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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Abandoned since work on drafting the 2008 charter ended, the Nyaunghnapin Camp is set to be developed into an industrial zone backed by South Korea.
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A lynching in Sittwe and a defiant response to government moves against the hardline Buddhist group known as Ma Ba Tha raise concern about the possibility of fresh outbreaks of violence.
တစ်လကျော် ထိန်းသိမ်းခံနေရတဲ့ သတင်းထောက်သုံးဦးကို မူလချိန်းဆိုတဲ့ရုံးချိန်းရက်ထက် အကြိမ်ကြိမ် စောပြီး ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့တာကြောင့် ဒီတစ်ခေါက် ဇူလိုင် ၂၈ ရက်နေ့ ရုံးချိန်းရက်မတိုင်ခင်ကတည်းက သတင်းထောက်တွေက သီပေါမြို့မှာ ရက်အတော်ကြာ ကြိုတင်ရောက်ရှိ စုဝေးနေခဲ့ကြပါတယ်။
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After making public accusations of corruption against an associate of the Yangon Region chief minister, a man finds himself caught in a legal labyrinth.
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