BANGKOK/YANGON -- Foreign investment in Myanmar, first depressed by the COVID-19 pandemic and then by the political unrest that spread after the February military takeover, has fallen to an eight-year low, official numbers show.
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Construction work at many redevelopment projects funded by foreign investment has come to a halt in Myanmar. Photo was taken Oct. 8.
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Foreign investment in Myanmar, first depressed by the COVID-19 pandemic and then by the political unrest that spread after the February military takeover, has fallen to an eight-year low, official numbers show.