Hidden behind trees near a busy road in Yangon is a novel answer to two global hot-button issues: suffocating urbanization and sexual harassment. At one end of a newly-created park, a treehouse overlooks a wooden bridge, and at the other is a netted court where local boys play chinlone (caneball), Myanmar’s unofficial national sport. When […]
Yangon puts ‘girl power’ into green spaces
September 2, 2019 by Thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: culture, disturbing, Doh Eain (Our Home), girl-friendly environment, martial arts, Parks, rape cases, real estate, sexual harassment, social pressure, stronger legislation, suffocating urbanization, Women's Rights, Yangon
Hang on, Yangon! The City Getting a Facelift One Alley at a Time
August 5, 2019 by Thiha
After the nonprofit workers cleaned out all the garbage from behind his building, Win Nit, a native of Yangon, Myanmar, was amazed at how much space was back there. “I didn’t even consider this spot as anything but a dump,” he says, frying samosas in an alley that was once buried under a thigh-high drift […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Back Alleys, Doh Eain, Facelift, Gardens, nonprofit workers, Parks, project, social enterprise, Yangon
Broadband Company to Expand Free Public Wi-Fi Network to 50 Areas of Yangon
February 14, 2017 by Thiha
Internet service provider 5BB Broadband is planning to expand the number of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Yangon, aiming for 50 access points by the end of February. 5BB has already set up 30 access points at restaurants, pagodas, railway stations, universities and parks around Yangon. In February, they will extend that to 50 hotspots, said […]
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Kandawgyi Park helium balloon project garners objections
October 10, 2016 by thiha
A ballooning plan to provide tourists with a bird’s-eye view of Kandawgyi Park may yet be deflated by lawmakers trying to jettison the proposal. Myanmar Voyages International Tourism Company said it has already secured permission to launch a helium balloon venture above Yangon’s Kandawgyi Lake. The chair of the company said the plan will help […]
YCDC planner targets 30 percent parkland
March 24, 2016 by thiha
It isn’t easy keeping Yangon green, what with the heat, developers’ voracious appetite for empty land, and the council’s lack of resources. But municipal officials say they are hopeful they can more than double the amount of green space in Yangon under a new zoning plan, taking the figure up to 30 percent. U Toe Aung, a […]
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Private browsing: Redlink to expand service in joint venture operation
October 21, 2013 by thiha
Internet provider Redlink says it has big plans to expand its business as soon as the laws allow private companies to offer online access independent of state-run Yadanarpon Teleport. “Now, Redlink Company is giving service [in a joint venture] with Yadanarpon Teleport,” said U Thein Than Toe, the company’s vice chairman and co-founder in a […]
