The Voice Weekly / Chao Hu Nam Co Nepal / the Associated Press / First Eleven Journal / Modern Weekly / Hanthawati / Tokyo Shimbun / Irrawaddy / Language Burmese / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Myanmar / Laos / Thailand / United States / China / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / Judicial Event / /
Facility
Insein prison / /
IndustryTerm
Internet activity / catch-all law / digital technology / media regulatory authorities / print media / Internet café owners / state-owned media / privately-owned media / repressive media laws / media law / media freedom / printing poems / state media / Internet access points / repressive laws affecting media workers / media law reform process / /
Organization
Press Council / Myanmar Journalists Union / army / Myanmar Journalists Association / National League for Democracy / Reporters Without Borders / New National Democracy Party / PSRD’s Registration and Verification Division / Central Registration Board / Press Scrutiny and Registration Division / Press Freedom Committee / Burma Media Association / /
Person
Khin Zaw Myint / Thiha Saw / Madeleine Albright / Myo Myint Maung / Pho La / James MacKay / Maung Wuntha / Kyaw Zwa Moe / Thet Su Aung / Stan Honda / Sein Win / Aung Kyi / Zaw Thet Htwe / Thein Sein / Zarganar / Min Zaw / Win Tin / Aung San Suu Kyi / Nyein Nyein Naing / Sein Win Maung / Ma Thida / Benjamin Ismaïl Win Tin / Pho La Min / /
PoliticalEvent
general elections / /
Position
Day News Journal editor / information minister / editor / Nation editor / vice-president / construction ministry engineer / president / founder and general secretary / on the front page / secretary of state / Envoy / Independent editor / Open News editor / director / correspondent / journalist / representative / founder and general secretary / comedian / general / member / /
INTRODUCTIONI “ A wind of freedom is blowing through the Burmese media. ” You can see that just by looking at the Burmese weeklies displayed on the wooden table serving as a newsstand on a Rangoon street corn