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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Newly empowered women in Kyaukphyu are breaking through barriers of discrimination that have treated them as ‘second-class’ citizens for generations.
The vast sums donated to pagodas are managed by boards of trustees but investigations at two of the nation’s most revered pilgrimage destinations have uncovered discrepancies involving millions of kyat.
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ရှပ်နီထောက်ခံသူ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်ဟောင်းသက်ဆင်သည် ဓမ္မကာရဘုန်းတော်ကြီးကျောင်းကို အသုံးချပြီး ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးများကို လမ်းပေါ်ထွက်စေ၍ လက်ရှိ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ပရာယွတ်ဒ အာဏာသိမ်းမှုကို ကာကွယ်ရန် ကြိုးစားခဲ့ဖူးသည်ဟု စွပ်စွဲခံထားရသည်။
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