Yangon's Furtive Party Scene Belies Junta Claims of Normality

Myanmar’s junta says things back to normal. Yangon clubbers don’t believe that

Despite the lifting of curfew five years after the military coup, party-goers still wait until dawn to sneak home.

Yangon's furtive party scene belies junta claims of normality

Yangon’s furtive party scene belies junta claims of normality

Since the 2021 coup, the rate of young people feeling unsafe walking alone at night has increased. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Rangoon's furtive party scene belies junta claims of normality

YANGON (MYANMAR) - In a blaring nightclub in wartime Myanmar, partied-out revellers doze until dawn by the dancefloor, wary of journeying home despite the end of a post-coup curfew.

Young Yangon revellers chase joy in sweaty clubs, wary of streets haunted by post‑coup danger

In wartime Myanmar: Yangon's furtive party scene belies junta claims of normality