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• Yangon's squatters living on borrowed time

  By Noe Noe Aung| Frontier Myanmar Verified The first downpours of the monsoon have left their mark in Yangon’s East Dagon Township. On muddy, unpaved streets, groups of children play in the rain. The older children watch over younger brothers and sisters. “Their parents go to work,” said Ma Than Than Htay, 40, nodding towards the children from the doorstep of her tiny house. “It is hard to live in a city like Yangon.”Ma Than Than Htay and her husband live illegally as squatters in the township’s industrial zone.

  By Noe Noe Aung · Frontier Myanmar

  Oct. 13, 2016

• The struggle for women's equality

  By Oliver Slow Verified, Noe Noe Aung| Frontier Myanmar Verified A few months ago, Ma Win, 23, was travelling to work in the window seat of a bus when a man sat next to her, covered the aisle seat with a bag to block the view of other commuters and began masturbating while staring her in the face. “He was making sure I saw it,” Ma Win said. “I was in shock. I didn’t know what to do, so I just moved to another seat. I still remember that I was shaking,” she said. Her friend, Ma Nilar, also 23, had a similar experience.

  By Oliver Slow Verified, Noe Noe Aung · Frontier Myanmar

  Oct. 04, 2016

• The flowering of Myanmar's fashion industry

  By Noe Noe Aung| Frontier Myanmar Verified Until a few years ago, it was difficult for fashion-conscious shoppers to buy international brand clothes and designer dresses in Yangon. Only a few Western fashion products were available and most outlets sold ready-made clothes, mainly imported from China. The fashion industry began to develop in the 1990s, when the junta introduced a limited opening of the economy, but was affected in the 2000s by United States and European Union sanctions.

  By Noe Noe Aung · Frontier Myanmar

  Sep. 29, 2016

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