freococo/myawady-news-title-generation-dataset

Myawady News Title Generation Dataset 🇲🇲

This dataset contains over 67,000 cleaned article titles extracted from the Myanmar state-run media outlet Myawady News Portal, intended for use in news title generation, text classification, and Myanmar NLP research.

The dataset is shared in the spirit of supporting freedom of information, language preservation, and the development of AI tools for the Burmese language (မြန်မာဘာသာ).

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🗂️ Dataset Overview

• Name: myawady-news-title-generation-dataset
• Language: Burmese (Myanmar)
• Format: CSV
• Rows: 67,002
• Columns: url, title, admin, category
• Target: title (for generation tasks)

All rows with missing or blank titles have been removed to ensure clean, usable training data.

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🧠 Use Cases

• 📰 Generating titles from article content or metadata
• 🏷️ Categorizing news by topic or domain
• 📊 Fine-tuning Burmese-language transformers
• 🧪 NLP research and educational purposes

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🔍 Dataset Fields

Column	Description
url	Link to the original article on Myawady
title	Article title (primary target for generation)
admin	Uploader or source (usually admin_webportal)
category	Article category (if available)

Example:

url,title,admin,category
https://www.myawady.net.mm/node/69339,"(၁၉)ကြိမ်မြောက် အရှေ့တောင်အာရှနှင့် ...",admin_webportal,အားကစား

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⚠️ Ethical and Political Disclaimer

Important Note
The source of this dataset, Myawady News Portal, is operated under the direct control of the Myanmar military regime, using public tax money. Many writers or contributors may be supporters of the military dictatorship.

As such:

• 🧠 The dataset may contain propaganda, nationalist, anti-democracy, or extremist narratives.
• 🧭 Users should apply critical thinking and ethical caution when using or analyzing the content.
• 📖 This dataset is provided for research transparency, linguistic analysis, and AI training — not to promote any political viewpoint.

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📜 License and Intent

While I do not claim copyright over the original articles, I compiled and cleaned this dataset from publicly accessible sources as a global citizen, with the belief that:

• 🧾 The content was created using taxpayer funds under a state-controlled media system
• 🤝 The Myanmar people collectively own this content, and it should be made available for public use, including commercial use

✅ You may:

• Use, share, or modify the dataset
• Use it for academic, commercial, or research purposes
• Train models or AI systems using this data

❌ You may NOT:

• Misrepresent the origin of the dataset
• Claim copyright over the original article content

This dataset is provided “as-is”, without warranty. Please use responsibly.

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💬 Author’s Note

I receive no compensation for this work. I created this dataset because I love the Myanmar language and want to see it thrive in the era of AI and open technology. I believe this kind of resource should exist for:

• 🕊️ Freedom of information
• 🌐 Language preservation
• 📡 Digital equality

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📫 Contact

Have questions, suggestions, or want to collaborate?

Feel free to reach me at: • 📧 Email: [email protected] • 🤗 Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/freococo

⚠️ Please note: Serious inquiries only. Any spam, scams, or malicious activity will be reported to relevant authorities, including law enforcement if necessary.

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📚 Citation

@misc{myawady2025titlegen,
  title = {Myawady News Title Generation Dataset},
  author = {freococo},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/freococo/myawady-news-title-generation-dataset}},
  note = {Burmese-language title generation dataset from Myanmar state media}
}