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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လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များ အရည်အသွေး မြှင့်တင်ရေးအတွက် ကျင်းပသည့် လွှတ်တော်ဆိုင်ရာ လုပ်ငန်းများ ရှင်းလင်းရေး အစီအစဉ်သို့ လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ် ၄၅၀ ခန့်တက်ရောက်
The coming weeks will be critical for the political future of Thura U Shwe Mann, one of the most powerful and controversial figures in the previous parliament.
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Myanmar migrant workers in the booming Thai border trade town of Mae Sot are biding their time as they wait for the day they can return home.
Myanmar migrant workers in the booming Thai border trade town of Mae Sot are biding their time as they wait for the day they can return home.
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The second &Proud film festival in Yangon has again turned a spotlight on the country’s small and largely hidden LGBT community.
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At the very least, the first term of Myanmar's parliament exceeded the low expectations it laboured under.
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