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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Our reporter picked a fight with a Yangon pavement – and lost. As is often the case in Myanmar, it was the compassion of passers-by that made the experience more bearable than it could have otherwise been.
BY Oliver Slow
The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society movement has been a driving force for reform for nearly 30 years, and is likely to emerge as a powerful player in party politics.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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အမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်၏ ဥပဒေအကြံပေးဖြစ်သူ ရှေ့နေကြီး ဦးကိုနီအား လုပ်ကြံသတ်ဖြတ်မှုဖြင့် ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားသူလေးဦးအား ရန်ကုန် မြောက်ပိုင်းခရိုင်တရားရုံးတွင် ယနေ့နံနက်ပိုင်းက ရုံးထုတ်စစ်ဆေးခဲ့သည်။
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BY Oliver Slow
The State Counsellor’s office has accepted the commission's recommendations, which also call for the perpetrators of human rights violations to be “held to account”.
BY Su Myat Mon
In a sense, the current media scandals involving online defamation suits and conflicts of interest illustrate how far things have come.
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