News from Yangon May 08, 2024 I was in Yangon last week to spend time with our new Country Manager, Yadanar. As always, it was an invaluable week plugging into the heart of the company and...
An Update from Burma: March 2024 March 19, 2024 We were in Yangon last week to catch up with our team and makers. I took Jenny, our new Operations Lead, who had never been to Burma before. It’s always...
Our Sustainability & Human-Rights Manifesto February 22, 2024 How do we support our makers within the most challenging of contexts? We have recently launched our HRDD & Environmental Sustainability Manifesto to walk you through it.
The Changing Seasons October 19, 2023 Oooooh it's getting chilly. Did you have socks on in bed last night? If you have a fire, presumably you had it stoked. This morning, there are smiley faces in...
Noodles July 05, 2023 When I first moved to Yangon in 2015, I worked in an office on one of the busiest streets in the heart of downtown. I lived about half a mile...
Magical Monsoon June 21, 2023 Yesterday morning it rained in London. Proper rain. Big, splashy, drenching rain. Rain that carried on plopping off the leaves for ages once it had stopped. And for 20 minutes,...
Yangon Post: Issue Four | 2022/2023 October 26, 2022 It's here and is jam-packed with stories about Burma, its people, history and food, along with the inside track on Kalinko, our homes and our makers.
An update from Burma May 11, 2022 This time last week Sophie touched down in Yangon for the first time in just over two years. She has now spent a very happy week back in a place she...
An Ode To Golden Hour April 13, 2022 You’ve probably heard us wax lyrical about Yangon’s light. We feel like we must do it some sort of poetic justice, because when you see it, it’s hard not to...
Behind Closed Doors: Archive Photography of 70s Burma March 23, 2022 Emma Jane Palin's collection is rooted in the 70s. Here we have a look at the secret flair beneath the facade of Burma in the 70s. Prepare for flair and...
The Tattooed Women of Southern Chin August 18, 20211 comment Deep in the west of Burma, a two-day drive from Yangon where Chin State meets Rakhine State, live a group of women with facial tattoos. They are the women of the...
Yangon Post: Issue Three | Spring/Summer 2021 August 05, 2021 Issue 3 of our newspaper has landed! It was supposed to hit the shelves in February, but we put it on pause as the news of the military takeover unfolded across Burma....