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The Myanmar News Agency (MNA) is the official state news agency of the Myanmar government, based in Yangon, Burma. It was established in 1963 after the military coup the previous year as News Agency Burma (NAB).^[1]^[2]

The agency, which is the sole news provider in Burma, runs under the Ministry of Information and censors most national and foreign news.^[3] It falls under the News and Periodicals Enterprise, along with three major newspapers.^[4]

The agency regularly uses feeds from Reuters and the Press Trust of India.^[5]

The MNA has news exchange agreements with several international news agencies, including Xinhua, ITAR-TASS, Yonhap, Kyodo, Tanjug, ANTARA, KPL and VNA.^[6]

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[edit] Notes

^ Shrivastava, 2007, p. 301
^ Gunaratne, 2000, p. 353
^ Ang & Ramanathan, 2000, p. 136
^ Myanmar to introduces journalism degree course for first time. Xinhua. September 5, 2007
^ Gupta, 2006, p. 1079
^ Altbach (1992), p. 228.

[edit] 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.

[0] Shrivastava, 2007, p. 301

[1] Gunaratne, 2000, p. 353

[2] Ang & Ramanathan, 2000, p. 136

[3] Myanmar to introduces journalism degree course for first time. Xinhua. September 5, 2007

[4] Gupta, 2006, p. 1079

[5] Altbach (1992), p. 228.

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