YANGON -- Once regarded as "Asia's missing link," Myanmar is undergoing a road construction boom. Seen as vital for economic development, arterial roads are being planned and built with greater urgency, and advances in democratization as well as cease-fires with ethnic minority rebels have sped projects along.
The construction of roads connecting Myanmar with Thailand, which started ahead of other projects, has not only increased trade in miscellaneous daily goods and other items, but also encouraged corporations to make advances into the country.
