Yangon home prices surge as Myanmar war drives flight to safety

YANGON/BANGKOK — Housing prices are rising in the country's largest city as Myanmar's widening civil war sends many rural residents fleeing to Yangon.

“Would you consider canceling the lease and leaving?” An Indian businessman was recently asked by the owner of a unit he rented in the StarCity luxury complex in the suburbs of Yangon.

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