Pe Myint was born on 15 December 1949 in Sandoway, Burma (now Thandwe, Myanmar) to Aung Nyein and Khin Thein.

He received training as a journalist at the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation in Bangkok.

[3] He previously served as the vice chairperson of the Myanmar Press Council, editor-in-chief of The People's Age Journal, editor of Sarpaylawka Book House and Myanmar Book Publishing House.

[3][4][5][6] On 22 March 2016, he was nominated to be Minister for Information in President Htin Kyaw's Cabinet.

[12][13] Pe Myint is a well-known writer and won Myanmar National Literature Award in 1995.