“Now, artists have started moving on,” said Min Lwin, who opened Gallery 65 in Rangoon in 2010. “They are looking more into culturally subversive matters.”
Tag: censor
Sports, supernatural bypass censor board
Nearly 200 publications dealing with non-sensitive topics no longer require official censoring, but clamp remains on political coverage
Companies skirt alcohol advert ban
Jan 15, 2010 (DVB), Alcohol companies in Burma are using alternative methods to advertise their products after the government slapped a ban on alcohol commercials in the print and broadcast…
A media behind bars: press freedom after the cyclone
Francis WadeMay 4, 2009 (DVB), Yesterday, international media watchdogs and analysts were united in their criticism of the deteriorating state of the world's media. To mark World Press Freedom Day,…
A media behind bars: press freedom after the cyclone
Francis WadeMay 4, 2009 (DVB), Yesterday, international media watchdogs and analysts were united in their criticism of the deteriorating state of the world's media. To mark World Press Freedom Day,…
Burma 'worst country to be a blogger'
May 1, 2009 (DVB), Burma has been ranked by a media watchdog as the worst country in the world in which to be an internet blogger, following the wave of…