In reforms' wake, Media gear up for war of words
The government's recent reforms included the relaxation of censorship laws, but with state-owned news outlets demonstrating only cosmetic changes, private publications and 'exile media' are stepping in to fill the information void. But the challenges they face are immense
- Published: 16 Dec 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Spectrum
Two decades ago, anyone in Myanmar caught in possession of a news journal produced by the ''exile media'' could be charged with distributing unlawful literature and face 20 years in jail.
READ ALL ABOUT IT: A vendor sells local journals and newspapers in Yangon.
But on the streets of Yangon today, newspaper vendors openly display a new English-language business journal published by Mizzima, a media group which was established in 1998 by Myanmar exiles in India and has returned home with the hopes of building a major private media outlet.
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