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Checking emails poolside is not always the best idea when you’re on holiday. Photo: Shutterstock.
Lifestyle 08 Jan 2021
Finally, the holidays are here — the break you’ve been waiting for. You want to leave work behind, kick back and...
One of Sein Ngar Pwint’s anyar saung blankets, which are becoming more popular among Myanmar’s online consumers. Photo: Sein Ngar Pwint Facebook page.
Lifestyle 08 Jan 2021
As the evenings become cooler, albeit for a few months of the year, the demand for blankets and duvets increases...
Residents at the Day Care Centre for the Aged on Kabaraye Pagoda Road, Mayangone township in Yangon, chatting and having. Photo: Thirilu
COVID-19Lifestyle 08 Jan 2021
The 73-year-old Daw Win Win Nwe retreats to her bedroom just as her daughter or son-in-law returns home. At the...
Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke in Sound of Metal. Photo: Phoenix Film Festival.
LifestyleTop 10 04 Jan 2021
Good movies kept coming in 2020, even when everything else stopped. In a year that often felt like its own kind of...
The cover to Pajau, the graphic novel. Photo: Supplied.
Lifestyle 02 Jan 2021
The worst nightmares artist Htein Lin had survived in his youth as a former member of the All Burma Students'...
photo: Supplied
Food delivery and online shopping startup "Hi-So" (formerly Hi-So Mall) announces that it will appoint Morisaki...
2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Asia, Paul Sein Twa. Photos: Goldman Environmental Prize.
EnvironmentLifestyle 28 Dec 2020
Understanding that culture and land go hand in hand, Paul Sein Twa created an ambitious project two years to help...
Yangon’s Caffa, one of the most popular cafes in the city. Photo: Facebook.
Lifestyle 28 Dec 2020
While the pandemic has caused thousands of small businesses to temporarily close or shutter for good, the...
A recent photo of the unpainted convocation hall. Photo: Mar Naw.
Lifestyle 28 Dec 2020
The three arches on the façade of convocation hall at the Yangon University campus are as prominent as ever, but...
U San Aung walking the streets of Sanchaung every morning, performing his duties as a kappiya. Here he can be seen collecting donations for the Belin Monastery.
COVID-19Lifestyle 25 Dec 2020
San Aung walks the streets of Sanchaung every morning. With his broad shoulders and muscular physique, it looks...
A watercolour by the unknown artist U Lar Ban. Photos: U Soe Min Tun.
Lifestyle 25 Dec 2020
Artist U Lar Ban, who signed his works Maung Lar Ban, was by no means the most famous artist during his lifetime...
Wining and dining Christmas Family Buffet at Melia Hotel – starting Friday December 18 December is a month of...

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