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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)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

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Military agrees to withdraw cases against 6 journalists, 2 activists

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BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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If Myanmar wants peace, genuine engagement is vital

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Govt ignored martial law proposal a week before attacks, says military

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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U Wirathu defies preaching ban to call for state of emergency

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BY Htun Khaing

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UN Security Council meets on latest Rakhine violence

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Protecting our children

Innovative water filtration techniques are being pioneered in Rakhine State in response to deadly cases of diarrhoea among children.

BY Jennifer Macintyre

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စစ်ဖက်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဖို့ တပ်မတော် ဆန္ဒရှိနေတဲ့ ရခိုင်အရေး ဆုံမှတ်ဝေးဆဲလား

အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေကြေညာနိုင်ဖို့ လက်ရှိအစိုးရလက်ထက်မှာ တစ်ကြိမ်မှ ပြုလုပ်ခြင်းမရှိသေးတဲ့ အမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးနဲ့ လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီအစည်းအဝေးကို ခေါ်ယူခွင့်ရှိတဲ့ နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတဖက်က ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးစေချင်တယ်လို့လည်း တပ်မတော်ဖက်အရာရှိကြီးတွေဖက်က ထုတ်ပြောကြပါတယ်။

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Systematic’ Myanmar abuses fuelling ARSA insurgency, says UN

The UN rights chief on Tuesday said decades of abuses were largely to blame for spiralling violence in Rakhine State.

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Nearly 20,000 cross into Bangladesh since fresh Rakhine violence, says IOM

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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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