Winners and losers in luxury housing boom
In Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township, slums for the poor sit uncomfortably next to new, gated communities for the wealthy.
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Swollen Rangoon slums at breaking point
Burma’s cities are attracting an increasing number of rural poor, but efforts to provide them with affordable housing are falling short.
Smaller parties claim exclusion from political dialogue
The start of dialogue among signatories of the peace accord ran into problems as some political parties voiced anger over being excluded from the process.
