Once considered among the most promising economies in Southeast Asia with a growing middle class, Myanmar is now suffering from soaring levels of poverty as a devastating civil war drives tens of ...
YANGON: Myanmar's middle class has shrunk by 50 per cent over the past three years, while 42 million people are now facing poverty and hardship, according to a report released by the United Nations ...
“We want democracy” is spelled out in huge white letters on a street in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon. “Justice for Myanmar” is carved on a row of watermelons by chefs protesting against the Feb. 1 ...