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Rice exports dry up due to forex restrictions, rising prices

The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.

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Rice exports dry up due to forex restrictions, rising prices

The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.

BY Frontier

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Hungry and homeless: IDPs in Rakhine just want to go home

Despite the relative lack of armed conflict in Rakhine State in recent months, tens of thousands of internally displaced people still languish in camps where food shortages are becoming more common.

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Soaring fuel prices hit transport sector as living costs jump

Another jump in fuel prices since Russia invaded Ukraine has brought extra suffering for the people of Myanmar as they struggle with economic fallout from the coup and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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U Htin Kyaw resignation 'planned in advance', wife says

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Inspirational women from civil society and government win US embassy award

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BY Su Myat Mon

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Tourism sector still desperate for talent

Tourism has seen substantial growth in Myanmar, but industry insiders argue that a lack of an industry training standard is proving a hindrance to service quality.

BY Katrin Schregenberger

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နိုင်ငံတော်အင်္ဂါစဉ်မှာ နံပါတ် (၅)နေရာရှိပြီး အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေနဲ့ကြုံလာရရင် တိုင်းပြည်စီမံ ခန့်ခွဲမှုကို အဓိကတာဝန်ယူရမယ့် အမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီရဲ့ အဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးအဖြစ်လည်း တာဝန်ရှိတဲ့ ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ ရာထူးကို အာဏာရပါတီဝင်မဟုတ်သူတစ်ဦးထံ အပ်နှင်းလိုက်တဲ့ ကိစ္စအပေါ် ပူပန်သူတွေ ရှိနေပါတယ်။

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U Htin Kyaw resignation ‘planned in advance’, wife says

Daw Su Su Lwin, the wife of outgoing president U Htin Kyaw has denied reports that her husband retired this week due to poor health.

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Myaing Gyi Ngu's uneasy peace in Kayin State

While the people of Kayin State have largely benefited from the decision by three Karen armed groups to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in 2015, conflict and religious tension remain a fact of life in the DKBA-controlled Myaing Gyi Ngu region.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

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Reuters journalists clock up 100 days in jail

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T Khun Myat: Who is the new Pyithu speaker?

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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Fraser & Neave returns to Myanmar’s beer market

Singapore’s Fraser & Neave has received permission to return to Myanmar's beer market, where it would compete against its former partner, military-owned UMEHL

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Terrorism by any other name

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Is the US Senate Republican leader genuine about his support for Burma?

Opinion

Can the Arakan Army achieve its confederacy dream?

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Response to Ukraine underscores foot-dragging on Myanmar crisis

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SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

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In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

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Blood transfusions drying up

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Civilians under fire in Kayin conflict

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SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

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In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

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Blood transfusions drying up

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Civilians under fire in Kayin conflict

Latest Issue

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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