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NLD MP: ‘I fear we are returning to the age of the generals’
When three Yangon journalists were arrested this week for publishing an article that criticized the Yangon Region chief minister Phyo Min Thein, one lawmaker from the chief...
NLD fires two insubordinate lawmakers
The National League for Democracy dismissed two lawmakers from leadership posts within the party last month for violating party regulations during their interactions with the...
Myanmar Food Expo: Why packaged and processed beats fresh and local
Over 80 food brands came together in Yangon last Sunday to show off their wares at the 5th Myanmar Food & Drink Expo. Unlike the world’s fanciest food expos, which feature...
Why you should try this lahpet thoke galette at Ô’thentic
In its year of existence, Yangon’s only crêperie has defied a powerful trend by staying open and inoffensive. In a city where imaginative restaurants come to die,...
Effortless photos of the super blue blood moon
Dozens of people gathered outside Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda last night to snap photos of the super blue blood moon. Here’s what most of us saw. Wow.
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Dagon
‘Little NGO world’ ‘Foreigners’ ghetto’ ‘Hipster Yangon’ Located...
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Mingaladon
Mingaladon Township is best known for being home to the ever-expanding Yangon...
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Kyauktada
This is the beating heart of downtown Like Pabedan, it’s full of colonial...
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Bahan
Coming up north from downtown, we hit one of Yangon’s better known...
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Botahtaung
Botahtaung winds up from the gritty port and its gleaming gold pagoda through...
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Kamaryut
Farther west along University Avenue road is Kamaryut Township Judging by the...