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This past week, student demonstrations were held commemorating 60 years since previous dictator, Ne Win, ordered the very first massacre of students at Yangon University, as well as the first major strikes by garment factory workers in one of Yangon’s major industrial zones since the coup attempt.
A recently released policy brief from the World Bank on the financial sector in Myanmar recounts the challenges and destabilization faced by the financial sector in the wake of the COVID-19 restrictions and the 2021 military coup, including moves to restrict foreign currency holdings.
JULY 16 — Myanmar's central bank has ordered local companies and banks to suspend and reschedule repayment of foreign loans, according to local media, its latest effort to...
Last week the Myanmar authorities used World Drug Day to torch half a billion dollars’ worth of illegal narcotics, yet the sad truth is that post-coup Myanmar is rife with easy-to-buy drugs.
Last week the Myanmar authorities used World Drug Day to torch half a billion dollars’ worth of illegal narcotics, yet the sad truth is that post-coup Myanmar is rife with easy-to-buy drugs.