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Best Western
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 01/03/2018
» The hotel management chain has a Best Deals promotion for its properties in Myanmar. Guests can book two consecutive nights at any Best Western in Myanmar and get 20% off throughout the year.
Fire guts luxury Myanmar hotel, 1 dead
Associated Press, Published on 19/10/2017
» YANGON: A fire gutted a luxury teak wood hotel popular with foreigners in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon before dawn Thursday, causing one death.
Don't lose your cool
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 10/04/2016
» When it's this hot and humid, Netflix and chill really does mean watching House of Cards with a cold drink in your hand and an ice pack on your neck. It's too sticky for anything else.
Myanmar youth strike a pose against hate in selfie campaign
AFP, Published on 12/07/2015
» YANGON - In a nation where religion and ethnicity are incendiary issues, a selfie campaign by Myanmar students promoting cross-cultural friendships has become a rare counterpoint to bilious anti-Muslim rhetoric from hardline Buddhist monks.
Finding dhamma in Yangon
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 21/05/2015
» Although Myanmar has opened itself up to tourism for almost two decades, the old capital city Yangon and its suburbs can still boast largely unexplored Buddhist art and culture.
US raises concern to Myanmar on interfaith marriage
AFP, Published on 12/06/2014
» The United States has voiced concerns to Myanmar on proposed restrictions on interfaith marriage amid growing worries about actions that target minority Muslims.
Myanmar shows off its soft side
B Magazine, Patipat Janthong, Published on 12/01/2014
» On the banks of Kandawgyi Lake in central Yangon, couples sat for picnics or walked slowly with gentlemen holding umbrellas to shield the ladies from the sun. Except for the palm trees and the sight of Karaweik Hall across the water it resembled a scene from Monet. Elsewhere, couples could be seen holding hands near the Sule Pagoda and a pair of lovebirds let me capture them embracing at Yangon Central Railway Station.
Lofty ambitions in Yangon
Asia focus, Published on 08/07/2013
» When Moe Zaw returned to Myanmar in mid-2011 after studying in the United States, he had little experience in real estate, even if his parents had worked in property for two decades.
Myanmar military must go: Win Tin
Published on 13/03/2013
» Myanmar will never be a democracy until the military fully relinquishes power, according to a veteran pro-democracy campaigner who believes that Aung San Suu Kyi is too conciliatory towards the former junta.
Yangon: Marvels, If you can make it
B Magazine, Published on 17/02/2013
» Even if Barack Obama had spent the night during his historic trip to Yangon late last year, chances are he would have steered clear of the White House. For travellers on a modest budget, however, this reliable guesthouse in the former Myanmar capital's frenzied city centre is about as good as it gets _ if they can endure the hike up to the rooms in the upper storeys. The lift-less, decades-old British building also provides the most extensive buffet breakfast in town _ a detail not to be overlooked since most budget and midrange hotels here only offer simple eggs-and-toast meals in the morning.