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Chronology of the Press in Burma


By The Irrawaddy Saturday, May 1, 2004


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The Burmese-language Friend of Burma is also set up in Rangoon and eventually becomes a daily newspaper before its publication stopped in 1929.

1886—The Mandalay Times newspaper appears twice a week in Mandalay.

March 3, 1887—The Mandalay Herald emerges three times a week in Mandalay. It becomes a daily in 1899 up until 1902, when the paper stopped being published.

1889—The Hanthawaddy Thadinsa (the Hanthawaddy Weekly Review) appears twice a week in Rangoon. It is regarded as one of the most outspoken newspapers of its time. The newspaper covers foreign news from Reuters news agency through an agent. In 1904, its circulation reaches about 1,000.

1892—The English-language papers, the Daily Advertiser, the Arakan Echo and the Arakan Advocate are established in Sittwe. Later, the Daily Advertiser and the Arakan Echo combine to form the Arakan Times.

1894—The English-language newspapers, the De Vaux Press Advertiser, the British Burma Advertiser, the Rangoon Commercial Advertiser and the Burma Chronicle News are all being published in Rangoon. De Vaux Press Advertiser’s circulation was said to be around 1,000 a day.

The Karen National News, the Bassein Weekly News and the Advertiser are also published weekly in Bassein, Irrawaddy Division. The Karen National News written in the Karen-language of Sagu (Sgaw) reaches circulation of about 500.

February 1895—The Mawlamyaing Myo (MoulmeinTown) is published in Moulmein.

1899—The Times of Burma and the Upper Burma Gazette are established in Rangoon and Mandalay.

1900The pro-British Burmese-language Star of Burma is published in Mandalay. It continues to be published up until 1948.

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1901 – 1912

* Reuters News Agency opens in Rangoon. Other outspoken newspapers appear, such as the Thuria (the Sun). By 1904, there are about 15 newspapers running with circulations of up to 1,500. New newspapers continue to be established.

March 3, 1901The religious Maha-Bodhi News appears once a week in Rangoon and continues to be published up until 1926.

1903—A Reuters News Agency office opens in Rangoon.

July 22, 1903—The Myanmahitakari Fortnightly Journal is established.

August 2, 1904—The Burma Printer News emerges three times a week in Rangoon, but is stopped three years later.

April 1907—The Burma Critic begins publication in Mandalay. In the same year, a religious newspaper with the name of Dhamma Day-Tha-Nar Thadinsa appears.

May 18, 1907—The Burma Echo appears once a week in Rangoon.

November 1907—The Burma Educational Journal is established.

1908—The Burma Commercial Advertiser is published twice a week in Rangoon.

1909—The Dawkale, published in the Karen-language of Sagaw, is published once a week by Karen Magazine Press in Bassein, Irrawaddy Division.



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