YANKIN
Rohingya refugees are too ‘political’ for Suu Kyi’s charity
The leader of a charity founded by Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi refused to discuss the prospect of donating to the cause of Rohingya refugees at the launch of a...
Petition asks Aung San Suu Kyi’s charity to support Rohingya refugees
An online petition is calling on a charity founded by Aung San Suu Kyi to support Rohingya refugees ahead of a major fundraiser it will hold next month. The petition has received...
Myanmar pop star arrested with over 12,000 meth pills
Burmese celebrity singer Shwe Htike was arrested along with seven others in Yankin Township on charges of drug possession, trafficking, and abetment on Aug. 9. The singer, whose...
For ‘mixed-blood’ citizens, Yangon’s passport office is a racist hell
As dawn breaks over Yangon’s Passport Issuing Office, a throng of would-be globetrotters gathers in front of the squat Yankin Township building and snakes around the corner....
POPULAR NEIGHBORHOODS
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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...