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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In the first of a two-part series, we teach you how to play three traditional Myanmar street games.
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ဆွာချောင်းရေလှောင်တမံ ကျိုးပေါက်ရာက ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့တဲ့ ရေကြီးရေလျှံမှုတွေကြောင့် လေးဦးသေဆုံးပြီး ဗိုလ်မှူးတစ်ဦးနဲ့ ကလေးငယ်တစ်ဦး အပါအဝင် သုံးဦးပျောက်ဆုံးနေတယ်လို့ တာဝန်ရှိသူတစ်ဦးက ပြောပါတယ်။
As Myanmar holds its biggest videogame tournament yet, the competitive e-sports scene is struggling to go professional.
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After years of challenges and controversy, a UNESCO committee will decide next year whether to grant World Heritage listing to Bagan – but hotel development in the archaeological zone remains a thorny and unresolved issue.
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