A radio microphone stands ready to record at the City FM radio station in Yangon on June 9. (Hkun Lat)
A radio microphone stands ready to record at the City FM radio station in Yangon on June 9. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

Amid COVID-19, a shackled broadcast media narrows the space for political competition

The damage that COVID-19-targeted restrictions are having on election campaigns could be limited if the Ministry of Information allowed political parties to buy radio and TV ads.

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