Lifestyle


Kalaw train station. Photo: Sampan Travel / Aung Thu Myint
Lifestyle 14 Feb 2021
Kalaw has for a long time been a favourite destination for international visitors in Myanmar.
Healthcare workers during vaccination operations against COVID-19 with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.  EPA-EFE/Angelo Carconi
Lifestyle 14 Feb 2021
“I heard that the rest of the vaccines didn’t arrive, and that there might not be enough. Where are the shipments...
Nyi Thant waiting for a food delivery order with Food Panda. Photos: Supplied
Lifestyle 14 Feb 2021
Last July Nyi Thant was a professional Futsal goalkeeper with OnDoctor FC Futsal Club, having taken part in the...
A water vendor servicing the residents of Sanchaung. Photo: The Myanmar Times
Lifestyle 13 Feb 2021
In the early hours of the morning residents of Zaw Gyi Road wake to the sight of a three-wheeled cart, delivering...
A medical doctor in the Emergency Department from Yangon General Hospital on February 3. Lynn Bo Bo/EPA-EFE
Lifestyle 13 Feb 2021
"If clinics or hospitals do not open due to the Civil Disobedience Movement by doctors and medical staffs, please...
Cyst-ematic infection. Photo: CDC/George Healy
LifestyleTop 10 13 Feb 2021
Most people are fascinated, and probably equally repulsed, by parasites. And it may be something you think you...
Ko Kaung Myat Thar (middle) and prosthetist Ko Tun Tun Latt. Photo: Supplied
Lifestyle 07 Feb 2021
Hpa-an native Ko Tun Tun Latt realised his calling in life as a prosthetist when he met landmine victims during...
Workers at U San Win and U Nay Lin’s workshop at Dala’s Kamar Aung Creek, repairing and painting sampan boats, in January 2021. Photos: Phoe Wa
Lifestyle 06 Feb 2021
Every superstitious taxi driver and car owner knows of the great nat spirit called Bo Bo Gyi. Before purchasing a...
Ma Phyo Phyo Khaing accepts her matriculation exam certificate, awarded by the Khawei Chan School for the Blind. Photo: Photo: Daw Zi Nar Don
Lifestyle 06 Feb 2021
When the second lockdown was announced in Yangon last year, Ma Phyo Phyo Khaing wanted to return home to her...
General Aung San signing the Panglong Agreement on 12 February 1947. Photo: www.wikiwand.com
LifestyleTop 10 05 Feb 2021
In Myanmar February is the last month of winter, and the start of the hot season. It’s also the month of...
The vibrant and colourful Coco Plant Shop, located on Sezon Street in Sanchaung. Photos: Supplied
Lifestyle 05 Feb 2021
Standing out like a tropical green oasis on the dusty Sezon Street of Sanchaung, pedestrians are always fascinated...
The peaceful Ye Nwe Dam. Photo: Zon Pann Pwint
Lifestyle 31 Jan 2021
After several months of heeding stay-at-home orders, it was time I indulged myself with a short trip to Kyauktaga...

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