Old-school jobs still have role on historic street

YANGON - Ear cleaners, roadside plumbers and typewriters for hire: just a sample of the antiquated jobs found on the pavements of Yangon's Pansodan Street, where old-world businesses still find customers.

For years, tourists have been fascinated by odd trades in Yangon, from cycle trishaws swerving through traffic to roadside clerks using typewriters.

Some professions have become victims of the political and economic reforms that started in earnest in 2011.