Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Yangon, Myanmar 17.3.1887.
Sunbeam #Yangon #Myanmar 17.3.1887. "The drive back to Rangoon through the Dalhousie Park & Gardens, once the appanage of a royal palace, was perfectly delightful. It was rather late, & there was consequently a great rush to dress on board & get back to shore in time to dine..." #Brassey #1880s
Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Yangon, Myanmar 17.3.1887.
Sunbeam #Yangon #Myanmar 17.3.1887. "The avenue leading to the Shway Dagohu Pagoda is guarded at the entrance by two enormous statues of bylus, or monsters, erected to propitiate the evil spirits; bylus & nats being to the Burmese very much what demons & devils are to us." #Brassey #History #1880s
Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Yangon, Myanmar 17.3.1887.
Sunbeam #Yangon #Myanmar 17.3.1887. "The government pilot came on board at 6am, & we at once got up the anchor & proceeded under steam up the branch of the Irrawady called the Rangoon River, leading to the town of that name." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1880s
During #Burma sham polls, in #Yangon, there were 22 clashes & attacks on civilians, which killed 2 civilians.
Read more in our full election overview here.
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10 Second Kitchen - #Pomelo Street Vendor
Watching a woman carefully peel the last bit of bitter peel off of a pomelo in downtown #Yangon, #Myanmar.
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Two of the four Burma Navy riverine vessels and the frigate “King Thalun” were commissioned into service at the Naval Dockyard Command in Thanlyin Township, Yangon Region, on March 8. (Credit: Regime)
Regime leader Min Aung Hlaing inaugurated the opening ceremony of a 40,000-ton dry dock and five “domestically built” Burma Navy vessels, at the Naval Dockyard Command in Yangon Region’s Thanlyin Township on Sunday.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Yangon
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BDG Feature: A Brief History of Buddhism in Myanmar From the Buddha Era to Present Times
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#Buddhism #Theravada #Myanmar #Buddha #BuddhistHistory #Shwedagon #BuddhistTemple #Mandalay #Yangon
Cities with high air pollution around the world now
#AirPollution #AirQuality #Dhaka #Bangladesh #Kolkata #India #Lahore #Pakistan #Yangon #Myanmar #Delhi #India #Dubai #UAE #Tehran #Iran #Chengdu #Wuhan #China #Tashkent #Uzbeistan
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Residents of Dala living across the Yangon River from downtown told DVB that toll collection for vehicles crossing the newly opened Yangon-Dala Bridge began on Thursday following the bridge’s opening on Feb. 6 english.dvb.no/toll-collect...
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#Yangon
11 and 12 February 2026 in #Yangon #Myanmar (at Institut Français de Birmanie)
Workshop and concert.
#experimentalmusic #noisemusic #freeimprovisation #electronicmusic #soundart #electroacousticmusic
Khin Kyi Thar from Mahidol University reflects on her Yangon childhood, highlighting how environmental hazards and structural inequalities contribute to environmental injustice.
#SRIC
#thesabai
#shwetaungthagathu
#yangon
#solidwaste
#environmentalinjustice
‘This is a fake election’: Polls close in Myanmar but voters have little doubt junta proxy will prevail www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #Myanmar #MyanmarJunta #MyanmarElections #MilitaryCoup #NLD #AungSanSuuKyi #ASEAN #Asia #Mandalay #Yangon #Democracy
UPDATE: 📺 Live TV from Myanmar 📺
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Now streaming with updated info! Watch TV live — bringing you news, sports, dramas & more direct from Yangon.
#Myanmar #Yangon #Asia #Burmese #ASEAN #LiveTV #Streaming
#Voter participation hits record low in #Yangon as final phase of general #election concludes
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#Junta pressures #Yangon vendors with market bans as third phase of #election concludes
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10 Second Kitchen - Street Tandoori Oven Yangon, Myanmar - Watching hand made #naan being made on the streets of #Yangon in #Myanmar.
#travel #10secondkitchen #bread
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Voters in Kawhmu Township, Yangon Region, queue to cast ballots at a polling station during the second round of voting in the military’s 2025-26 elections on Jan. 11. (Credit: Regime)
The People’s Party told DVB that it suspects errors in the counting of ballots in Kawhmu Township, Yangon Region, after voting was completed in the second round of the military’s 2025–26 elections on Sunday.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Yangon
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At large Buddhist temples like Shwedagon, it is customary to walk clockwise -- which is how I just realized that back when I scanned my slide collection, I did this one backwards :) Easy fix in Lightroom #myanmar #burma #yangon #shwedagon
Decorative roof detail, Shwedagon Pagoda #myanmar #burma #shwedagon #yangon #temples #architecture
Workers inside The Chinese-owned JOC Myanmar garment factory in Yangon’s Shwepyitha Township in December. (Credit: STUM)
The Solidarity Trade Union Myanmar told DVB that three rounds of negotiations between the JOC Myanmar garment factory and its staff over a wage dispute achieved no results Dec. 29 to Jan. 3.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Yangon
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Workers inside The Chinese-owned JOC Myanmar garment factory in December. (Credit: STUM)
The Solidarity Trade Union Myanmar told DVB that three rounds of negotiations between the JOC Myanmar garment factory in Yangon’s Shwepyitha Township and its staff over a wage dispute achieved no results Dec. 29 to Jan. 3.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Yangon
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The Union Election Commission announced on Thursday that the third and final phase of the 2025-26 elections will take place in a total of 63 townships across Myanmar on Jan. 25, 2026. english.dvb.no/date-for-thi...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Yangon
#election
Going down a river.
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#southeastasia #yangon #myanmar #photography
Watching a pot boil at a #street market in #Yangon, #Myanmar.
#10secondkitchen #streetfood #asia #travel
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The Western Yangon District Court handed an additional sentence of 10 years in prison to freelance journalist Sut Ring Pan, also known as Pu Noi Tsawm, on Dec. 2, bringing her sentence to a total of 13 years english.dvb.no/myanmar-jour...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#PressFreedom
#Yangon