The well-known Burmese journalist Kyemon U Thaung has died in hospital in the United States, at the age of 82.

The Mirror newspaper editor, U Thaung, passed away on 3rd April 2008.

U Thaung was born on 4th October 1926 in Nyaung Oo and he was known as Maung Tin Maung when he was young.

He studied in Nyaung Oo state high school and Madalay St.Peter’s high school.
He worked as a journalist in Bama Khit newspaper.

He became a chief editor of Bama Khit newspaper when he was twenty five in 1951.

The Mirror's beginning

In 1957, He launched the Mirror Daily newspaper which became the best selling newspaper and he was well-known as Mirror U Thaung (Kye-Mone U Thaung).

In 1964, the Revolutionary Council led by General Ne Win nationalised the Mirror news agency and he was arrested and sent to jail.

In 1967, U Thaung was freed from jail and U Ne Win gave him the post of manager for the News and Periodical corporation.

Ten years later, in 1977, He left for the United States of America and his Burmese passport was confiscated three years later because he wrote articles against the Socialist government.

U Thaung wrote 26 books in Burmese and 2 books in English.

The international press institute honoured him as one of the hero journalists of the world in May 2000.

A Burma's most respected journalist passes away

	Ludu Daw Ahmar has died peacefully in her home town at the age of 93. (Photo: Nyi Pu Lay)

The death has been announced of one of Burma's most respected intellectuals and journalists, Ludu Daw Ahmar.

She was ninety-three.

Ludu Daw Ahmar's long career includes pro-independence reporting in the 1940s, translations and writings about women's rights, and more recently pronouncements against the military government.

Correspondents say her status was such that the authorities could not arrest her, despite keeping a close watch on her.

She was a famous figure among reporters and writers in Burma, where the media is tightly controlled by the military government.

Ludu daw Ahmar is survived by her four children.