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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ရန်ကုန်မြို့၏ ဘတ်စ်ကားစနစ် ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲသည့် ဒုတိယနေ့ဖြစ်သည့် ယနေ့ညနေပိုင်း ရုံးဆင်းချိန်တွင် လူစီးများသော ကားမှတ်တိုင်များ၌ ရဲကားများ ဝင်ရောက်ကူညီပြေးဆွဲပေးမည်
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BY Su Myat Mon
A recent report says poverty in Yangon is higher than previously thought and many people on the city’s fringes are being forced to turn to loan sharks to cover basic and emergency expenses.
An investigation into allegations of poor performance from the Mon State Chief Minister U Min Min Oo has highlighted deep divisions within the party, amid concerns the state government there is too close to the business community.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအတွင်း ပြေးဆွဲနေသည့် ဘတ်စ်စကားများ စုပေါင်းပြေးဆွဲသည့် စနစ်သို့ စတင်ပြောင်းလဲသည့် ယနေ့ ဇန်နဝါရီ ၁၆ ရက်နေ့တွင်ပင် ခရီးသွားပြည်သူများအများစုမှာ ၎င်းတို့စီးမည့် ဘတ်စ်ကား စီးနိုင်ရေးအတွက် အခက်အခဲများ စတင်ရင်ဆိုင်နေကြရသည်။
BY Hein Ko Soe
Led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the government is trying to solve the complex issues in the restive region, but is hindered by international criticism and an unwavering attitude by the old guard toward the state’s Muslim community.
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