Corruption: A Severe, Chronic Disease Myanmar Has to Fight
9 Minutes To ReadZaw Myat Lin discusses the issue of corruption and the current anti-corruption campaigns ongoing in Myanmar.
Taxing Shwe-Yin-Aye
3 Minutes To ReadSwe Zaw Oo narrates a perspective on the prevalence of tax evasion in Myanmar’s cash-based economy. Image courtesy of Swe Zaw Oo The sleepy afternoon of a Yangon street is woken […]
Myanmar’s future journalists confront the meaning of freedom of expression (Part 1)
10 Minutes To ReadMarie Puyessegur explores events in part one of a three-part series conducted as part of the MEMORY! Heritage Film Festival, an annual event in Yangon.
Opening up Hidden Burma: Journeys With – And Without – Author Dr Bob Percival, edited by Keith Lyons, et.al, Tenko Press, 2018, 230 pages.
3 Minutes To ReadElliott Fox enjoys this series of tributes to a much-missed friend of Yangon.
The Insouciance of the Downtown Rangoon Book Scene
8 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson discovers some curious displays in Pansodan’s thriving book stalls.
The Promises of Planning Under the NLD
6 Minutes To ReadDiana Huynh considers Myanmar’s trajectory towards national spatial planning and urbanisation under the NLD in the last year.
Taking a bet on TVET in education?
7 Minutes To ReadJoanna Dolińska discusses the meaning of TVET for the socioeconomic development of Myanmar.
Yangon Thingyan: Traditional Celebration or Mere Water Party?
4 Minutes To ReadNang Poe Hnin Phyu laments the changes in Yangon’s Thingyan celebrations.
Who is to blame?: No trash talk please
3 Minutes To ReadSwe Zaw Oo asks what might be standing in the way of a trash-free Yangon.
Do not be deceived
3 Minutes To ReadLuke Corbin reviews the new film “Deception,” in Yangon theatres now.