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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A rough guide to Myanmar's geography, from the temperate Kachin hills to the rainforests and coral reefs of Tanintharyi.
Former anti-government rebel Aung Naing Oo has been playing a key role in helping to end years of armed conflict through his work with the Myanmar Peace Center.
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Myanmar journalists are pushing for changes to the country's controversial Broadcasting Law, derisively called a Ministry of Information “wish list”.
အဆိုပါ လက်နက်ခဲယမ်း ပစ္စည်း အမြောက်အများအား ရန်ကုန်မြို့သို့ သယ်ယူလာနိုင်သဖြင့် ရန်ကုန်မြို့၏ လုံခြုံရေးအတွက် မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာ ဖြစ်နေသည်
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The recent surge in the value of the kyat against the greenback was due partly to the Central Bank’s inability to prevent currency speculation.
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ထိုသို့တိုက်ခိုက်ခံခဲ့ရသည့်အမှုအား ကချင်ပြည်နယ်အစိုးရက စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးအဖွဲ့ ဖွဲ့စည်းကာ စစ်ဆေး ဖော်ထုတ်သွားမည်ဟု သိရသည်
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