Yangon's Gold Rush
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 00:32 AM EDT
In a country where reportedly a quarter of the population lives in poverty and 70 percent live without electricity, a bubble sounds like an odd way to describe what is happening in a part of Myanmar. If the ultimate trophies for international investors are the nation's rich resources, such as natural gas, tungsten and gems, let's just call it a gold rush.