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Rice exports dry up due to forex restrictions, rising prices

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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Rice exports dry up due to forex restrictions, rising prices

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.

BY Frontier

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Hungry and homeless: IDPs in Rakhine just want to go home

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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Business

Soaring fuel prices hit transport sector as living costs jump

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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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)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

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Online mystics cash in during Myanmar virus lockdown

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Podcast: The mental health impact of COVID-19

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BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Aye Aye Aung

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Kachin communities rally to receive thousands of workers returning from China

About 18,000 migrant workers in China are returning home through Kachin State, where volunteers are at the forefront of efforts to manage the influx while protecting against COVID-19.

BY Naw Awng, Jaw Tu Hkawng & Emily Fishbein

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Inside Phaunggyi, Myanmar’s ambitious response to COVID-19

Faced with a shortage of intensive care beds, the Yangon Region government is transforming a training complex for civil servants on the city’s outskirts into a massive facility for treating COVID-19, while hospitals nationwide are also being upgraded.

BY Ye Mon, Hein Thar & Thomas Kean

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Why the 2020 general election matters

A long history of military dictatorship and sham polls combined with tense relations between the National League for Democracy and the Tatmadaw make it essential a free and fair general election takes place later this year, despite the COVID-19 global pandemic.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Driver killed in attack on UN vehicle in Myanmar's Rakhine

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Myanmar ships 800 freed Rohingya prisoners back to Rakhine

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Driver killed in attack on UN vehicle in Myanmar’s Rakhine

A Myanmar government health worker was injured and his driver killed when their United Nations-marked vehicle was ambushed in Rakhine State.

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Features, Culture

Brotherhood of the wheel

In fairgrounds across Myanmar, Ferris wheels are turned by the muscle power of teams of young, agile men who form tight bonds in lives lived on the road.

BY Ivan Ogilvie

Opinion

Editorial, Opinion

Terrorism by any other name

Opinion

Is the US Senate Republican leader genuine about his support for Burma?

Opinion

Can the Arakan Army achieve its confederacy dream?

Opinion

Response to Ukraine underscores foot-dragging on Myanmar crisis

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SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

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In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

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Blood transfusions drying up

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Civilians under fire in Kayin conflict

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SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

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In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

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Blood transfusions drying up

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Civilians under fire in Kayin conflict

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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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