Cika jumla mai zuwa:
A watan Maris na 1962 juyin mulki, 'yan jarida sun amsa da sauri ta hanyar kafa Majalisar 'Yan Jarida ta Burma don kare' yancin 'yan jarida. A cikin wata guda, duk da haka, an kama 'yan jarida da yawa kuma an rufe wallafe-wallafen. A shekara ta 1988, adadin jaridu ya ragu daga 30 zuwa 8. Kafofin watsa labarai sannu a hankali sun zama mallakar mulkin soja a karkashin Ne Win.