Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

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Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
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North Korea and Burma boost diplomatic ties

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by Salai Pi Pi
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:53

New Delhi (Mizzima) – In a bid to give a leg up to bilateral ties between military-ruled Burma and North Korea, a sports and physical health delegation from North Korea is currently visiting Burma.

Burma’s state-owned newspaper, the New Light of Myanmar, on Wednesday carried a front page story of the Burmese Prime Minister General Thein Sein meeting the North Korean delegation led by Mr. Pak Hak Son, chairman of the physical education and sports commission, at the Government Office in Naypyitaw.

The newspaper did not mention details of the meeting.

The visit is a part of the two countries’ efforts to boost bilateral relations, which resumed in April 2007 after a break of a quarter century.

Burma and North Korea cut off diplomatic ties in 1983, following a bombing in Rangoon by North Korean secret agents who targeted the then visiting South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan.

The bomb explosion killed 21 people including four South Korean Cabinet ministers. Chun Doo-hwan, however, had a narrow escape.

After a long gap of 25 years, the two countries agreed to resume diplomatic ties in April 2007.

In October 2007, Burma’s Prime Minister Nyan Win paid the first visit to Pyong Yang. The visit was followed by exchanges including the visit of Burma's Sports Minister, Brig. Gen. Thura Aye Myint along with senior military officers, in early 2008.

Both Burma and North Korea have attracted international criticism, with the former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice terming them as “Outposts of tyranny”.

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