Category: Myanmar
Myanmar: Yangon property prices surpass LA and Dubai
The dilapidated city of Yangon, Myanmar's commercial center, which is plagued by brown outs and derelict infrastructure, is becoming a surprisingly hot property market, as I reported on August 14 for Inside Investor. Ironically, the city's shortcomings -- as well as the privatization of previously government-owned estates -- are actually a major contributor to skyrocketing …
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Myanmar: Has the former pariah state crossed the diplomatic Rubicon?
Possibly the last significant "frontier economy" in Asia, Myanmar's choice to slide down the totem pole of tyranny has led to rekindled economic relations with the West, most recently the US, which now allows businesses to invest in the country after a 15-year hiatus. Today I wrote a blog post for investvine.com, the news portal …
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Myanmar: And the Sanctions Come A’tumblin’ Down
International media has been afire with Myanmar news this month, also known as Burma, beginning with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's landslide victory in by-elections on April 1st, leading up to the suspension or easing of financial and/or travel restrictions on Myanmar by Australia, the EU, the US and most recently Canada. The choice of …
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Myanmar (Burma): Muslims, Jews and Nazi “fashion”
Every once in a while I decide to expand on some of the more telling anecdotes born out of my travels. This happens to be one of those times. --- The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue sits on a lively corner in downtown Yangon that opens up onto an alley where merchants tinker with a miscellany of metals …
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Justin Calderón 