The Myanmar News Agency is the official state

State media

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 news agency

News agency

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 of the Myanmar government, based in Yangon

Yangon

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, Burma. It was established in 1963 after the 1962 Burmese coup d'état

1962 Burmese coup d'état

The 1962 Burmese coup d'état on 2 March 1962 marked the beginnings of socialist rule and the political dominance of the army in Burma which spanned the course of 26 years...

 as News Agency Burma (NAB). It is currently under the News and Periodical Enterprise of the Ministry of Information. 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

Censorship

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 most national and foreign news. It falls under the News and Periodicals Enterprise, along with three major newspapers.

The agency regularly uses feeds from Reuters

Reuters

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 and the Press Trust of India

Press Trust of India

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The MNA has news exchange agreements with several international news agencies, including Xinhua, ITAR-TASS, Yonhap

Yonhap

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, Kyodo, Tanjug

Tanjug

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, ANTARA

ANTARA

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, KPL

Khaosan Pathet Lao

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 and VNA

Vietnam News Agency

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