Yangon Region
A medical specialist in Yangon tells The Kite Tales of the agonising decision to leave their patients to join the civil disobedience movement (CDM)
Born in Kachin but raised in Yangon, this 23-year-old says the hurt felt across Myanmar echoes the pain caused by the army in minority areas
Myint Myint Kyaw has seen many brutal fights in her decades in the ring, first as a pioneering Myanmar lethwei kickboxer and now as a referee
An eloquent advocate for the Naga people, Athong Makury compiled a dictionary of his tribe's language to preserve their voice
Aung Soe Min breathed life into Myanmar’s arts scene when censorship was at its height, mentoring a new generation of creative talent
Myin Maung is one of only a handful of kite makers left in Yangon who is keeping the tradition alive
In becoming a photographer instead of a doctor, Htein Win chose financial uncertainty and risked his freedom
Myanmar’s film industry was once the region's most prolific, but decades of military rule forced filmmakers to abandon the silver screen
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
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
In precarious employment, Sein Maung lived, slept and ate in the dark space under the stairs of a Yangon high rise
