A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.
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A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.
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Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.
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Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.
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A trade ban imposed on Myanmar by the United States in 2003 savaged the garment industry and forced some young women into prostitution.
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Peril plagues the lives of Myanmar's baby turtles: if crabs don't get them then poachers or fishing trawlers might finish them off instead.
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Exchange rates are highly political; in Myanmar, the ups and downs of the kyat are often considered a barometer of economic performance.
Panic over a falling currency and surging gold prices has put the spotlight on a network of brokers and speculators profiting from – and possibly fuelling – volatility.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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