''Kyemon'' () (''The Mirror'') is a state-owned

Burmese language Burmese (; ) is a Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Myanmar, where it is the official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Bamar people, Bamar, the country's largest ethnic group. Burmese dialects are a ...

daily

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based in

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. Along with ''

Myanmar Alin ''Myanmar Alin'' (; also known as ''Myanma Alinn'') is a state-run Burmese language daily newspaper and the longest running newspaper in circulation in Myanmar. The paper is considered to be the official mouthpiece of the government of Myanmar. ...

'', Kyemon is one of two Burmese language national newspapers in the country. ''Kyemon'' tends to carry more human interest stories whereas ''Myanmar Alin'' is more geared towards publishing government

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History

''Kyemon'' was founded in 1957 in Yangon by journalist U Thaung during Myanmar's brief experiment with parliamentary democracy and free media between 1948 and 1962. The daily was the best selling newspaper at that time, with a circulation of 90,000. After seizing power in March 1962, the military government of Gen.

Ne Win Ne Win (; ; 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002), born Shu Maung (; ), was a Burmese army general, politician and Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981. Ne Win was Burma's mili ...

cracked down on media, and nationalized all the daily newspapers, including Kyemon, in 1964. (U Thaung's open criticism of Gen.

earned him a prison sentence for him in 1964.) The future poet laureate Soe Nyunt served as editor-in-chief of ''Kyemon'' from 1985 to 1990, going on to become Deputy Minister of Information from 1992 to 2003. Kyemon survived the

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's crackdowns on news media that left the country with only three national newspapers. As of 2007, these papers, published by the News and Publishing Enterprise of the Ministry of Information, were the ''

'' and ''Kyemon'' in Burmese and the '' New Light of Myanmar'' in English.

Content

The front and back pages of all Burmese newspapers are almost all government related news and propaganda. At any rate, most Burmese read papers not for the news but for advertisements and announcements like weddings and obituaries. In 2006, the base rate for advertising was US$15 per inch per column and US$700 for a half-page advertisement.

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Daily newspapers published in Myanmar Mass media in Yangon

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