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The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

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 currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

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Fresh clashes in northern Shan open old wounds and displace thousands

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.

BY Jaw Tu Hkawng, Jauman Naw & Emily Fishbein

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Garment workers face a fresh threat: a boycott

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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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

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Department units to ramp up president’s anti-corruption drive

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BY Ye Mon

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Thousands of women from Shan, Kachin forced into marriage in China, says study

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ပြည်တွင်း လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခများမှာ အစိုးရနှင့် တိုင်းရင်းသားများအကြား ဖြစ်နေခြင်းဟု တပ်ချုပ် ပြောကြား

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် လက်ရှိအချိန်အထိ ဖြစ်ပွားနေသည့် ပြည်တွင်းလက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခများမှာ တပ်မတော်နှင့် ဖြစ်ပွားခြင်းမဟုတ်ဟု တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်က ပြောကြားလိုက်သည်။

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အစိုးရဌာနများအတွင်း အဂတိလိုက်စားမှု တားဆီးရေးအတွက် တားဆီးရေးအဖွဲ့များဖွဲ့ရန် သမ္မတခွင့်ပြု

အစိုးရဝန်ကြီးဌာနများနှင့် အခြားသောဌာနများအတွင်း ပျံ့နှံ့နေသည့် အဂတိလိုက်စားမှုများကို တားဆီးကာကွယ်ရေး အတွက် အဂတိလိုက်စားမှု တားဆီးကာကွယ်ရေးအဖွဲ့များကို သမ္မတဦးဝင်းမြင့်က ဖွဲ့စည်းခွင့်ပြုလိုက်သည်။

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Kachin youth activists handed prison sentences for ‘defaming’ the Tatmadaw

Three Kachin youth activists who led anti-war protests earlier this year in Myitkyina were each sentenced on Friday to six months in prison and fined K500,000.

BY Ye Mon

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Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps in ‘acute need’: UNHCR

Rohingya Muslims who paid hundreds of dollars to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat are destitute since they were stopped at sea and returned.

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The refugee from Taungpyo

In early October 2016, Rohingya USDP member Ko Win Kyaing had high hopes for a better life… but now wonders whether he will be able to return home to Myanmar.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Information minister rebuts allegations of deteriorating press freedom, accuses watchdogs of bias

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BY Sann Oo

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Episode 56: Interview with May Sabe Phyu

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BY Win Zar Ni Aung

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The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

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The economics behind Min Aung Hlaing’s grand delusions

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Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

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Myanmar: Failed State or failed nation?

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Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

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Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

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Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

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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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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