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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Hope, peace and despair were among the themes explored when Myanmar and foreign artists gathered in Yangon for the country’s second international performance art festival.
In lieu of government, volunteer groups continue to meet the basic needs of communities. One such is the youth-heavy Marga Society in Hpa-an.
BY Eva Hirschi
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Scholarships funded by a foundation with historic links to Myanmar have been turning dreams into reality for deserving students for 25 years.
BY Aung Tun
The mismanagement of the Yangon-Pathein highway has raised questions about build-operate-transfer contracts awarded to private companies by the former junta.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
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BY Ye Mon
Few people actively use Twitter in Myanmar. Fewer had heard of Mr Jack Dorsey, one of the Silicon Valley social media company’s founders and its CEO – that is, until a December 8 Twitter thread by the American tech billionaire about his recent birthday trip to Myanmar.
Inle Lake and its mismanagement is a case study in the limits of devolution under the 2008 Constitution, and the dispossession of ethnic communities.
BY Ben Dunant
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