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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The National League for Democracy's preparations have left Daw Aung San Suu Kyi the option of taking the Foreign Minister role, if she wants it.
Young Myanmar artists are helping to bring innovative design ideas to traditional crafts as part of an effort to ensure the survival of the industry.
BY Thi Ri Han
An ‘evolutionary approach’ to change management offers a practical solution to the challenge of reforming Myanmar's system of government.
BY Henrich Dahm
The expectations of ethnic parties are complicating the race for the next chief minister of Shan State, where the Union Solidarity and Development Party and the Tatmadaw bloc have a narrow majority in the regional assembly.
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တိုင်းရင်းသားရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာနသည် ပြည်တွင်းငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် ဖက်ဒရယ်စနစ် ထွန်းကားရေးအတွက် အားကောင်းသော အထောက်အပံ့တစ်ခု ဖြစ်လာမည်ဟုလည်း တိုင်းရင်းသား အမတ်များက မျှော်လင့်နေကြသည်
What is the NLD's strategy in the Sittwe assembly?
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BY Oliver Slow
National League for Democracy MPs elected last November have performed badly in tests of their knowledge about parliamentary procedures.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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