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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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ချန်ပီယံသစ် ပေါ်ထွက်ခဲ့သလို လိဂ်ကို လက်ပြနှုတ်ဆက်ခဲ့တဲ့ အသင်းတွေ စံချိန်တင်ခဲ့တဲ့ ဘောလုံးရာသီ

ချန်ပီယံသစ် ပေါ်ထွက်လာပေမယ့် ကမောက်ကမဖြစ်စဉ်တွေနဲ့ပြည့်နှက်နေခဲ့တဲ့၂၀၁၇ မြန်မာနေရှင်နယ်လိဂ်ဘောလုံးရာသီဟာ မကြာမီက ပြီးဆုံးသွားခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်သလို လိဂ်ကို လက်ပြနှုတ်ဆက်သွားခဲ့တဲ့ အသင်းတွေ စံချိန်တင်ခဲ့တဲ့ ရာသီလည်း ဖြစ်ပါတယ်

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Two new ministries established to ‘ease workload’ for govt

The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has voted in favour of forming two new ministries aimed at easing the workload of the current administration.

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Probe finds MICA deals brought ‘few benefits’ for government

Lawmakers say deals agreed by the Myanmar International Cooperation Agency should be renegotiated after uncovering irregularities in the agency’s activities.

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An outpost of Catholicism in Myanmar prepares for the Pope

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US calls Rakhine security operation ‘ethnic cleansing’

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BY Oliver Slow

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ASEM statement mentions ‘humanitarian emergencies’, ignores Rakhine crisis

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The Myanmar National League’s season to forget

Myanmar’s premier football league has endured a season of crises, with two top-tier teams dropping out, another being expelled and a fourth becoming the victim of an alleged coup plot in Turkey.

BY Htun Khaing

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Amnesty calls for end to Rakhine ‘apartheid’ as abuse testimony mounts

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BY Sean Gleeson

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New exhibition forecasts Myanmar’s mid-century hope

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BY Jared Downing

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The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

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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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