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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.

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The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

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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)

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Business, Features

Myanmar’s tycoons unfazed by NLD victory

Some of the nation’s tycoons have shrugged off concerns about the future of their business empires under a National League for Democracy government.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

Affairs, Interview

Thant Myint-U: 'Creating a shared identity is Myanmar's top challenge'

U Thant Myint-U rose to prominence as an author and analyst on Myanmar. The Burmese historian has written four books, most notably The River of Lost Footsteps and Where China meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia.

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Travel, Photo Essays, Affairs, Features, Culture

Following Theroux

Writer Paul Theroux visited Myanmar in the 1970s while gathering material for The Great Railway Bazaar. Following in his footsteps decades later, little has changed on Myanmar’s railways.

BY Oliver Slow

Affairs, Features

Myanmar goes back to school

The Ministry of Education has embarked on an ambitious project to completely rebuild Myanmar's outmoded education system.

BY Jared Downing

Opinion

Transitional justice needed to heal old wounds

An attitude of letting bygones be bygones might be politically opportune, but it will not make the poignant issue of transitional justice go away.

BY Hans Hulst

Features, Culture

Abandoned distractions, uncertain futures in junta theme park

In a forgotten corner of Yangon, a theme park feted by the former junta now lies derelict, with its residents facing an uncertain future.

BY Joshua Carroll

Business

Myanmar's tycoons unfazed by NLD victory

Some of the nation’s tycoons have shrugged off concerns about the future of their business empires under a National League for Democracy government.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

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မြန်မာစပါးကြီးမြွေ ပါဝင်ထိုးသတ်မည့် ရန်ကုန်က အမ်အမ်အေပွဲ

ကိုယ်ခံပညာပေါင်းစုံ ပေါင်းစပ်ထိုးသတ်ရသည့် အဆိုပါ ပြိုင်ပွဲကို မတ် ၁၈ ရက်တွင် ရန်ကုန်မြို့၊ သုဝဏ္ဏအားကစားရုံတွင် ကျင်းပသွားမည်ဖြစ်သည်

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လွှတ်တော်သစ်များ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၁ ရက်စမည်

ရွေးကောက်ပွဲများတွင် အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့အချုပ်က အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်အတွက် ၁၃၅ ဦး၊ ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်အတွက် ၂၅၅ ဦး၊ စုစုပေါင်း ၃၉၀ ဦး အနိုင်ရရှိထား

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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?

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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

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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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

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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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