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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The process towards granting citizenship has been met with sharp resistance by communities in the restive state, and authorities are planning procedural amendments to encourage more people to apply.
Outbreaks of communal violence have captured significant attention in recent years but less well known are the actions of monks and laypeople who protected those targeted by angry mobs – and saved countless lives in the process.
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အမျိုးသားရေးလှုပ်ရှားသူတွေလို့ သူတို့ကိုယ်သူတို့ ခံယူထားသူတွေကို ရန်ကုန်မြို့မှာ ဖြစ်ပေါ်ခဲ့တဲ့ သီးခြားဖြစ်စဉ်နှစ်ခုနဲ့ ဆက်စပ်ပြီးတော့ အစိုးရက ဖမ်းဆီးထိန်းသိမ်းလိုက်ပြီဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
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The government is as secretive and non-transparent as its predecessors.
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