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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.

BY Frontier

Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

BY Frontier

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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

News, Business, Features

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.

BY Frontier

Highlights

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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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Myanmar aid worker murdered in latest Rakhine killing

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BY AFP

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Inside Aung La Nsang’s historic victory

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BY RJ Vogt

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Trafficking victim's 13-year ordeal

For one young woman, a train ride in Mon State in 2004 was the beginning of a 13-year ordeal as a human trafficking victim who was sold twice to lonely men in China.

BY Thi Kha

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Trafficking victim’s 13-year ordeal

For one young woman, a train ride in Mon State in 2004 was the beginning of 13 years of misery as a human trafficking victim who was sold twice to lonely men in China.

BY Thi Kha

Editorial, Opinion

Where to now for the UN in Myanmar?

The lack of a unified message from the UN has weakened its influence on the government in the Rakhine conflict.

BY Frontier & Frontier

Photo Essays, Interview

Aung La Nsang: 'Winning gives you confidence, but losing gives you character'

After a thrashing at the hands of Vitaly Bigdash in January, Myanmar’s MMA hero has a shot at redemption in what may be his last chance to become middleweight champion.

BY RJ Vogt

Opinion

Building trust at Panglong

The impasse at the 21st Century Panglong conference last month over the principle of “non-secession” highlights the risks to the peace process, which will only increase as political negotiations progress.

BY Aung Naing Oo

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ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲမှုကြောင့် ထိခိုက်မှုမှ လျော့ကျအောင် တည်ဆောက်ခြင်း

ဘင်္ဂလားပင်လယ်အော်ရဲ့ ကမ်းရိုးတန်းဒေသမှာ နေထိုင်ကြတဲ့ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်က ရွာသားတွေဟာ ဆိုင်ကလုံးမုန်တိုင်းတွေ ကျလာပြီဆိုရင်တော့ သူတို့ရဲ့ အိမ်တွေအောက်မှာ အချင်းချင်း တိုးဝှေ့ပူးကပ်နေကြပါတယ်။ တည်ငြိမ်မှုမရှိတဲ့ ဒီလိုပတ်ဝန်းကျင်မျိုးမှာ ကြာရှည်ရှင်သန်ဖို့က သံအမိုးပြားတွေထက် သူတို့ပိုပြီး လိုအပ်နေတာ ရှိပါတယ်။ သူတို့ရဲ့ ကြံ့ကြံ့ခံနိုင်မှုဟာ အစားအစာ၊ အသက်မွေးမှု၊ စပါးခင်းတွေနဲ့ အိမ်တွေရဲ့ လုံခြံမှုအပြင် ရေချိုရရှိဖို့အတွက် တောင့်တင်းကြံ့ခိုင်တဲ့ ရေကာတာတွေနဲ့ ရေလွှတ်ပေါက်တွေအပေါ် အားကိုးနေရပါတယ်။

BY Jennifer Macintyre

Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

News, Business, Opinion

The economics behind Min Aung Hlaing’s grand delusions

Opinion

Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

Opinion

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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Editorial, Opinion

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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The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

Fresh clashes in northern Shan open old wounds and displace thousands