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Young skateboarders play at Mya Lay Yone Skate Park in Kamayut township, Yangon. (Pushing Myanmar)

Support from across the world has helped local skateboarders survive the pandemic.

The face of rapper and actor Sai Sai Kham Leng superimposed over a man handcuffed to what may well be a mug of herbal tea.

A teary image of Sai Sai Kham Leng is now the Waldo of Myanmar’s memetic underbelly.

People participate in a protest in support of amendments to the 2008 Myanmar constitution in Yangon on July 17, 2019. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s quest to prise power from the Myanmar military by amending the constitution has entered a new phase, and it’s one with a lot of paperwork.

People attend the funeral of Kyaw Zin Win, a gay man who took his own life after facing alleged homophobic bullying, in Yangon on June 26, 2019. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

LGBT people in Yangon say the suicide of Kyaw Zin Win is a game changer.

An armed Thai navy personnel riding in a boat during a patrol along the Mekong river bordering Thailand and Laos in Tha Utain, Nakhon Phanom province. (Aidan Jones / AFP)

Landlocked, secretive and with ungovernable borders, Laos has become a sluice for transporting Made-In-Myanmar meth to the drug hungry markets of Southeast Asia and Australia, where billion-dollar seizures are now being made.

 This photo taken on April 9, 2019 shows director Arkar Win (C) explaining a scene to an actor during filming for his movie on the outskirts of Yangon. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

A deadly race to find hidden treasure, car chases and slick fight scenes drive the breakneck narrative of one of Myanmar's latest blockbusters, as a new generation of directors aim to revive the country's golden era of film.

 Rampai Sripetch, a 65-year-old Thai Muslim woman, weaves silk fabric on a loom at a workshop near Darul Falah mosque in Bangkok. (Romeo Gacad / AFP)

Niphon's family laments the lack of apprentice weavers at his Bangkok silk shop, as modernity lures young Muslims away from a trade their community has dominated for generations.

Myanmar military troops and tanks move in formation along the shore during the second day of 'Sin Phyu Shin' joint military exercises in Ayeyarwaddy delta region. (Lynn Bo Bo / AFP)

Myanmar's military has lavished tens of millions of dollars on the latest lethal hardware, leaning on allies as part of a strategy to become a first-class fighting force.

Director Midi Z and actress Wu Ke-Xi pose during a photocall for the film "Nina Wu" at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 21. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)

The spectre of Harvey Weinstein hangs heavily over "Nina Wu," a new film directed by Lashio native Midi Z.

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