Date: 10/01/2014

In Burma, the country also known as Myanmar, much has changed over the past three years. Political reforms have been introduced and the South East Asian nation has started attracting new investment from around the world. Some things, though, are taking a bit longer. And perhaps for once that lack of speed is not necessarily a bad thing. [From Richard Buckby]

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Apples and orchids on Burma's slow train

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Jonah Fisher takes a slow ride on Burma's Circular Line which goes all around the country's largest city, Yangon.

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