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 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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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.
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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ရင်းနှီးမြှုပ်နှံထားသော ငွေများအတွက် အကျိုးအမြတ် အများအပြားရမည်ဟူကာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ကျေးလက်ဒေသတွင် ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သည့် လိမ်လည်မှုအစီအစဉ်(Ponzi Scheme)တစ်ခုတွင် လူထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာမှာ ၎င်းတို့ပိုင် ငွေသန်းပေါင်းများစွာ ဆုံးရှုံးခဲ့ရသည်။
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The UN human rights chief statement comes as the latest estimates put at 313,000 the number of people who have fled to Bangladesh in the last two weeks.
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Hostility greeted three journalists who made a clandestine trip to Maungdaw late last month after the security operation had began against those behind the August 25 attacks.
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Land confiscations by the military government is one of the most crucial issues in Myanmar’s transition, and it remains to be seen if those who lost their land will ever have it given back to them.
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