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Wild Waters: Yangon Region

For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.

BY Dominic Horner

Travel, Features, Culture

Ywangan: cave paintings, coffee tours and a white lagoon

This hilly township in southern Shan State has everything from pagoda-dappled mountains and waterfalls to prehistoric artwork.

BY Dominic Horner

Travel, Features, Culture

Pinlaung: the ultimate adventure spot in southern Shan

Long overlooked, Pinlaung in southern Shan State offers stunning waterfalls, coffee farm tours and even a bridge for lovers.

BY Dominic Horner

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The Kokang casino dream

Local politicians in a border region known for its frequent outbreaks of violence hope to transform it into the “next Macau”.

BY Nanda

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Embracing a slow time at Inle Lake

In the final installment of our series about award-winning responsible tourism businesses, we meet Inle Princess Resort managing director Daw Yin Myo Su to discuss the industry slowdown and how the Myanmar Responsible Tourism Awards can serve as a platform for new visitors.

BY Frontier

Travel, Features, Culture

Meet Mawlaik’s ‘colonial relic’

In a town on the Chindwin River lives an octogenarian who enjoys conversation with visitors and has some grim memories from World War II.

BY Oliver Slow

Travel, Features, Culture

A journey down the Chindwin

Travellers on the Chindwin are rewarded by idyllic scenery, encounters with unique characters and a chance to play on one of the country’s oldest, and most bizarre, golf courses.

BY Oliver Slow

Travel, Features, Culture

Wild Waters: Mandalay

For the seventh instalment in our travel series about wild swimming spots, we visit the shimmering waterfalls, tranquil lakes and monsoon floodplains that surround the former royal capital.

BY Dominic Horner

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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