The Economic Boom Powering Myanmar s Development

A New Dawn: Revealing the secrets of Myanmar s unprecedented economic explosion. Subscribe to Journeyman for more: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=67506&bid=2 Reporter Sally Sara explores the military junta past and the prospective global future for Myanmar in this revealing excursion through Yangon. The country of 60 million people looks to reinvent itself in a competitive modern age. "Girls should be loud and brave and stronger than they used to be. I think now, that s ok. It wasn t ok before", says Ah Moon, the young star of the Me N Ma Girls. Her band already have an international recording contract, now they re hoping for worldwide fame. Young entrepreneur Nay Aung gave up a job with Google to return to be a part of Myanmar s emergent business class. "I was actually leaving a very stable career in the States. But, I felt very strongly that Myanmar was opening and that it was opening for real". But the old Myanmar is never too far away. In one of Yangon s poorer districts, Dalah, Kindergarten Teacher Vung Deih Lun leads a young class. It costs parents $3 per term for their children s education and that money is hard to come by. "We don t want them to be poor forever, we want to direct them", she says. "The old people, we cannot change them anymore. But, when this generation come up, Dalah will definitely change". ABC Australia - Ref 6171 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.