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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Riverbank erosion is making life more precarious for many farming communities, especially in Ayeyarwady Region, where some villages are moving on a near-annual basis.
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Close to 200,000 acres of flood-damaged paddy fields in Bago Region need replanting, but the government has been slow to provide farmers with the necessary seed.
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There has been an international outcry over your jailing. Does this make you hopeful?
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ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အလယ်ပိုင်းဒေသက လယ်သမားတွေဟာ စပါးအထွက်နှုန်းတိုးတက်လာစေဖို့ စိုက်ပျိုးနည်းပညာသစ်ကို တဖြည်းဖြည်းနဲ့ လက်ခံပြီးအသုံးချလာကြသလို ကြိုတင်ခန့်မှန်းမရနိုင်တဲ့ ရာသီဥတုအခြေအနေနဲ့ လုပ်သားရှားပါးလာမှုအပါအဝင် လူမှုရေးနဲ့ သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ဆိုင်ရာ အပြောင်းအလဲတွေနဲ့လည်း အဆင်ပြေကိုက်ညီအောင် ကြိုးစားအားထုတ်လာကြပါတယ်။
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