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The very modest entrance to the Hmawbi Organic Markets. Photos: Phoe Wa
Lifestyle 30 Jan 2021
As all other organic markets faced closures during the lockdowns, a new venue has attracted Yangonites some 50km...
The cover of Chit Maung’s book Stop Civil War, featured on U Aung Soe Min's new website called 'Pansodan Books'. Photos: Supplied
Lifestyle 30 Jan 2021
Yangon city is full of street-side book sellers, who move from street to street selling everything from 1980s...
Fried crickets, available with seasoning for just K5,000, at Ko Nyan Lin’s stall. Photo: Andrew King
Lifestyle 29 Jan 2021
Every day on Kyarkwet Thit Road in Tamwe, Ko Nyan Lin fries-up a fragrant mix of garlic, ginger and whole chilies...
U Lay Kham at his book store on Padomar Road in Sanchaung, Yangon, January 2021. Photo: Phoe Wa
COVID-19Lifestyle 29 Jan 2021
Sanchaung’s Padomar Street is the township’s version of Chinatown’s 19th Street, full of neon-lit bars, barbeques...
U Myo Myint Nyein and his mother posing for a photograph after being released from Tharawaddy Prison on 13 February 2002. Photo: Sonny Nyein
Lifestyle 29 Jan 2021
Being confined to a house, apartment or even hotel room is stressful enough for most people, but reading about...
Photo 1: ‘Glamis Sand Dunes’ @sleasca on Instagram
LifestyleTop 10 28 Jan 2021
You don't have to pull the trigger on booking a trip just yet to start feeling hopeful for 2021. A travel New Year...
Wining & Dining Singapore a la carte buffet @ D’Cuisine, Sedona Hotel – Saturday, January 30, 5:30pm If you...
People go about daily life at the Thet Kel Pyin internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State. Photo: EPA-EFE/Nyunt Win
Lifestyle 25 Jan 2021
Ko Zeyar Tun has become more resourceful in the way he finds and prepares food these days. The 20-year-old has...
The Canadian and Chinese flags. Photo: AFP
Lifestyle 25 Jan 2021
Dozens of Hong Kong residents fleeing a crackdown on public dissent and peaceful protest under a draconian...
Wan-li Yang (left) and her Mingalar Par team, Wan-ci Jiang (middle) and Analeigh Yao (right). Photo: Supplied
Lifestyle 24 Jan 2021
What do Myanmar and Taiwan have in common? Little do people know of the history that once brought the two peoples...
A podcast about the country and western singer and popular culture icon Dolly Parton. Photo: WNYC Radio
LifestyleTop 10 23 Jan 2021
A friend listened to her first podcast last month - an investigative journalism narrative - and binged the whole...
People in China appear the most confident that this year will be better than the last, with 94 percent of respondents expressing this sentiment. Photo: AFP
Lifestyle 23 Jan 2021
It feels like everyone was eagerly awaiting this new year – which for some, was a long time coming – but will 2021...

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