YANGON (Reuters) - There are no skyscrapers in Yangon. No gleaming shopping malls. Certainly no subway system. Its rutted sidewalks are laced with treacherous holes and broken slabs of concrete.

YANGON, Myanmar – When Thant Zin Maung decided to return home last October, he told his boys to play their hearts out. “Play as much as you can, because once you’re back you can’t play as much,” he ...

This article by Yazar Aung was originally published in The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar. This edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement ...

MANILA, March 17 (Reuters) - Manila Water Company Inc. MWC.PS , one of two major water concessionaires in the Philippines, said on Monday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Yangon ...

SINGAPORE — In Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, soldiers patrol the streets at all hours. Police officers stop pedestrians at random, hauling them to jail if they show signs of sympathy for the ...