Yangon is suddenly a city of phablets. Nowhere in Asia, let alone Europe, have I seen so many supersized smartphones in public spaces, and with such egalitarian appeal: Pavement vendors selling early 20th century British guides to English grammar seem as transfixed by them as Yangon’s smart set playing Pokemon Go. For many in an isolated country, a 4G ...

  Conor Sen There’s no real national debate when it comes to housing policy. Journalists and pundits on one side shout: “We need more development and density so cities will be affordable and livable.” For good measure they add: “People who don’t support more development and density are heartless and just defending their own property values.” The other side … ...

  Hong Kong / AFP Energy firms sank in Asian trade on Tuesday as oil prices extended the previous day’s sharp losses due to profit-taking after a recent rally and fresh worries about a global oversupply. Even a fall in the dollar, which usually makes crude cheaper, could not stop the slide in the commodity after Iraq flagged a pick-up ...