Yangon Post

What to give and when if you're giving somebody a gift in Burma ’Tis the season of giving.   The Burmese are a generous nation, and gifting is a key...

And a toothbrush glass to help with yours! I want to talk about tooth brushing. You know when you go to the dentist, and they ask you how you’re getting...

The sign pinned to the metal gates says “Closed until May 1st”. Although if it opens on Friday, it would be one of the few shops to do so. Lockdown...

Issue 2 is here! It's jam-packed full of stories about living in Yangon, about our makers, and about travelling around Burma. 

It’s very rare in Burma to sit down in a café with a baby on your lap, and not have it whisked away within seconds by a cooing waitress. You often...

You know that feeling when you look at a view and you suddenly feel really tiny? When you go somewhere new and see people living their lives in a way...

Q: What happens if you attach fireworks to a hot air balloon? A: The most bonkers festival on the planet. Read all about the Taunggyi Balloon Festival...

Mohinga (pronounced exactly as it’s spelt), is the national dish of Burma. It’s really a breakfast dish, but people eat it all day long. There are quite a few ingredients,...

This hilltop haven in northern Kayin state, Myanmar, was a well-known breezy escape under the British, a warzone under the military, and was closed to foreigners until 2013. It’s now...

Burmese food is the most underrated cuisine in Asia. Just like the country, it’s incredibly varied and colourful, rammed with textures and flavours, and has a sweet, salty, sour spiciness...

My mother’s one stipulation about me moving to Burma was that we got some bullet proof travel insurance; “just in case you fall off a mountain in the middle of...

Yangon, the old capital of Burma, has had a hell of a ride. Just a little fishing village until the late 18th Century, it grew into Rangoon, one of the...