The most likely outcome of the economic turmoil triggered by the coup is a period of slow economic growth and joblessness, even as inflation rises and the value of the kyat continues to slide against the US dollar.
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The most likely outcome of the economic turmoil triggered by the coup is a period of slow economic growth and joblessness, even as inflation rises and the value of the kyat continues to slide against the US dollar.
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An escalation in fighting between the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Tatmadaw near the town of Mong Ko on the China border has emptied villages, while inflaming longstanding tensions over who controls the area.
As military repression ramps up, some trade unions and activists are calling on brands to boycott Myanmar’s garment sector – but not everyone believes the campaign will hit its intended target.
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လာမည့်နှစ်တွင် မြန်မာရုပ်ရှင်ရာပြည့်ပွဲတော်ကို ကျင်းပတော့မည်ဖြစ်သော်လည်း ရုပ်ရှင်လောကက နိုင်ငံတကာစင်မြင့်တွင် ဝင်တိုးနိုင်ခြင်းမရှိသေးပေ။ သို့သော် မျိုးဆက်သစ်ဒါရိုက်တာများ၏ အားထုတ်မှုများများကြောင့် ထိုအခြေအနေမှာ မကြာမီ ပြောင်းလဲသွားဖွယ်ရှိနေသည်။
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The prolonged deadlock in political negotiations and a reduction in hostilities have “frozen” many of Myanmar’s conflicts, but the threat of renewed fighting remains very real.
The prolonged deadlock in political negotiations and a reduction in hostilities have “frozen” many of Myanmar’s conflicts, but the threat of renewed fighting remains very real.
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A government worker in his early 20s spoke to Frontier’s Emily Fishbein the day before his deployment to a new duty station near a sensitive border.
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Report predicts half a million Rohingya refugees will return in two years but glosses over allegations of atrocities, ignores ongoing conflict and fails to mention the Muslim group by name.
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