The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
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The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
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Despite the relative lack of armed conflict in Rakhine State in recent months, tens of thousands of internally displaced people still languish in camps where food shortages are becoming more common.
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Another jump in fuel prices since Russia invaded Ukraine has brought extra suffering for the people of Myanmar as they struggle with economic fallout from the coup and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As senior officials from ASEAN member states and the bloc’s dialogue partners gathered in Manila for a series of high-level meetings over the weekend, Philippines Foreign Secretary Mr Alan Peter Cayetano sat down with journalists and editors from across the region for the inaugural ASEAN Media Forum. In a 45-minute conversation, Cayetano, who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte in May, gave his perspective on a range of issues, including terrorism, combating illicit drugs and making progress on the South China Sea.
BY Thomas Kean
The Shan State capital, Taunggyi, is one of four cities piloting an app that promises to strengthen public finance management.
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သြဂုတ် ၇ ရက်နံနက်ပိုင်းက မိတ္ထီလာခရိုင်၊ ဝမ်းတွင်းမြို့ မြေတိုင်ကန်ကျေးရွာသို့သွားရောက်ကာ ရွာသူရွာသားများနှင့်တွေ့ဆုံပြီးနောက်ပြုလုပ်သော ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး စကားဝိုင်းအတွင်း ၎င်းက ထိုသို့ပြောကြားလိုက်ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။
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Despite occasional tensions in its relationship with the Tatmadaw, the government is pressing ahead with its goals in the interests of the people and the nation.
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