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Myanmar's Ghost Capital Rises From The Jungle

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Workers walk past an arch at the entrance to a park in Naypiydaw, the new capital of Myanmar, in January. The then-military rulers of the southeast Asian nation abruptly moved the capital from Yangon to remote Naypiydaw in 2005. (AFP/Getty Images)
Workers walk past an arch at the entrance to a park in Naypiydaw, the new capital of Myanmar, in January. The then-military rulers of the southeast Asian nation abruptly moved the capital from Yangon to remote Naypiydaw in 2005. (AFP/Getty Images)

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