Did the diverging informal and formal kyat rates just earn Myanmar's banks a lot of money?
Karen rebel groups have fought Myanmar's longest-running insurgency against successive governments since independence. What do they want?
As long as the dual rate is tolerated, the black market will prosper.
The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.
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