Thousands of factory jobs have been lost and border trade with China has been decimated as Myanmar reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic – all without a single confirmed case in the country.
At a weekly show in Yangon Zoological Gardens, monkeys, snakes and elephants are goaded to create photo opportunities for visitors – usually at the animals’ expense.
The financial authorities are investigating an online-based loan provider that was slugging customers with exorbitant interest and fees.
တပ်မတော်က ကရင်ပြည်နယ်တွင်း လမ်းဖောက်မှုများကြောင့် လက်နက်ကိုင်ထိပ်တိုက်တွေ့မှုများနှင့် နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာတိမ်းရှောင်မှုများရှိလာပြီး ကေအင်န်ယူနှင့်အပစ်ရပ်ရေး သဘောတူညီမှုကို ခြိမ်းခြောက်ကာ လာမည့်ပြည်ထောင်စုငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး ညီလာခံအတွက်လည်း မျှော်လင့်ချက်များ မှေးမှိန်လာခဲ့သည်။
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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