Mandalay

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

August 10, 2021Food

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.

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

August 13, 2018

Woman-led puppet theater brings health education to Burmese villages

March 19, 2018Arts

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?

July 8, 2014Conflict & Justice

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

July 8, 2014Conflict & Justice

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Change and Tradition in Myanmar’s Mandalay

August 15, 2013Arts, 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.

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