Broken roads and blocked drains: The recurring Samsara of Yangon’s urban problems
4 Minutes To ReadAlex Aung Khant reflects on the recurring nature of the urban problems he encounters daily.
Mapping Chinese Rangoon – Place and Nation among the Sino-Burmese by Jayde Lin Roberts, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2016.
5 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Jayde Lin Roberts’ book on the Sino-Burmese in Yangon.
The road to taxi reform – can ride-hailing apps help fix the market?
5 Minutes To ReadDuncan Burry notes the promise ride-hailing apps hold for Myanmar’s future.
The Poet Parliament – an artistic administration ready to deliver?
8 Minutes To ReadMatt Grace reviews developments in the arts.
Yangon University, students and the state of national affairs, once again
6 Minutes To ReadDiana Huynh examines the historical and contemporary controversy of the Rangoon University Student Union.
Architectural Guide Yangon by Ben Bansal, Elliott Fox and Manuel Oka, DOM Publishers, Berlin, 2015, 399 pages.
5 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee loses herself in the Architectural Guide Yangon.
Dazed and Confused: The Future of Yangon’s Urban Direction
7 Minutes To ReadAung Khant muses on Yangon’s drainage and infrastructure challenges.
Imagined Urban Futures of Yangon
5 Minutes To ReadDiana Huynh explores the possibilities for Yangon’s future development.
A not-so-golden culture of extravagance
4 Minutes To ReadHsu Myat Thazin discusses questions of consumerism, capitalism, and links to a new dependence on social media.
Eulogy for an everyday hero
4 Minutes To ReadAung Khant reflects on the loss of U Aung Htike for Myanmar’s political future.