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Burma News Sources (In English)

 

If you follow news about Burma closely, you may also want to monitor the soc.culture.burma newsgroup and several Internet mailing lists (BurmaNet, burmanet2-l and maykha-l).

 

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The most comprehensive source of news is The BurmaNet News, a daily electronic newspaper covering Burma.  

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The best source of news on policy debates
on Burma is produced by the Burma Project of The Open Society Institute: Burma News from OSI.  Updated frequently.

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For a weekly digest of the most important Burma related news, try Burma News Update, also produced by OSI.


Major mainstream News Outlets Covering Burma

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BBC World Service, East Asia Today  and Latest News from Asia/Pacific.  BBC unquestionably produces the best and most frequent mainstream coverage of Burma.

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Burma related articles from the Washington Post

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Other noteworthy news features
The best occasional news features and photo essays from the BBC, the Seattle Times and others.


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Recent issues of the New Light of Myanmar This daily is the English language version of Myanmar Alin, the regime's state press.  Published daily in English with less frequent Internet versions in French and German.

Information sheets from the regime's Ministry of Information.

 


Burma-related newsletter and mailing lists

Burma Today, Newsletter of PD Burma, the International Network of Political Leaders Promoting Democracy in Burma.

Access and subscription information to Burma-related mailing lists is available through Topica.