Amid a deep economic crisis and an influx of migrants fleeing conflict, rental prices are soaring in Myanmar’s commercial capital, where tenants are being taken advantage of by unscrupulous landlords and brokers.
Under monsoon skies leaden with rain, Myanmar rice farmers despondently tend their paddy fields, doubtful the deluge will bring bountiful harvests during a fuel and fertiliser crisis caused by the Iran war.
BY AFP
