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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.

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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.

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

၂၀၂၀ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ, 2020 Election MM

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Nobody wants to stay at home’: Yangon poised to ease COVID-19 eatery restrictions

Authorities are preparing to ease restrictions on teashops, food stalls and restaurants that were quietly being flaunted across the city.

BY Ye Mon

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In Magway Region, virus response inflicts misery on the grassroots

In one of Myanmar’s poorest regions, jobs are drying up, trade is declining and farmers can’t afford to plant their monsoon crop due to measures aimed at curbing COVID-19.

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Limited relief for microfinance borrowers as the clock ticks on debt payments

Myanmar’s five million microfinance borrowers will resume repayments on May 15, but many are now jobless or on reduced incomes because of COVID-19 and the health of the US$1.3 billion sector is unclear.

BY Hein Thar

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စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းများကျဆင်းနေပြီး ကုန်သေတ္တာယာဉ်များသည် စက်ရုံများ၊ ကုန်စည်ပို့ဆောင်မှုများအတွက် ကူပံ့ပေးလျက်ရှိသော်လည်း မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအနှံ့၌ ထုတ်ပြန်ထားသော ညမထွက်ရအမိန့်များကို လိုက်နာကြရသဖြင့် နှောင့်နှေးကြန့်ကြာနေရသည်။

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