NEW YORK, May 1, 2013 — Yangon/Rangoon could be facing the same fate that befell other historic Asian cities such as Jakarta and Phnom Penh as they emerged from years of neglect into a world of ...

AS WE SIT IN YANGON peak-hour traffic, Thant Myint-U is conjuring a golden age. The eminent Burmese historian, academic and former United Nations official has devoted much of the last two years to ...

YANGON, Myanmar—When Barack Obama visits Myanmar for a security conference today, he is unlikely to notice the vacant lot at 233-235 Upper Pansodan Street, in the heart of Yangon's chaotic downtown.

Mahatma Gandhi’s social activism offered a fresh perspective to the predominantly Western-educated, and dressed, secular ...

This looks like London 150 years ago”, said the Englishman named Frank. We are wandering through the tree-lined streets of Rangoon, now called by its native name Yangon; the way Burma became Myanmar.