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Three journalists arrested over coverage of Yangon chief minister’s alleged finance violations
Three editors of Eleven Media were arrested this morning for publishing an article over the weekend accusing the Yangon Region government of financial mismanagement and violating...
Graveyard an unlikely dorm as Myanmar Catholics flock to pope
As dawn breaks, Zaw Ba stirs from a night’s sleep tucked among tombstones in a Yangon churchyard – the only place left to camp as Catholics stream in from Myanmar’s...
Police: Death of administrative officer found hanged now being treated as a murder
The death of a civil service administrative officer who was found hanged inside the Tamwe Township Administrative Office is now being treated as a murder following the release of...
PHOTOS: This is how much garbage is clogging up the sewers under just one Yangon street
We all know that littering is a big problem in Yangon (to say the very least). However, since the majority of littered trash just ends up in the city’s sewers, it’s...
Judge grants bail to Eleven Media CEO and Editor-in-Chief
It would seem that fourth time’s the charm, as that’s how many appeals the legal team representing Eleven Media’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief submitted before a judge finally...
Body of dentist found inside dental clinic
The body of a dentist was discovered in a dental clinic located on Inwa Street in Tamwe Township around 8 pm last night. The victim was 25-year-old Ye Kyaw Thu, a...
Eleven Media CEO denied bail a second time due to ‘insufficient’ prison medical records
Things aren’t looking good for Eleven Media CEO Than Htut Aung, who was denied bail by the Tamwe Township Court yet again in spite of his deteriorating health. Last month, the...
Insein doctor informs court that he is too busy to attend latest Eleven Media trial hearing
Earlier this month, a judge denied bail to Eleven Media CEO Than Htut Aung and chief editor Wai Phyo despite their lawyers’ pleas that Than Htut Aung’s health had been...
Judge denies bail in Eleven Media court case
The Tamwe Township Court has refused to grant bail to Eleven Media CEO Than Htut Aung and chief editor Wai Phyo. Citing their defendants’ health issues, the duo’s...
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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...