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A Buddhist nun shows others how to use a laptop for a Zoom group meeting at a monastery in Yangon. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

The Insight Myanmar podcast team recently sat down to speak remotely with Daw Viranani, a Buddhist nun from the United States who resides at the Chan Myay Maing Monastery in Yangon.

 This photos from 2010 shows a Georgetown University student looks at the poster that encourages students to vote in a mock election of Burma as he walks by on campus. (AFP)

I reluctantly left my studies and returned to Myanmar for my parents. I miss studying abroad, but am I too old to return?

'Since this incident, I have settled down with a lovely young lady. And yet my mind keeps drifting back to that night.' (Photo: Bruce Mars / Pexels)

After a night out in Yangon, I shared a kiss with a young man and, although I have a girlfriend, my mind keeps going back to that moment.

Men hangout to chat and browse Facebook at a Yangon teashop. (Sai Aung / AFP)

A hungover reflection on Burmese parenting.

A Kachin community comes together to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of a young man.

A man cycles along side tourist attraction U Bein Bridge near Amarapura. (Lorcan Lovett)

I took the dive in 2016 to buy a tour company, Yangon Food Tours, from some friends that were leaving the country. In the few short years since then a number of similar companies have popped up, which is no surprise considering the tourism industry’s potential.

In the recent past, Myanmar’s banks operated like giant pawnshops, with a ‘gold or land for cash’ approach that saw plenty of missed repayment dates.

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