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.
BY Frontier
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တနင်္သာရီ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးသို့ အလည်အပတ် သွားကြသူ နိုင်ငံခြားသား ခရီးသွား အနည်းအကျဉ်းသာ ရှိသည့်တိုင် သွားရောက်ကြသူများမှာ ရင်သပ်ရှုမောဖွယ်ရာ ကမ်းခြေများ၊ လူသူအရောက်အပေါက်နည်းသော ကျွန်းများနှင့် ကာလရှည်ကြာ မေ့လျော့ထားခဲ့သော ကိုလိုနီတပ်
Bangladesh on Wednesday rebuked Myanmar for opening fire on a boat in the Naf River that marks their border and killing one fisherman.
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Yangon street vendors relocated by the municipal authorities to a night market on Strand Road say poor sales are making life difficult and are calling on the government to address the problems they are facing.
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Friends of the taxi driver shot dead while chasing the gunman who killed high-profile lawyer U Ko Ni have paid tribute to a man of courage who was known for his sense of justice.
BY Htun Khaing
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