Yangon’s biggest flea market moved to Strand Road
Opened nearly 20 years ago, Shwe Bon Thar Road flea market was the biggest not just in Yangon, but in the entire country.
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Burma’s Fledgling Contemporary Art Market
Before it can reach its full potential, Burma’s contemporary art scene faces several obstacles.
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The art of preserving Rangoon’s 1960s and ’70s art
Bob Percival’s four-year quest to collect and reproduce vintage book covers from the 1960s and ’70s has culminated in RetrogradeYangon Posters, a shop in Rangoon’s Bogyoke Market where the works can be purchased.
14 arrested on fake pharmaceutical drug charges
Those detained allegedly operated a widespread network of counterfeit Chinese drugs, which they packaged and labeled in jars as BPI products.
Rangoon police bust female sex workers, but turn blind eye to men
Authorities are reluctant to take action against male sexual services and massage parlours although they are rife in Rangoon, Eleven Media reports, noting that gay spas are popular in several[…]
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Govt seizes $2.25 million worth of fake drugs
Over 2.8 billion kyat (US$2.25 million) worth of fake pharmaceutical products were seized from drug stores across Burma last month alone, according to government officials.
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As electrocution deaths rise, Rangoon struggles to modernise
A series of tragic deaths from electrocution has forced Burma’s largest city to try to untangle the mess that its power grid has fallen into after decades of neglect.
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Colonel Sanders comes to town
US chain KFC opens its first outlet in Burma’s commercial capital Rangoon, becoming the first major Western fast-food chain in the country.
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Burma’s Silver Screens
Decades of isolation crippled the country, but managed to preserve some of the unique architecture of Burma’s cinemas. Can they survive the construction boom?
