Thousands of factory jobs have been lost and border trade with China has been decimated as Myanmar reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic – all without a single confirmed case in the country.
At a weekly show in Yangon Zoological Gardens, monkeys, snakes and elephants are goaded to create photo opportunities for visitors – usually at the animals’ expense.
The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.
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