Myanmar launches first promotional

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Deutsche Presse-Agentur

April 9, 1998, Thursday,  BC Cycle 

International News

Myanmar launches first promotional CD

Yangon


    The military regime in Myanmar (Burma) has launched the country's first
locally-made promotional compact disc (CD) in an effort to counter the
"concocted news reports" of "neo-colonialist" news agencies, reports said
Thursday.

    The CD, labelled "Myanmar - Another Incarnation," was officially 
launched Wednesday at the International Business Centre in Yangon 
(Rangoon), local newspapers reported.  

    State Peace and Development Council First Secretary Lieutenant General 
Khin Nyunt, presiding over the CD launch, praised Burmese young people who 
developed the CD locally.

    "This is an accomplishment to make Myanmar (Burma) extensively known to 
the world," said Khin Nyunt.

    He added that "some news agencies of neo-colonialists have blacked out 
all good and nation-building news about the government and instead are 
highlighting false and concocted news reports about Myanmar with 
pessimistic views."

    Myanmar has been ruled by a military junta since September 1988 despite 
the electoral win of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) at 
the 1990 general election.