Paddy fields in northern Rakhine State's Maungdaw Township, seen in September 2017. (AFP)

The price of control: War sinks Rakhine State’s economy

As Rakhine – one of Myanmar’s poorest states – comes under nearly complete control by the Arakan Army, residents are getting squeezed from all sides by the region’s worsening economic crisis. 

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