Charges against comedian’s suspected killers downgraded to assault
The trial of the three young men suspected of fatally beating viral video star Aung Yell Htwe resumed yesterday after the case was controversially closed in July, leading to the...
Yangon attorney general among 6 arrested for taking bribes to drop comedian’s murder case
Yangon Region’s attorney general and five other officials were arrested on Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe in exchange for dropping the case against three young men...
Comedian’s suspected killers rumored abroad as Myanmar govt orders case reopened
Myanmar’s Attorney General has ordered a Yangon court to reopen the murder case against three men suspected of beating a popular internet comedian to death at a festival last...
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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...