Myanmar News Agency

Myanmar News Agency

The Myanmar News Agency (Burmese: မြန်မာသတင်းဌာန; 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).[1][2] It is currently under the News and Periodical Enterprise of the Ministry of Information.[3] MNA has the sole right to take pictures of government-arranged events, including meetings of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and government officials. Local Burmese weeklies rely on the MNA for pictures to be carried with their stories.

The agency, which is the sole news provider in Burma, runs under the Ministry of Information and censors most national and foreign news.[4] It falls under the News and Periodicals Enterprise, along with three major newspapers.[5]

The agency regularly uses feeds from Reuters and the Press Trust of India.[6]

The MNA has news exchange agreements with several international news agencies, including Xinhua, ITAR-TASS, Yonhap, Kyodo, Tanjug, ANTARA, KPL and VNA.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Shrivastava, 2007, p. 301
  2. ^ Gunaratne, 2000, p. 353
  3. ^ http://www.ifex.org/burma/2010/01/28/mna_mff_censorship/
  4. ^ Ang & Ramanathan, 2000, p. 136
  5. ^ Myanmar to introduces journalism degree course for first time. Xinhua. September 5, 2007
  6. ^ Gupta, 2006, p. 1079
  7. ^ Altbach (1992), p. 228.

References

  • Altbach, Philip (1992). Publishing and development in the Third World. H. Zell. ISBN 978-1873836408.
  • Ang, Peng & Ramanathan, Sankaran (2000). Communication in ASEAN. Asian Media Information and Communication Centre. ISBN 978-9971905798.
  • Gupta, Amita (2006). Concise Encyclopaedia Of India Vol. 3. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-8126906390.
  • Gunaratne, Shelton (2000). Handbook of the media in Asia. Sage Publications. ISBN 978-0761994275.
  • Shrivastava, K (2007). News agencies from pigeon to internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-1932705676.

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