The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
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The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
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Despite the relative lack of armed conflict in Rakhine State in recent months, tens of thousands of internally displaced people still languish in camps where food shortages are becoming more common.
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Another jump in fuel prices since Russia invaded Ukraine has brought extra suffering for the people of Myanmar as they struggle with economic fallout from the coup and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ရန်ကုန်မြို့၊ လသာမြို့နယ်မှာ တရုတ်နှစ်သစ်ကူးပွဲကို ယနေ့ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၅ ရက်နေ့ နံနက်ပိုင်းက စတင်ကျင်းပရာ ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ဦးဖြိုးမင်းသိန်း တက်ရောက် ဖွင့်လှစ်ပေးခဲ့ပါတယ်။
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Angelina Jolie said that Myanmar must "show genuine commitment" to end violence that has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh.
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An open letter to President U Win Myint has focused attention on discriminatory material in the government’s civics education curriculum for primary schools.
BY Su Myat Mon
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After years of waiting, foreign insurers have been given the go-ahead to enter the domestic market, to the chagrin of their Myanmar competitors.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
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