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Slicing into Yangon with Vicky Blades, founder of Yangon Expat Connection
Published in The Myanmar Times on 10 June 2013 The unsung hero of Yangon’s online community talks to The Myanmar Times about the Google group she founded and how it’s grown into a behemoth over the...
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Fed up: the campaign for safer street food in Myanmar
Published in Mizzima Business Weekly on 9 January 2014 A street food vendor in downtown Yangon Myanmar Restaurants Association is taking on the task of improving street food hygiene – one vendor at a...
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Sneaky peeks: The art gallery owned by Myanmar’s ex-spy chief
Published in Mizzima Business Weekly on 20 July 2014 U Khin Nyunt and his wife Daw Khin Win Shwe. Note: This photo isn’t exhibited in the gallery – it’s in one of the conservatories dotted about the...
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Blissed out on silver sands: Myanmar’s Ngwe Saung beach
Published in the November edition of My Magical Myanmar Ngwe Saung’s ponies appear at sunset For those of us who find it hard to do nothing in this “always online” world, Ngwe Saung Beach is a really...
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Exploring Pakokku, the birthplace of Myanmar’s Saffron Revolution
Published in My Magical Myanmar 2014 Where it all began: Myo Ma Ahle Monastery For those wanting to get off the proverbial beaten track after spending a few days in the tourist mecca of Bagan, set...
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Best books on Myanmar: My personal favourites
You won’t be starved for choice when it comes to books about Myanmar As the third Irrawaddy Literature Festival draws near, I thought it timely to write a post about my favourite books on the...
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Author Wendy Law-Yone discusses literary piracy in Myanmar
Wendy Yaw-Lone Published in Mizzima on 1 May 2015 Wendy Law-Yone is a Myanmar-born American writer who penned the critically acclaimed The Coffin Tree, The Road to Wanting, Irrawaddy Tango and Golden...
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‘Vintage girl’ launches pop art line in Yangon
Published in Mizzima Weekly on 20 May 2015 Delphine de Lorme displays Yangoods products at her home in Yangon. The painting above is another of her creations. French citizen Delphine de Lorme is the...
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Taking stock of Myanmar’s reform progress
Published in Mizzima Weekly on 28 May 2015 The Myanmar Summit was held at The Strand in Yangon on May 15 The Economist’s inaugural Myanmar Summit on 15 May brought together over 200 leaders in...
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Equal Access: Making disability a mainstream issue in Myanmar
Nay Lin Soe Published in Mizzima Weekly on 11 June 2015 Nay Lin Soe is the founder and programme director of the Myanmar Independent Living Initiative (MILI), which is a local NGO that aims to build an...
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Nervousness mounts over Australia’s aid cuts to Myanmar
Published in Mizzima Weekly on 6 June 2015 Clients at the Substance Research Association’s (SARA) drop-in centre in Myitkyina, Kachin State. The Australian Government’s recent decision to cancel its...
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Q&A with McKinsey’s Managing Partner in Southeast Asia, Oliver Tonby
Published in Mizzima Weekly on 18 June Southeast Asia’s Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company, Oliver Tonby Oliver Tonby is the managing partner of the multinational management consulting firm...
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Helping a Girl Determined
Published in Mizzima Weekly on 26 June 2015 Photo: Andrew Stanbridge Myat Aye is 15 years old and it is her job to take the family cow out to graze for a few hours every afternoon in the hot Delta...
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Seeing is believing: cataract care in Myanmar
Published in The Myanmar Times on 22 June 2015 A cataract in the human eye. Source: Wikicommons Although no data exists as to the prevalence of cataracts among Myanmar’s population, experts say more...
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Myanmar’s book trade on the up but challenges persist: publisher
Published in Mizzima Weekly on 18 May 2015 Dr Thant Thaw Kaung, CEO of Myanmar Book Center Ltd Dr Thant Thaw Kaung is the CEO of Myanmar Book Centre Co., Ltd and has more than two decades of experience...
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The Clouds Below
Published in the July 2015 edition of Myanmore Trevor Jenson, Chief Executive Officer of FMI Air. Photo credit: Hong Sar Despite the abundance of domestic airlines in Myanmar, there’s surprisingly...
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Taking a peep at Mt Popa
Published in Mizzima Weekly on 27 August 2015 Nats in temple complex at the summit of Mt Popa For those intrigued by the practice of nat worship in Myanmar, a trip to Mt Popa is a must as it’s the most...
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From ambassador to author
Published in The Global New Light of Myanmar on 7 October 2015 Mr Rajib Bhatia served as India’s ambassador to Myanmar from 2002 to 2005 Mr Rajib Bhatia’s career as a top level diplomat spanned more...
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When cancer strikes a child in Myanmar
Published in The Global New Light of Myanmar on 27 November 2015 The indirect costs associated with treating child cancer are a burden too great for some families, particularly those who live in remote...
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Unravelling the benefits of yoga with one of Yangon’s best known yogis
Published in The Global New Light of Myanmar on 22 October 2015 Jojo Yang swapped a financially comfortable but unfulfilling corporate life in New York and London for a yoga-led existence in Yangon...
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