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Number by number: How Burma Watches creates customized timepieces with Burmese numbers
In a shaky, wooden house in South Okkalapa, a neighborhood in Northern Yangon, Ko Lu Maw is crouched over a tiny table...
Myanmar celeb leaves live stream amid barrage of criticism for selling jewelry in tough times
Htet Htet Moe Oo, 50, a two-time best Burmese actress on the Myanmar Academy... Read on
Myanmar’s filmmakers band together against whims of censors to demand #RatingSystemNow
Filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi received an usual censorship request for his 2013... Read on
From Singapore with love: Eats and beats from the Lion City return to Yangon
A garden party with food, music, fashion, and more at one of Yangon’s most... Read on
Experience fabrics as world-saving art at Gallery 65
Three-day exhibition goes off the canvas to put an ecological twist on traditional textiles. Read on
Capturing Yangon, one sketch at a time
You can find them every Sunday, usually in a group of fewer than 10,... Read on
First-timer’s Guide to Visiting Yangon: Cultural charms, nature landscapes, and bustling markets of the city
Explore every nook and cranny of the city.
The Coconuts guide to visiting Golden Rock, one of Myanmar’s famed Buddhist pilgrimage sites
Popularly known as the Golden Rock, Kyaikthiyo is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site that devout followers of the...
#MilkTeaAlliance rappers call out dictators in ‘revolutionary’ track
“Okay, we’re starting the revolutionary rap,” an anonymous voice said in Burmese. Indonesian rapper Rand...
Artists worldwide #RaiseThreeFingers for Myanmar (Photos)
Artists around the world are coming together to raise awareness about the ongoing human rights abuses and humanitarian...
Egg? Chicken? Truck? Meet 2020’s Miss Universe Myanmar costumes. (Photos)
Myanmar’s juicy social media dramas unfold maddeningly every day with crazy users slinging harsh comments. There’s...
Myanmar K-pop girl idol group ‘Rumble G’ debuts to eager fandom
In a notoriously difficult industry to break through, homegrown K-pop girl group Rumble G debuted this week with an...
#MilkTeaAlliance rappers call out dictators in ‘revolutionary’ track
“Okay, we’re starting the revolutionary rap,” an anonymous voice said in Burmese. Indonesian rapper Rand...
Teen Karen musician in South Korea sings about hope in new track ‘The Spring of Myanmar’
Thirteen-year-old South Korea-based Karen singer Naw Martha Htoowah, also known as Wanyiwah or Wah, has released a new...
Sanchaung dog lovers commemorate Wa Doke with t-shirt sale
A Yangon couple has printed a series of t-shirts commemorating Wa Doke, the fat dog that lived and feasted at the...
Grace Baey’s portraits of Yangon’s trans population are intimate without being intrusive [PHOTOS]
Some photographers are able to capture the most delicate moments deftly. With her project Living Choices,...
Great date spots in the city: Best places to chat, chill, geek out (and maybe make out) in Yangon
For those of you looking to get romantic in Yangon, the city offers plenty of options from couples massages, to sporty...
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Number by number: How Burma Watches creates customized timepieces with Burmese numbers
In a shaky, wooden house in South Okkalapa, a neighborhood in Northern Yangon, Ko Lu Maw is crouched over a tiny table...
First-timer’s Guide to Visiting Yangon: Cultural charms, nature landscapes, and bustling markets of the city
Explore every nook and cranny of the city.
The Coconuts guide to visiting Golden Rock, one of Myanmar’s famed Buddhist pilgrimage sites
Popularly known as the Golden Rock, Kyaikthiyo is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site that devout followers of the...
Coconuts Yangon Lifestyle
Myanmar is changing quickly, and nowhere is that more true or more exciting than in Yangon. A city that a few years ago was unknown to most people in the rest of the world is now on the map as an artistic and innovative hub, drawing in internationally renowned artists from a wide range of fields. The Lifestyle section of Coconuts Yangon covers everything from modern ways to wear the traditional longyi to stoners debating the reason for a sudden lack of weed in the city to the many ways art makes history here. This is also where we give you guys heads-ups about upcoming concerts, interesting movies that are coming to local cinemas, the latest shopping boutiques, and any other kewl activities and events that we think are worth mentioning. Whether you’re looking for ticket sale dates for an upcoming EDM festival, the opening date of the newest shopping mall, or an overview of a currently ongoing art exhibition to see if it’s something you’d be interested in, Coconuts Yangon’s Lifestyle guide is here to please. Yangon’s lifestyle scene always has something for everyone, and even if you often find yourself feeling like there’s nothing really exciting to do in town (we get that not everyone enjoys raving to EDM on a weekly basis), we guarantee that there’s something going on that caters to your interests — you just need to know where to find it; luckily for you, Coconuts Yangon’s Lifestyle section is the perfect place to start looking.