Private newspapers return to Myanmar

2013-04-01 30

People in Myanmar now have access to private daily newspapers for the first time in almost 50 years.

Private dailies in the former British colony, also known as Burma, were forced to shut down following a military coup in 1964.

Their re-emergence now is seen as another major step in the country's transformation from authoritarian rule to democracy.

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