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Regime seeks economic recovery, but drops NLD reform agenda

The military regime is set to drop meaningful structural reforms from an economic recovery plan initiated by the former National League for Democracy government, and is instead promising to slash red tape in a bid to shore up collapsing business confidence.

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‘Workers have lost all their rights’: Coup and third wave leave factory workers at risk

Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.

BY Frontier

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Myanmar facing economic calamity from coup and COVID: World Bank

The World Bank has warned in a new report that Myanmar faces severe economic losses and a doubling of poverty as a result of the combined impact of the coup and COVID-19, with the military regime unable to govern effectively.

BY Frontier

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Myanmar’s post-coup cash crunch creates a shadow money trade

Mobile money agents and informal brokers have been meeting the demand for cash at a time when banks are severely limiting withdrawals, but some accuse them of profiteering by charging steep fees.

BY Frontier

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

၂၀၂၀ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ, 2020 Election MM

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Pioneering Maubin industrial zone moves forward

A Union committee’s decision removes a key obstacle to plans for a privately owned and managed industrial park on farmland in Ayeyarwady Region that has seen strong interest from Chinese investors.

BY Hein Ko Soe

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စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းတစ်ရပ် ထူထောင်ခြင်း

မြန်မာ့လက်မှုပစ္စည်း ထုတ်လုပ်သူများအတွက် စီးပွားရေးအတတ်ပညာဆိုင်ရာလမ်းညွှန်ကို နိုင်ငံ၏ စတုတ္ထမြောက် အကြီးမားဆုံးလုပ်ငန်းဖြစ်ပြီး လုပ်သား ၂ ဒသမ ၄ သန်းကျော်ရှိကာ ပြည်တွင်းပြည်ပ ဈေးကွက်များနှင့် ဆက်သွယ်ဆောင်ရွက်လျက်ရှိသည့် လက်မှုလုပ်ငန်း ကဏ္ဍအတွက်ရေးဆွဲထားသည်။

BY Sharon Pun

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Myanma Insurance to work with foreign firms on government housing

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Yangon University’s campus cash cows

Yangon University has some nice little earners, including a lucrative tender for a monopoly of all graduation photos, but evidence of the income is hard to find.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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