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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.

BY Frontier

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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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စစ်ရေးလေ့ကျင့်မှုအပြီး မပေါက်ကွဲသေးသည့် လက်နက်ခဲယမ်းများကြောင့် ဒေသခံများစိုးရိမ်

မကြာသေးမီက ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သည့် တပ်မတော်၏ စစ်ရေးလေ့ကျင့်မှုကြီးအပြီးတွင် ပျက်စီးခဲ့သည့် အဆောက်အအုံများအတွက် လျော်ကြေးပေးရန် ကမ်းလှမ်းမှုများကို ကြိုဆိုသော်လည်း ပစ်မှတ်လွဲသွားသည့် ကျည်ဖူးများအားလုံး ပြန်လည် မတွေ့တော့ရှိမည်နှင့် မပေါက်ကွဲအောင် မပြုလုပ်နိုင်မည်ကို ဒေသခံများက စိုးရိမ်လျက်ရှိသည်။

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

Editorial, Opinion

Trust us, this isn’t good

Too often, the government is unwilling to engage with those who hold different views and are not afraid to express them.

BY Frontier & Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Inn Din massacre report puts Myanmar at a crossroads

The military's admission of involvement in the Inn Din massacre was made to pre-empt the release of the Reuters report, and after its own investigation had claimed that no such killings took place.

BY Frontier & Frontier

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Grab says new service streamlines corporate travel management

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A golden flower in need of nurture

Machine-made jewellery is threatening the work of goldsmithing, one of the traditional arts and crafts known as the ‘10 flowers’.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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Northern Rakhine not safe for refugee return: UNHCR chief

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BY Oliver Slow

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Surakiart urges role for UN refugee agency in repatriation

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အပစ်ရပ်နှစ်ဖွဲ့တိုးသောနေ့၏ စင်မြင့်ပေါ်နှင့် ဇာတ်ခုံနောက်ကွယ်

နေပြည်တော်မှာ ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့တဲ့ NCA လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးပွဲ အခမ်းအနားဟာ NCA အတွက် အပေါင်း ၂ ဖြစ်ပေမယ့် မူလထိုးပြီးသားရှစ်ဖွဲ့နဲ့ အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ ဆောင်မသွားဖို့ သတိပေးခေါင်းလောင်းသံလည်း ဖြစ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။

BY Frontier

Affairs, Business

The search for more responsible rubies

Amid fresh calls for a boycott of Myanmar’s gems industry, a jewellery store offering Mogok rubies sourced from independent mines is luring conscientious buyers.

BY Joshua Carroll

Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

News, Business, Opinion

The economics behind Min Aung Hlaing’s grand delusions

Opinion

Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

Opinion

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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