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Radio

The Foreign Desk - Burma

17 October 2015

As the country gears up for the most important election since military rule was imposed in 1962, we ask how significant this step towards democracy will be. Steve Bloomfield is joined by guests Bill Hayton, Aye Aye Win and…

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Myanmar mirage

17 May 2011

Huge changes have recently taken place in Burma. A glittering new capital now rises from the plains, elections have been held and the military junta formally dissolved. At least, that’s what the army generals would like the…

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Open season

17 October 2013

Monocle meets the foreign investors and returning natives making the most of a budding business market in Yangon, Asia’s new rising trade magnet.

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Expo 59: Saving grace

15 November 2012

As Burma opens up slowly and businesses trickle in, there is a growing movement to preserve the former capital’s architectural heritage.

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The Menu - Discovering Burma

12 July 2019

Why Burma is finding its place on the culinary map, top tips for food styling and the week’s food and drink news from Italy.

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Monocle on Culture - Publishing in Burma

11 February 2013

Robert Bound asks what Burma’s publishing market looks like, enjoys a session from multiple Grammy award-winning Steve Earle and gives his take on London Underground’s largest-ever art commission.

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The Menu - Putting Burma on the map

22 March 2013

We head to Rangoon to meet brothers who are busy trying to get Burma on the food map, find out about a new service in New York that allows you to share home-cooked food with complete strangers and talk Easter cheeses with…

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Power trips

24 January 2014

For places of influence and significance, 2014 marks the year diplomacy returns home, the redemption of a former foe, an island upgrade to a military outpost and the next big move in intelligence. Monocle tracks their…

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Expo 41: The banished world

17 February 2011

The notion of exile often evokes a more romantic era but for many leaders, a life banished from their homeland still beckons (fancy hosting a despised Tunisian president anyone?).

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Asia

21 February 2013

We put Burma's president Thein Sein under the sartorial spotlight. We also find out why Taiwan is making more babies and get the latest on the Malaysian elections

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Asia

17 September 2012

Protecting Yangon's architecture, tackling illegal mining in Goa, and understanding seismic activity in Taiwan.

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Model behaviour

15 March 2012

Construction work continues in Burma’s new model capital, inaugurated in 2005. Its sparkling buildings are designed to consolidate the generals’ power – but with small steps towards democracy, could Aung San Suu Kyi one day…

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Asia

9 September 2014

Profiling India's most style-conscious leader, Burma's capital rethink and the Indonesians keeping the rain away.

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Business

21 November 2013

Booming in Burma, getting high in Spain, store wars in Thailand and fronts of knowledge in New Zealand.

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Asia

11 November 2014

Elections to keep an eye on in Burma, Thailand and Japan, plus China’s ongoing strife in the South China Sea.

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Business

19 September 2013

Mobile banking in Burma, polishing diamonds in Botswana and raising a glass to the whisky industry in Tasmania