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People wait to withdraw money from an ATM outside a branch of Myawaddy Bank in Yangon on February 23. (AFP)
People wait to withdraw money from an ATM outside a branch of Myawaddy Bank in Yangon on February 23. (AFP)

‘Back to the Stone Age’: Striking bank workers bring an industry – and an economy – to its knees

Myanmar’s banking system has barely functioned since tens of thousands of private sector workers walked off the job three weeks ago in an effort to.

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