Hundreds march again in Myanmar to protest price hikes

Hundreds march again in Myanmar to protest price hikes

YANGON, Myanmar - About 200 people march along main roads in a northern suburb of Yangon on Aug. 22 to protest fuel price hikes and adverse living conditions. They were joined or followed later by hundreds more before dispersing in about an hour, according to eyewitnesses. (Kyodo)

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