In Focus

Bay of Bengal Resort on Ngwesaung beach is the place to stay if you want to get away from everything, yet have all you need within one sprawling seaside resort.  Taking a right as you drive into the village of Ngwesaung, the quiet road soon leads to the Bay of Bengal Resort which is the most no

Last August, Yangon’s first dedicated jazz bar opened its doors with a bash of the symbol and a roar of the saxophone. Located on lower Bo Myat Tun Street, this music bar is one of a few in the city that carries a theme that really works. It’s a pleasingly unpretentious and comfortable place whe

 Pyinsa Rasa, the new artist collective organising a series of events at the historic Secretariat in downtown Yangon, is currently holding an exhibition called Let Sin Kan Chin honouring the history of the Myanmar film industry. The organisers have created a museum-style exhibition which hi

Having grown up around cameras – his father U Tin Yu being the pioneer of colour feature films in Myanmar – Zaw Min Yu acquired a passion and skill for photography at a young age. Now a professional photographer for the last 40 years, his talent has earned him clients around the globe in the fie