Le Rénovateur is the only French-languagenewspaper in the Lao PDR (Laos). It is published weekly by the Lao Press in Foreign Languages, which is a specialised agency of the Ministry of Information and Culture
It was started in 1998[1] after the communist government decided to start a new policy in order to open the country. It was helped in the beginning by the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, an international organisation that promotes the French language, especially in Africa and in South-East Asia. Its first editor-in-chief was Douangta Manokoun, with the support of a French advisor, Michel Leroy. Since the newspaper's 200th edition, FrancoNet Canada has helped it to publish on-line. The French Cultural Center of Vientiane pays someone to correct the articles written by Laotian journalists.
Le Rénovateur is sometimes described as a propaganda newspaper by the opposition living abroad. In 2003, Le Rénovateur published an interview with Mr Phivath, the lawyer of Thierry Falise and Vincent Reynaud, European journalists arrested because they were investigating reports of the war between the Laotian Army and the country's Hmong tribespeople in the jungle of Saysomboun special zone. The interviews were censored, but received the Prix de la libre expression (Free-Speech Prize), given by the Union de la Presse Francophone.
Also in 2003, Le Rénovateur published stories about working in garment sweat shops, filmcensorship at the beginning of the socialist revolution, and the difficulties of being gay in Vientiane.
Created by Soumsanouk Mixay, the newspaper was taken over Savankhone Razmountry in 2003.
rénovateur, only, french, language, newspaper, laos, published, weekly, press, foreign, languages, which, specialised, agency, ministry, information, culturetypeweekly, newspaperformatprint, onlineowner, press, foreign, languagesfounded1998political, alignment. Le Renovateur is the only French language newspaper in the Lao PDR Laos It is published weekly by the Lao Press in Foreign Languages which is a specialised agency of the Ministry of Information and CultureLe RenovateurTypeWeekly newspaperFormatPrint onlineOwner s Lao Press in Foreign LanguagesFounded1998Political alignmentPro governmentLanguageFrenchWebsitehttp www lerenovateur la It was started in 1998 1 after the communist government decided to start a new policy in order to open the country It was helped in the beginning by the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie an international organisation that promotes the French language especially in Africa and in South East Asia Its first editor in chief was Douangta Manokoun with the support of a French advisor Michel Leroy Since the newspaper s 200th edition FrancoNet Canada has helped it to publish on line The French Cultural Center of Vientiane pays someone to correct the articles written by Laotian journalists Le Renovateur is sometimes described as a propaganda newspaper by the opposition living abroad In 2003 Le Renovateur published an interview with Mr Phivath the lawyer of Thierry Falise and Vincent Reynaud European journalists arrested because they were investigating reports of the war between the Laotian Army and the country s Hmong tribespeople in the jungle of Saysomboun special zone The interviews were censored but received the Prix de la libre expression Free Speech Prize given by the Union de la Presse Francophone Also in 2003 Le Renovateur published stories about working in garment sweat shops film censorship at the beginning of the socialist revolution and the difficulties of being gay in Vientiane Created by Soumsanouk Mixay the newspaper was taken over Savankhone Razmountry in 2003 See also editList of newspapers in LaosReferences edit Jeremy Wagstaff 2010 Southeast Asian Media Patterns of Production and Consumption PDF Open Society p 49 Retrieved 9 May 2016 External links editLe Renovateur Web page nbsp nbsp This Laos newspaper related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Le Renovateur amp oldid 1164730583, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
