Life & Work
Ah Hkawn is still in her thirties, but her story is one of many lives.
Phar Chin has spent years trying to help his wartorn village, but his dedication was not enough to shield his own family
Sai Han Line is one of the last Shan traditional tattooists and has an almost mystical reputation among the young men who queue for his designs
An eloquent advocate for the Naga people, Athong Makury compiled a dictionary of his tribe's language to preserve their voice
Doyenne of the Kayin hills, Nancy Khaing kept her guesthouse open for years, defying isolation imposed by the army as it battled insurgents
Descended from Gurkha fighters, DR Sharma fought against the British in WWII, the first of many battles for the soldier-turned-English teacher
Haw employs a bevvie of young boys at her Mandalay teashop, which helps pay for the education of her own children
Ei Mon Zin teaches kids who work in Mandalay's teashops. From a poor background herself, she knows the pressures that her students face
Mya Thet Mu lived as an openly gay woman in Thailand for 19 years. Back in Myanmar she faced public abuse and now works to tackle discrimination
Three teenage fighters in Myeik are beating traditional views of women, punching their way into male-dominated Lethwei kick-boxing
Zaw works in a Mandalay teashop to send money back to his village. He has few ideas what the future holds, but studies every chance he gets
Myin Maung is one of only a handful of kite makers left in Yangon who is keeping the tradition alive
San Aung was perhaps the only living witness to one of Myanmar's most momentous historical events -- the 1947 Panglong conference
The nooks and crannies of Dawei's abandoned Minglalar Thiri Cinema are home to a little community of migrants workers
To set up her rights group, Mu Iris Arr Paing dodged warring armies, collected beer bottles -- and even created a football tournament
When she was just a teenager May Than made a desperate dash across Inle Lake, in a bold act of rebellion against the threat of an arranged marriage
John Paul is part of a new generation of young Myanmar reporters testing media freedom in the face of armed conflicts and reluctant officials
Moe Set Aye, 37, left her home in Dawei more than a decade ago and travelled to Thailand in search of a better life
Introduced during British colonial times, horse carts have become synonymous with the hill town of Pyin Oo Lwin
Htay Aung's dreams of becoming a sailor were thwarted by a twist of fate that led him to run one of Yangon's most famous bookshops
Tragedy has stalked Ja Khun Ya's life since she fled fighting between the army and Kachin rebels five years ago
In her 30s Than Than left her village and found work as a nanny in Yangon. Almost five decades later she is still employed by the same household
Pascal Khoo Thwe's journey from tribesman to Cambridge graduate and author is entwined with the ache of exile
In precarious employment, Sein Maung lived, slept and ate in the dark space under the stairs of a Yangon high rise
