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FeatureLe Monde managed to visit Myanmar's largest city despite the war. The city has lost none of its buzz, our journalist reports. Yet, beneath the festive atmosphere, many residents are pessimistic ...

They persevered despite profound challenges facing nation’s education system, says director of Catholic institution ...

Over cappuccino at a crowded conference on real estate in one of the world's last frontier markets, one investor turned to another and said breezily, "I'm here to get rich." They had paid more than $2 ...

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 ...

Decades of socialism and military rule kept Myanmar — or Burma, as it was known — poor and isolated. There was one upside, though. The economy was so lousy, there was no drive to demolish the big ...