The city of Yangon began as a small village called Dagon, located at the base of the Shwedagon Pagoda. 

Foreign ownership of condos was previously not allowed under the Immovable Property Act (IPA). 

Luck is often cited as one of the factors necessary for success. Nowhere is that truer than in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, where the city’s poorest residents’ names are put in a hat and the lucky few who are pulled out get housed.