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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)

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Verdict in Reuters case postponed due to judge’s ‘poor health’

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BY Ben Dunant & Ye Mon

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တရားသူကြီး နေမကောင်းဟုဆိုကာ ရိုက်တာအမှု အမိန့်ချရန် ရက်ရွှေ့ဆိုင်း

လျှို့ဝှက်အဆင့် စာရွက်စာတမ်းတွေကို လက်ဝယ်တွေ့ရှိတယ်လို့ စွပ်စွဲ ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရတဲ့ ရိုက်တာသတင်းထောက်နှစ်ဦးဖြစ်သူ ကိုဝလုံးနဲ့ ကိုကျော်စိုးဦးတို့ကို မြောက်ပိုင်းခရိုင်တရားရုံးက ယနေ့၊ သြဂုတ်၂၇ ရက်နေ့မှာ အမိန့်ချဖို့ သတ်မှတ်ထားပေမယ့် တရားသူကြီးဖြစ်သူ ဦးရဲလွင်နေမကောင်းတာကြောင့် စက်တင်ဘာ ၃ ရက်ကို ရွှေ့ဆိုင်းလိုက်ပါတယ်။

BY Ye Mon

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Why food safety matters

This advertorial is produced and sponsored by METRO Wholesale Myanmar

BY METRO Wholesale Myanmar

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Army chiefs must be prosecuted for ‘genocide’, says UN Fact-Finding Mission

The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar called on August 27 for an international probe and the prosecution of Myanmar's military chief and five other top commanders for genocide against the country's Rohingya minority.

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Yangon University’s campus cash cows

Yangon University has some nice little earners, including a lucrative tender for a monopoly of all graduation photos, but evidence of the income is hard to find.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Facebook bans Min Aung Hlaing, army top brass after UN genocide allegations

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Army chiefs must be prosecuted for 'genocide', says UN Fact-Finding Mission

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Report: Phyo Myat Aung wins Myanmar Idol season 3

Myanmar has a new pop sensation, ladies and gentleman, and his name is Phyo Myat Aung!

BY Jared Downing

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Mandalay’s masterpiece in the art of woodwork

One of Myanmar’s finest teak monasteries is being painstakingly restored to its resplendent glory with funding assistance from the United States.

BY Frontier & Frontier

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The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

News, Business, Opinion

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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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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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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