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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Former Brigadier-General David Abel was in charge of three economic ministries during military rule, but most of his proposals for reform were shunned.
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Financial consultancy Thura Swiss is among the companies that have applied for a broker’s licence at the new Yangon Stock Exchange. Thura Swiss founder and chief executive officer Ko Aung Thura discussed Myanmar’s economic potential and the outlook for the YSX in a wide-ranging interview with Frontier’s Kyaw Phone Kyaw.
A retirement home in an outer Yangon suburb is providing free accommodation for a privileged community of elderly citizens in need of care.
Anti-smoking campaigners have expressed dismay at the government’s failure to enforce a 2006 law banning the promotion of tobacco products.
တက်ရောက်ခွင့်ကို မတ် ၁ ရက်နေ့မှစတင်ပြီး ပိတ်ပင်တော့မည်ဟု ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဝန်ကြီးဌာနက ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၂၂ ရက်တွင် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေငြာလိုက်ခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်
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