This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Once or twice a day during heavy rains, this village of huts ...

It’s fair to say the Balthazar Building in central Yangon has seen better days. The rails are rusted, the Italian marble floors are cracked and the birdcage elevator hasn’t worked in more than 40 ...

Yangon, in Myanmar, has lost hundreds of colonial buildings to rapid development over the past two decades. A handful of heritage hotels -- think teak mansions and grand colonial facades -- are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laurie Werner is a New York-based writer covering travel and food. The first thing you notice when you land in Yangon, Myanmar’s ...

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.

The Myanmar government last week introduced a new master plan for Yangon’s urban development during a conference for international investors, in order to tackle rising population density as city ...

Yangon, in Myanmar, has lost hundreds of colonial buildings to rapid development over the past two decades. A handful of heritage hotels -- think teak mansions and grand colonial facades -- are ...