly, and that may impede her efforts to democratise the conflict-wrought country.

    Lead Story Media News

    Suu Kyi stands by Burmese state media

    Referring specifically to the Arakan crisis, Suu Kyi said, “Read the newspapers and listen to the news on MRTV released by the government.”

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    Lead Story Media News

    Burmese journalists charged, thrown in jail for ‘Unlawful Association’

    Three journalists detained on Monday have been formally charged for ‘Unlawful Association’ and have been thrown in prison just after noon today.

    Lead Story Media News

    Burmese media groups demand release of DVB, Irrawaddy journalists

    Ethnic media groups say they will petition for the reporters’ release with letters to the Burmese president, state counsellor and commander-in-chief.

    Lead Story Media News

    Burmese reporter punches rival over alleged extortion

    “Ko Thet Khine took pictures of the tractor carrying the wood and then asked the driver for money, That’s why I punched him.”

    Lead Story Media News

    Sweden celebrates 250 years of press freedom

    On 2 December 1766, the Swedish Riksdag adopted the world’s first Freedom of the Press Act.

    Lead Story Media News Property

    Eleven Media chiefs summoned over cronyism allegations

    The commotion comes after Eleven Media CEO Than Htut Aung wrote an editorial lambasting the government for failing to tackle corruption and crony capitalism.

    Arakan Lead Story Media News

    Information Minister urges careful reporting

    Speaking at a conference on media development in Naypyidaw, Information Minister Pe Myint urges the media to use caution when reporting sensitive news.

    Lead Story Media News

    DVB to broadcast VOA programmes

    The VOA Burmese content will include news, commentary and programmes about health.

    Lead Story Mandalay Division Media News

    BBC reporter wins appeal, walks free

    Reporter walks free from a court in Mandalay on Thursday, when he won an appeal against a conviction for punching a policeman.

    Lead Story Media Military News

    Media watchdogs lambast military for lawsuit against 7Day

    The military later dropped the lawsuit after the 7Day issued an apology in government newspapers.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    UN’s Yanghee Lee visits Insein prison

    Lee reportedly questioned whether female inmates are being subjected to pregnancy tests, suggesting that this is a violation of human rights.

    Crime Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Pegu villages to get drought relief, thanks to Thingyan bribe

    The money will make a small contribution to efforts to address the effects of a heatwave hitting large parts of the country.

    2015 Elections Chin Lead Story News Opinion Politics

    Opinion: The harmful legacy of ‘Burmanising’ ethnic language

    As journalists descended on Naypyidaw to discover who will be the next president, a little-known Chin nominee’s name was butchered in the Western media.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    NLD will win ‘about 75%’, Suu Kyi says

    In her first media interview since the general election, NLD leader Suu Kyi tells BBC her party will win a convincing majority in parliament.

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    Education in Burma 'propagandist'

    Oct 6, 2009 (DVB), Burma's education system focuses too much on testing and curriculum material is strictly controlled by the military government, according to an exiled Burmese education expert. Burma[…]

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    Villagers forced to work on school reconstruction

    Jan 5, 2009 (DVB), Local authorities in Natsinchaung village in Rangoon's Zeegone township have been forcing local people to contribute to reconstruction work on a school destroyed by Cyclone Nargis,[…]

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    School attendance down in cyclone-hit areas

    Jan 2, 2009 (DVB), The number of children attending basic education schools in cyclone-affected areas has dropped since last year, but officials are not keeping adequate records, according to a[…]

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    Interview: Education for emancipation

    Oct 31, 2008 (DVB), Czech minister Ondøej Liška stressed the importance of education in bringing about democracy and an active civil society in Burma in an interview with DVB. Liška,[…]

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    Education for emancipation

    Oct 31, 2008 (DVB), Czech minister Ondøej Liška stressed the importance of education in bringing about democracy and an active civil society in Burma in an interview with DVB. Liška,[…]

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    Educationalists concerned by Burmese literacy rate

    Sep 10, 2008 (DVB), Despite the ruling State Peace and Development Council's claims that Burma has a 94 percent literacy rate, Burmese educationalists say the reality on the ground is[…]

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    Laura Bush visits Burmese groups in Mae Sot

    Aug 8, 2008 (DVB), United States first lady Laura Bush paid a visit to a migrants' clinic and met with health and education activists yesterday in the Thai town of[…]

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    School classes held in temporary shelters

    Jul 17, 2008 (DVB), School pupils returning to their studies in the cyclone-affected Pyin district of Hai Gyi, Irrawaddy division, are still waiting for their school buildings to be repaired.[…]

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    Interview: Burma's declining basic education

    Jul 10, 2008 (DVB), Former Rangoon University lecturer Daw Nyein Khet Khet has criticised the two-tier education system in Burma for denying children from poor families an adequate basic education.[…]

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    Burma's declining basic education

    Jul 10, 2008 (DVB), Former Rangoon University lecturer Daw Nyein Khet Khet has criticised the two-tier education system in Burma for denying children from poor families an adequate basic education.[…]

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    Rangoon school charges additional fees

    Jul 8, 2008 (DVB), A parent of a student studying at Basic Education High School (1) Dagon in Rangoon said the school is charging students 6000 kyat each on top[…]

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    ABFSU urges flexibility for late university admissions

    Jul 8, 2008 (DVB), The All Burma Federation of Student Unions called on the military regime on Monday to allow university students from cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy division to enrol for the[…]

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    New curriculum excludes general Aung San

    Jun 26, 2008 (DVB), The military regime in Burma has removed a speech and writings by the late independence hero general Aung San and peace architect Thakhin Kodaw Hmaing from[…]

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    FFSS plans work on storm-resistant school

    Jun 19, 2008 (DVB), The Free Funeral Service Society is working to develop a school building in a village in Irrawaddy division that can double as an emergency storm shelter[…]

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