Reports from Burma indicate a big rise in sales of shortwave radios since the bomb blasts that rocked the country’s capital, Rangoon, earlier this month. The newspaper Kumudra says that sales have increased by 50 percent. The cheapest shortwave radios cost just US$4. There is no private broadcasting in Burma, and state-controlled media is not trusted by many people. They prefer listening to stations such as the opposition Democratic Voice of Burma and US-based Radio Free Asia.
on May 30th, 2005 at 13:56
Knowing the rudimentary research possibilities in Burma, I fear this figure of 50 percent is just a guess. Is Kumudra an opposition newspaper? I think we should be told
on May 30th, 2005 at 16:03
Yes, according to the International Press Institute Kumudra is one of the many publications in Burma that have been banned at one time or another.