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The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

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.

BY Frontier

Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

BY Frontier

News, Features

Fresh clashes in northern Shan open old wounds and displace thousands

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.

BY Jaw Tu Hkawng, Jauman Naw & Emily Fishbein

News, Business, Features

Garment workers face a fresh threat: a boycott

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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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

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ပြဿ နာများကို နှစ်နိုင်ငံ ချစ်ကြည်မှုဖြင့် ဖြေရှင်းမည်ဟု တရုတ် နိုင်ငံခြားရေးဝန်ကြီး ပြောကြား

မစ္စတာဝမ်ရီသည် သမ္မတဦးထင်ကျော် ဦးဆောင်သည့် အစိုးရသစ် တက်လာပြီးနောက် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသို့ ပထမဆုံး လာရောက်သည့် နိုင်ငံခြားရေး ဝန်ကြီးတစ်ဦး ဖြစ်သည်

BY Soe Than Lynn

Culture

Yangon's Christian community

Christianity is one of the smallest religions in Myanmar in terms of numbers but its roots of tradition and community run deep.

BY Jared Downing

Features, Culture

Yangon’s Christian community

Christianity is one of the smallest religions in Myanmar in terms of numbers but its roots of tradition and community run deep.

BY Jared Downing

News, Affairs, Features

The lost dream of affordable housing

High land prices and a shortage of low-cost housing means that many Yangon residents can only ever dream of owning a home of their own.

BY Hein Ko Soe

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The Tatmadaw must work with the NLD

The Tatmadaw must be prepared to work closely and constructively with the NLD government for the nation to achieve peace, stability and development.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးဌာနနှစ်ခုအား ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် လက်လွှဲမည်

လျှပ်စစ်နှင့် စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကြီးဌာနနှင့် ပညာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာနတို့အတွက် ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးသစ်နှစ်ဦးအား ထပ်မံခန့်အပ်မည်ဖြစ်သည်။

BY Soe Than Lynn

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အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်ဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေကြမ်း ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် ရောက်ပြီ

ဥပဒေအတည်ပြုပြီးပါက ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်အနေဖြင့် အချုပ်အခြာအာဏာ သုံးရပ်စလုံးတွင် ပါဝင်ခွင့် ရရှိသွားမည်ဖြစ်သည်

BY Frontier & Soe Than Lynn

News, Affairs

Flood misery lingers for many

Shortages of adequate supplies of safe, nutritious food continue to affect poor rural communities hit hard by last year’s floods, says a report by two UN agencies.

BY Oliver Slow

Editorial, Opinion

The importance of self-governing

Praise of Myanmar's reform success under Thein Sein fail to note that very little has changed on the country's periphery.

BY Frontier & Frontier

Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

News, Business, Opinion

The economics behind Min Aung Hlaing’s grand delusions

Opinion

Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

Opinion

Myanmar: Failed State or failed nation?

Doh Athan

Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

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Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

Doh Athan

Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

Doh Athan

Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

Doh Athan

Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

Doh Athan

Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

Doh Athan

Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

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