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 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 daily is considered to be the official mouthpiece of the government of

History

Myanmar Alin was founded as a magazine by U

Shwe Kyu Shwe Kyu (1883–1935) was the founder of Myanmar's first modern Myanmar Alin magazine, which is still distributed today as the Myanmar Alin Newspaper. He was also the inventor of a new Peacock branding Burmese textbook. Early life and educat ...

(Burmese: ဦးရွှေကြူး) and published by

Ledi Pandita U Maung Gyi Ledi Pandita U Maung Gyi (21 April 1939—12 December 1878) was a Burmese writer, translator, and greatest disciple of Ledi Sayadaw. He was the first publisher of the Myanmar Alin magazine. Early life and education Ledi Pandita U Maung Gyi ...

in 1914 during the British colonial era in Yangon. The paper was known for its anti-colonialist stance before World War II. The paper was nationalised in 1969 by Gen.

Ne Win Ne Win ( my, နေဝင်း ; 10 July 1910, or 14 or 24 May 1911 – 5 December 2002) was a Burmese politician and military commander who served as Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974, and also President of Burma ...

's military government.

Content

The front and back pages of all

Burmese Burmese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia * Burmese people * Burmese language * Burmese alphabet * Burmese cuisine * Burmese culture Animals * Burmese cat * Burmese chicken * Burmese (hor ...

newspapers are almost all government related news. Most of the domestic news comes from the official government news bureau's Myanmar News Agency (MNA) (people?) read papers not for the news but for advertisements and announcements like weddings and obituaries.

Broadcasting

Myanmar Radio and Television Myanmar Radio and Television ( my, မြန်မာ့အသံနှင့်ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား, abbreviated MRTV), formerly the Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS), is the parent of the state-run Myanmar Radio National ...

Myanma Alin is a

free-to-air terrestrial television station such as

MRTV Myanmar Radio and Television ( my, မြန်မာ့အသံနှင့်ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား, abbreviated MRTV), formerly the Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS), is the parent of the state-run Myanmar Radio National ...

, MRTV News, MITV, MRTV NRC, MRTV Parliament, MRTV Farmer and MRTV Sport.

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