Mysterious associations have been replacing independent student unions, which have long played an active role in the pro-democracy movement.
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Mysterious associations have been replacing independent student unions, which have long played an active role in the pro-democracy movement.
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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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A small, handsome bird once believed to be extinct faces a precarious future because its habitat is being destroyed to make way for oil palm plantations.
BY Htun Khaing
For many Myanmar businesses, religious rites and rituals are as standard as signing a lease or putting up a signboard – the benefits, though, are a matter of faith.
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The launch of treasury bond auctions by the government is a move toward more efficient public debt management that should result in lower inflation.
Police are allowing criminals to avoid prison by substituting others in their place, in a practice that observers say is undermining the integrity of the justice system and efforts to combat organised crime.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်၊ မောင်တောမြို့သို့ ယနေ့ မွန်းတည့် ၁၂ နာရီခန့်က စတင်ကာ တပ်မတော်သားများ ရောက်ရှိလာပြီး နယ်မြေရှင်းလင်းရေး လုပ်ငန်းများကို အရှိန်မြှင့်တင် စတင်ဆောင်ရွက်နေပြီဖြစ်သည်။
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