''The New Light of Myanmar'' (, ; formerly ''The New Light of Burma'') rebranded as The Global New Light of Myanmar is a government-owned newspaper published by the Ministry of Information and based in

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

. ''The New Light of Myanmar'' has been described as being

propaganda Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded l ...

for the

Tatmadaw The Tatmadaw, also known as the Sit-Tat, is the armed forces of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services include ...

and the government, and features many articles about military officials. The majority of domestic news articles comes from the state-run

Myanmar News Agency The Myanmar News Agency (; abbreviated MNA) is the official state news agency of the Myanmar government, based in Yangon, Burma. It was established in 1963 after the 1962 Burmese coup d'état as News Agency Burma (NAB). It is currently under the ...

(MNA), whilst most international articles come from news services, particularly

Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide writing in 16 languages. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency ...

, which are published after censorship by the MNA.

History

The counterpart of the Myanmar-language ''

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. ...

'' (), the ''New Light of Myanmar'' is claimed by its editors to be the oldest English-language daily, first published on 12 January 1964 as ''The Working People's Daily''. The newspaper took on its current name on 17 April 1993. According to

Bertil Lintner Bertil Lintner (born 1953) is a Swedish journalist, author and strategic consultant who has been writing about Asia for nearly four decades. He was formerly the Burma (Myanmar) correspondent of the now defunct ''Far Eastern Economic Review'', an ...

of ''

The Irrawaddy ''The Irrawaddy'' () is a news website by the Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG), founded in 1990 by Burmese exiles living in Thailand. As a publication produced by former Burmese activists who fled violent crackdowns on anti-military protests in ...

'', another ''New Light of Myanmar'' had been founded in 1914, published initially as a magazine before becoming a newspaper. It was managed by

U Tin Sithu U Tin (1890–1972) was a prominent Burmese architect and engineer, celebrated for his significant contributions to Myanmar's architectural heritage. He is best known for designing Yangon City Hall and Yangon Central Railway Station, both ...

from 1920 to 1947. The newspaper was shut down by the military junta in 1969.

References

External links

* Daily newspapers published in Myanmar Mass media in Yangon Newspapers established in 1964 State media {{Myanmar-newspaper-stub

History

See also

References

External links