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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The Mandalay real estate market is in the doldrums and the reasons include factors special to the former royal capital, such as a downturn in the gems trade and a crackdown on drug trafficking.
ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး၊ ကြွယ်ဝချမ်းသာမှု၊ ချစ်ကြည်ရင်းနှီးမှုတွေကို ဒေသတွင်းသာမက တစ်ကမ္ဘာလုံးခံစားနိုင်တဲ့ အခွင့်အလမ်းအနေနဲ့ မျှော်လင့်ထားကြောင်းလည်း ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က ပြောကြားခဲ့တယ်
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Privacy violations involving revenge pornography are on the rise in Myanmar but seeking legal remedy can be a daunting experience for victims.
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မီဒီယာနဲ့ အစိုးရတာဝန်ရှိသူတွေအကြား ဆက်သွယ်မှု ပိုမိုမြန်ဆန်စေမှာဖြစ်ပြီး သတင်းစီးဆင်းမှု ပိုမိုမြန်ဆန်လာလိမ့်မယ်လို့ ယုံကြည်ကြောင်း ဦးဖေမြင့်က ပြောပါတယ်။
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ပါတီ၏ ဗဟိုကော်မတီအစည်းအဝေးကို ယနေ့ ဧပြီ ၂၁ ရက်နေ့တွင် နေပြည်တော်ရှိ ပါတီရုံးချုပ်တွင် ကျင်းပနေသည်
Three years after it was torn apart by communal violence, Meiktila continues a slow recovery that is being aided by efforts to promote interfaith understanding.
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