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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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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Another jump in fuel prices since Russia invaded Ukraine has brought extra suffering for the people of Myanmar as they struggle with economic fallout from the coup and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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သြင်္ကန်ကာလ ၎င်းတို့၏ အဝတ်အစား၊ ပြုမူနေထိုင်ပုံတို့နှင့်ပတ်သက်၍ အမျိုးသမီးများအား သတိပေး ပြောဆိုခြင်းများ ရှိသည်။ ယင်းမှာ အဓမ္မပြုကျင့်သော ယဉ်ကျေးမှုကို အားကောင်းစေရန် ခံရသူများအပေါ် အပြစ်ဖို့သော ဥပမာများပင် ဖြစ်သည်ဟု အမျိုးသမီးဝါဒီတို့က သတ်မှတ်ထားသည်။
The mortician at a cemetery in Pakokku is a plucky woman who has endured discrimination and the unwanted attentions of violent men.
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Among the small but growing ranks of women taxi drivers in Yangon there’s at least two who are tough, fiercely independent, and doting mothers.
Among the small but growing ranks of women taxi drivers in Yangon there’s at least two who are tough, fiercely independent, and doting mothers.
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Information Minister U Pe Myint is a doctor-turned-journalist who was a critic of the previous government’s media policy. An ethnic Rakhine born at Thandwe in 1949, the former vice chair of the Myanmar Press Council is a renowned author who won a national literature award winner in 1995. Pe Myint faces big challenges and some big questions in his new role, including a public debate over whether the role of the Information Ministry can be justified. Frontier spoke to Pe Myint in an interview that touched on his plans for reforming the media, the competitive advantage of state-run publications over their private sector counterparts and his top priority as minister.
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