Mandalay

People wait outside a shop where face masks and vitamins are being given away in Mandalay, Myanmar

6.2 million Burmese could go hungry by October. It’s the worst situation in ‘living memory,’ UN official says.

Food

Stephen Anderson, country director of the World Food Program, spoke with The World’s Marco Werman about the dire situation, from Myanmar’s capital city, Naypyidaw.

Thet Thet Wai

This woman bodybuilder in Myanmar is using Facebook to advocate for harsher penalties for rape

Puppeteer

Woman-led puppet theater brings health education to Burmese villages

Arts
Riot police attack a man during an anti-Muslim riot in Hlegu, outside Yangon, in April. More sectarian riots flared up in Myanmar in July.

Who’s to blame for Myanmar’s spate of sectarian riots?

Conflict & Justice
Riot police attack a man during an anti-Muslim riot in Hlegu, outside Yangon, in April. More sectarian riots flared up in Myanmar in July.

Who’s to blame for Myanmar’s spate of sectarian riots?

Conflict & Justice

Change and Tradition in Myanmar’s Mandalay

Arts, Culture & Media

Our Geo Quiz takes you to Myanmar’s cultural capital, Mandalay. Bruce Wallace traveled there to see how the political changes happening elsewhere in the country are impacting Mandalay.