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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

News, Features

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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Business

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 Thaung Tun rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ charge in Geneva

A senior Myanmar official on Thursday rejected a UN accusation that his government has been carrying 'ethnic cleansing' against the Rohingya.

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Affairs

'I just tried to prove to myself that I could do it': Reflections on International Women's Day

A nun, an artist, a lawyer and a leading member of the business community talk to Frontier about their lives and work to mark International Women’s Day.

BY Katrin Schregenberger

Affairs, Culture

Protecting Myanmar's elephants from extinction

A new plan developed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation with input from international conservation groups aims to ensure that Myanmar’s wild elephants are not lost to history.

BY Hein Ko Soe

Opinion

Women’s economic empowerment a key goal for Myanmar

There is great potential for a more systematic inclusion of women within Myanmar’s national development plans.

BY Thomas Kring

Affairs, Features

I just tried to prove to myself that I could do it’: Reflections on International Women’s Day

A nun, an artist, a lawyer and a leading member of the business community talk to Frontier about their lives and work to mark International Women’s Day.

BY Katrin Schregenberger

Affairs, Features, Culture

Protecting Myanmar’s elephants from extinction

A new plan developed with input from international conservation groups aims to ensure that Myanmar’s wild elephants are not lost to history.

BY Hein Ko Soe

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USDP cries foul over resettled Kaman in Yangon

The resettlement in Yangon of Kaman from Rakhine State has the USDP worrying about an influx of ‘legal and illegal immigrants’ in the commercial capital.

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

Business, Opinion

The key changes for investors in the new MIC regime

Laws passed in 2016 and 2017 have brought major reforms to the Myanmar Investment Commission and have been received with cautious optimism by investors.

BY Ross Taylor

News

Episode 20: Rape cases on the rise in Yangon

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BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Htet Htet Naing

Opinion

Editorial, Opinion

Terrorism by any other name

Opinion

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

Opinion

Can the Arakan Army achieve its confederacy dream?

Opinion

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

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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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