Yangon

Myanmar authorities have gradually ramped up the use of force to disperse protests against the military coup. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)
What’s a typical day in Yangon?

Smoke, rubble and gunshot wounds have conjured images of Yangon neighbourhoods as “battlegrounds” this week, and though the term helps emphasise the severity of the situation, it can also be slightly misleading.
A production crew setting up a street scene during the filming of the movie Line Walker 2 near a pagoda in Yangon. (Sai Aung / AFP)
Local film talent takes inspiration from Line Walker 2 shoot

Local filmmakers are set to showcase their skills absorbed from the set of the first foreign production to be shot in Myanmar for years.

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